Thubdora ghesquierei Park & De Prins, 2019

Park, Kyu-Tek, Mey, Wolfram, Koo, Jun-Mo, Prins, Jurate De, Akite, Perpetra & Cho, Soowon, 2020, Fourteen new species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) from Uganda, and three new combinations in Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 from DR Congo, Zootaxa 4759 (4), pp. 451-487 : 475

3. Thubdora ghesquierei Park & De Prins, 2019

( Figs. 16 A–E)

Thubdora ghesquierei Park & De Prins, 2019: 456 . TL: DR Congo, Equateur. [RMCA].

Material examined. 1♂, Uganda, N Western, Masindi Distr., Budongo Forest , 50 km W Masindi, 1˚42ʹ93ʹʹN 31˚28ʹ18ʹʹE, 1090 m, 14–16 xi 2007, leg. L. Aarvik & M. Fbiger ; 1♂, Uganda (Western), Bushenyi Distr., Kalinzu Forest , 1450 m, 0˚23ʹ342ʹʹS 30˚05ʹ156ʹʹE; 7-8. xi. 2007; leg. L. Aarvik & M. Fibiger, COI barcode CBNU111, de- posited in NHMO ; 2♂, Uganda, Kibale Nat. Park, Biol. Field Station , 19–24 xi 2014, LF leg. W. Mey; gen. slide no. CIS-7067, COI barcode CBNU033; CIS-7260, wing slide no. CIS-7260-1 ; 3♀, same locality and date as the preceding specimens; gen. slide no. CIS-7043, COI barcode CBNU024; CIS-7055, COI barcode CBNU004; CIS- 7037, COI barcode CBNU040, in MfN ; 1♂, Uganda, Western, Kibale Forest , Kanyawara 1500 m, 0˚33ʹ39ʹʹN 30˚21ʹ 27ʹʹE, 22 x 2014, D. Agassiz; gen. slide no. CIS-7272, COI barcode CBNU120, in NHMUK .

Diagnosis. T. ghesquierei can be distinguished from its allies by the male genitalia ( Figs. 16B, C ; also see Park & De Prins 2019: figs. 4B, C): uncus with deep emargination in V-shape on caudal margin and broad lateral lobes; valva elongated, nearly parallel-sided and dilated near distal end; juxta with large, triangular caudal plate; and abdominal segment VIII with longitudinally elongated spinous zone on dorsal surface. Forewing length 7.0– 7.5 mm. Female genitalia ( Fig. 16E ). Abdominal sternite VIII deeply emarginated medially on caudal margin. Antrum membranous, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae narrow near posterior end, with numerous conic spines medially; ductus seminalis broad, arising from before half. Corpus bursae ovate, large; signum round, with broadly sclerotized, strongly serrate posterior plate.

Remarks. The species is reported for the first time from Uganda. The female is known for the first time, and the genitalia are illustrated. The adult and the male genitalia were recently illustrated by Park & De Prins (2019), but they are illustrated here for a comparison with its allies, especially the uncus of the male genitalia which has somewhat different lobes in shape and direction.

Distribution. Uganda (Kabarole Distr.: new record), DR Congo (Eala) ( Park & De Prins 2019).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Thubdora ghesquierei Park & De Prins: A, adult; B, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7067; C, aedeagus; D, abdominal segments VII and VIII, with a pair of long hair-pencils; E, female genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7055. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm.