Gnathocinara Dierl, 1978

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XI. Gnathocinara Dierl, 1978 ( FIGURE 18 )

Gnathocinara Dierl, 1978 , Spixiana 1 (3): 266. Type species: Ocinara situla van Eecke, 1929, by original designation. First

recorded from China by Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009: 249.

Diagnosis. Characterized by the following features: wings white or pale gray; 8th sternite with posterior margin deeply bifid, with two pairs differently-sized and shaped projections, anterior margin with two elongate, distally swollen processes; 8th tergite goblet-shaped, anterior margin with two acute bars extending outwards; uncus long, finger-shaped; gnathos reduced; valvae fused basally, deeply bifid to near the base and costa long and sickleshaped; harpe thumb-shaped; saccus slender.

Distribution. Oriential Region.

Remarks. Prior to the present study, this genus consisted of only a single species and had been recorded from China by Zolotuhin & Witt (2009). Here, a second species from China is described.

Map 11. Distribution of Gnathocinara spp. mainly in China.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Adults and male genitalia of Gnathocinara spp. A. G. situla, male (Thailand); B. G. situla, female (Myanmar); C. G. b o i sp. nov., male (Guangxi), holotype; D. G. situla, male genitalia (Yunnan); E. G. situla, male genitalia (Yunnan); F. G. b o i sp. nov., male genitalia (Guangxi), holotype.