Abantiades hutchinsoni Moore & Beaver, 2020

Moore, Michael D., Beaver, Ethan P., Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro & Stevens, Mark I., 2020, Four new tri-forked species of the Australian genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from the “ dark obscura clade ”, Zootaxa 4801 (1), pp. 115-141 : 128

3. Abantiades hutchinsoni Moore & Beaver sp. nov.

Figs 4 , 7 (d), 8(d), 9(d), 10(d).

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FIGURE 4. Male (dorsal view)—Abantiades hutchinsoni sp. nov. (Holotype, 31.01oS, 120.51oE, 2 kms WbyS of Bullabulling, WA, 6 May 1984, E.S. Nielsen, E.D. Edwards. Dissected E.P. Beaver.)

FIGURE 7. Lateral views of the male genitalia. (a) Abantiades kayi sp. nov. (Paratype, Wongan Hills Town, 13 May 2017, P.M. Heath, ID No(s) Per 17.571; 30o53’38.31”S, 116o43’5.33”E. Dissected M.D. Moore. Leg taken for DNA analysis, Spec. No. 18206, sample designation G30.) (b) Abantiades zonatriticum sp. nov. (Paratype, West Aust., Cunderdin, Light P. Kay, 25- 5-18 Specimen No 18148, Sample designation H170. Dissected M.D. Moore. SAMA Database, No. 31-020458.) (c) Abantiades obscura (Millstream. Pilbara W.A., 1-06-13, Light. P.Kay.) (d) Abantiades hutchinsoni sp. nov. (Paratype, 29.34oS 121.07oE, 25 km S of, Menzies W.A., 5 May 1984, E.S. Nielsen, E.D. Edwards. Leg taken for DNA analysis (Spec. No. 18139. Sample designation H 142.). Dissected M.D. Moore.) (e) Abantiades centralia sp. nov. (Paratype, 21st May 2016, 18 kms E of Jessie Gap, Hale, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 23o44.252’S, 134o09.368’, Coll. Glenn Beaver. Dissected M.D. Moore. Leg taken for DNA analysis—sample Ep. 022. SAMA No. 31-019763.) Morphological structures: am: anterior margin; Brt: basal rim of the pseudotegumen; Dav: distal-posterior arm of vinculum; Dipm: disto-posterior margin; Dopc: dorso-posterior corner; Dpl; distal lobe of the pseudotegumen; Dpm: dorso-posterior margin; Dpp: disto-posterior process; mml: medial margin of medial lobe; pm: posterior margin; Sac: Saccus; Sba: anterior margin of backward face of saccus; Sbf: backward face of saccus; Sbp: posterior margin of backward face of saccus; Scu: sacculus; Sfa: anterior margin of forward face of saccus; Sff: forward face of saccus; Sfp: posterior margin of forward face of saccus; Spm: posterior margin of saccus; Tpr: dorso-distal twin processes; Va: apodemal vinculum; Vl: valva; Vpa: ventral pseudoteguminal arm; Vpm: ventro-posterior margin.