Ochromolopis namibica GAEDIKE, 2004

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2020, New taxa and new records of Afrotropical Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera) with a distributional checklist, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 359-364 : 361

Ochromolopis namibica GAEDIKE, 2004

1 , Namibia, Gamsbg., Northern slope, 28.i.2007, LF [lux], leg. Mey & Ebert, Gen. präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike 7030: ZMHB ; 1 , Namibia, Auers mts , Windhoek, 1917 m, 25.i.2009, leg. W. Mey, Gen. präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike 7530: ZMHB .

The studied material contains for the first time female specimens, which allow the description of the genitalia structure ( Fig. 14 ):

Ventral arms of anterior apophysae connected by a more strongly sclerotized narrow band, dorsal arms ending in a more or less square area, covered by minute thornlike sclerotizations; ductus bursae proximally more strongly sclerotized; laterally on each side of the ostium a round somewhat more strongly sclerotized patch on segment VIII.

Figures

Figs 3–14: Epermenia minuta (female: 3 – segment VIII, 4 – signum); Epermenia larseni (male: 5 – uncus-tegumen, 6 – valva, 7 – phallus); Epermenia albofasciata (male: 8 – uncus-tegumen, 9 – valva, 10 – phallus); Ochromolopis xeropa (male: 11 – uncustegumen, 12 – valva, 13 – phallus); Ochromolopis namibica (female: 14 – segment VIII).