Thalassodes maipoensis Galsworthy, 1997

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Thalassodes maipoensis Galsworthy, 1997

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Thalassodes maipoensis Galsworthy, 1997 , Mem. Hong Kong nat . Hist. Soc., 21: 130, text-fig. 3; pl. 1, fig. 22. Holotype 3, China: Hong Kong, Maipo. (BMNH)

Material examined. Holotype ( BMNH), 3, CHINA: Hong Kong: Maipo Education Centre N.T., 31.VIII.1994, coll. R. C. Kendrick (Slide No. 19176); paratype ( BMNH), Maipo, 1Ƥ.

Diagnosis. The male genitalia are close to those of T. depulsata Walker, 1861 (Sulawesi, Borneo) for both having a small scobinate valva basal process, an almost quadrate sacculus, and a tongue-like harpe, which is smaller than in T. immissaria . However the harpe is much smaller in T. maipoensis , and bigger and rounded in T. depulsata . The posterior margin of the male eighth sternite is shallowly concave and arc-like, whereas it is more deeply concave in T. depulsata . T. maipoensis is different from other congeners by the lack of setal patches on the third sternite, and because the hind tibia is not dilated and lacks a hair-pencil and terminal extension.

Distribution. China ( Hong Kong).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 20. Adults of Thalassodes, Orothalassodes, Pelagodes and Remiformvalva. 1, Thalassodes immissaria; 2, T. intaminata; 3, T. maipoensis; 4, T. opalina; 5, Orothalassodes hypocrites; 6 – 7. O. floccosa. 6, male; 7, female; 8, O. pervulgatus; 9, O. falsaria; 10, Pelagodes antiquadraria; 11, P. proquadraria; 12 – 13, P. semengok; 14, P. paraveraria sp. nov., holotype; 15, P. bellula sp. nov., holotype; 16, P. simplvalvae sp. nov., holotype; 17, P. subquadraria; 18, P. sinuspinae sp. nov., holotype; 19, P. clarifimbria; 20, Remiformvalva viridicaput. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 21 – 26. Male genitalia of Thalassodes and Orothalassodes. 21, Thalassodes immissaria; 22, T. intaminata; 23, T. maipoensis; 24, T. opalina; 25, Orothalassodes hypocrites; 26, O. floccosa. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 40 – 57. Aedeagus of Thalassodes, Orothalassodes, Pelagodes and Remiformvalva. 40, Thalassodes immissaria; 41, T. intaminata; 42, T. maipoensis; 43, T. opalina; 44, Orothalassodes hypocrites; 45, O. floccosa; 46, O. pervulgatus; 47, O. falsaria; 48, Pelagodes antiquadraria; 49, P. proquadraria; 50, P. semengok; 51, P. paraveraria sp. nov.; 52, P. bellula sp. nov.; 53, P. simplvalvae sp. nov.; 54, P. subquadraria; 55, P. sinuspinae sp. nov.; 56, P. clarifimbria; 57, Remiformvalva viridicaput. Scale bars = 1 mm.