Hyperbola sexspinosa, Gaedike, 2014

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2014, On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2), pp. 193-219 : 199

Hyperbola sexspinosa sp. n.

Holotype: , “ Yemen, 7.xi.1996, 13.57/43.57, 2100 m, Ibb, 1,5 km w Jiblah, leg. H. Hacker;” “Gen.präp.[genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 8083;” “ Holotypus , Hyperbola sexspinosa sp. n., det. R. Gaedike 2013;” ZMHB ; Paratype: 1 , “ Yemen, 6.xi.1996, 13.45/44.10, Al Qu-idah, Mahal al Houm, leg. H. Hacker, 1800 m;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 5994;” “ Paratypus , Hyperbola sexspinosa sp. n., det. R. Gaedike 2013;” SDEI .

Derivatio nominis: Name refers to the six thorns on uncus lobes.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 13): Wingspan ca. 15 mm (specimen not spread); head brush light yellow, scape with pecten dark grey; labial palpi short, straight, outside dark grey, inside paler; thorax and tegulae grey-brown, apically paler, forewings yellowish brown, without any pattern, base and first third of costa darker; hindwings shiny light grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 46 ): Uncus with two lobes, each with three strongly sclerotised thorns; tegumen with more strongly sclerotised basal and apical edges; phallus fused with vinculum by finger-like process, nearly pistolshaped, ventral edge prolonged to thin pointed tip, costal edge strongly sclerotised; valvae more or less triangular, basally broadest, narrower to rounded apex, apodemes long, costal edge slightly concave, more strongly sclerotised.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Remarks: Superficially not clearly distinguishable from the preceding species, but the male genitalia with six thorns on the uncus lobes (four in H. lehmanni ) and the rounded apex of valvae without pointed tip are characteristic for this species.

Figures

Figs 46-51. 46: Hyperbola sexspinosa, ; 47-48: Perissomastix (Perissomastix) wadimaidaq,  (47 - Papillae anales; 48 - ostium area); 49: Perissomastix (Perissomastix) taeniaecornis, ; 50-51: Perissomastix (Perissomastix) jemenitica,  (50 - Uncus-tegumen-phallus; 51 - valva).