Kiwaia-

Bidzilya, Oleksiy & Li, Houhun, 2016, A review of the genus Kiwaia Philpott, 1930 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 471-497 : 475

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1ACE4A63-6A0A-4138-BB56-08FC5AEF9F2D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6062793

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E9725F-3F5A-FFC2-74FE-FF0DFA6AF1E5

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Plazi

scientific name

Kiwaia-
status

 

Key to the male genitalia of Palaearctic Kiwaia- View in CoL species

(The male of K. (E.) yadongensis sp. n. is unknown)

1. Phallus about as long as tegumen and uncus, with rounded apex and short lateral tooth, saccus 3 times longer than basal width ( Figs 52, 53 View FIGURES 48 – 53 )............................................................................ K. (E.) ramulata View in CoL

- Phallus from 1/2 to 2/3 length of tegumen and uncus, lateral tooth absent, saccus from 1.5 to 2 times longer than basal width ( Figs 28–51 View FIGURES 28 – 35 View FIGURES 36 – 41 View FIGURES 42 – 47 View FIGURES 48 – 53 )........................................................................................ 2

2. Ventral margin of valva with short process ( Figs 45, 46 View FIGURES 42 – 47 ).................................... K. (E.) montana View in CoL sp. n.

- Ventral margin of valva without process ( Figs 28–44, 47–51 View FIGURES 28 – 35 View FIGURES 36 – 41 View FIGURES 42 – 47 View FIGURES 48 – 53 )................................................. 3

3. Saccus twice broader than valva in middle, about half of its length ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 42 – 47 )...................... K. (E.) medogia View in CoL sp. n.

- Saccus as broad as valva in middle or narower, shorter than half length of valva................................... 4

4. Uncus twice longer than broad on 1/4 length, posterior margin with medail incision ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 42 – 47 )............. K. (E.) spinosa View in CoL

- Uncus less than twice longer than broad on 1/4 length, posterior margin rounded.................................. 5

5. Apex of valva triangular, tapers to a thorn ( Figs 48–51 View FIGURES 48 – 53 )...................................................... 6

- Apex of valva rounded or weakly tapered................................................................. 7

6. Sacculus narrow, saccus broad, apical thorn long ( Fig 48 View FIGURES 48 – 53 )......................................... K. (E.) kumatai View in CoL

- Sacculus broad, saccus narrow, apical thorn short ( Figs 49–51 View FIGURES 48 – 53 )............................... K. (E.) povolnyi View in CoL sp. n.

7. Saccus broad, extended far beyond top of pedunculus, phallus stout, broad ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 36 – 41 )........... K. (E.) nyingchiensis View in CoL sp. n.

- Saccus narrower, slightly exceeds beyond top of pedunculus, phallus slender..................................... 8

8. Sacculus about as long as vincular process ( Figs 42, 43 View FIGURES 42 – 47 )..................................... K. (E.) centrica View in CoL sp. n.

- Sacculus longer than vincular process.................................................................... 9

9. Saccus abruptly cut ( Figs 33–37 View FIGURES 28 – 35 View FIGURES 36 – 41 )............................................................. K. (E.) kostjuki View in CoL

- Saccus tapered..................................................................................... 10

10. Phallus with crescentic cornutus, sacculus broadened apically ( Figs 39–41 View FIGURES 36 – 41 )................. K. (E.) septentrionala View in CoL sp. n.

- Phallus without crescentic cornutus, sacculus pointed apically................................................ 11

11. Phallus comparatively narrow, valva extending to about half length of uncus ( Figs 29–31 View FIGURES 28 – 35 )............. K. (E.) palaearctica View in CoL

- Phallus comparatively broad, valva extending to the top of uncus............................................. 12

12. Apical arm of phallus with postrior margin broadly rounded, valva apically rounded ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 28 – 35 )............ K. (E.) dryosyrta View in CoL

- Apical arm of phallus with postrior margin concave in middle, valva apically pointed ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 28 – 35 )..... K. (E.) mengdana View in CoL sp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

Genus

Kiwaia

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