Meleonoma species

Wang, Shuxia, Zhu, Xiaoju & Tao, Zhulin, 2021, Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (III), with descriptions of eighteen new species, Zootaxa 4995 (2), pp. 303-333 : 305-306

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.5

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Meleonoma species
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Key to Meleonoma species of the dentivalvata -group in China

1 Forewing with a median costal spot and a distal spot......................................................... 2

- Forewing with a median fascia and a distal spot............................................................. 8

2 Transtilla with a large dorsal spine at each side directed obliquely upward ( Wang 2003: Fig. 11 View FIGURES 9‒14 )....... M. paranthaedeaga

- Transtilla without a dorsal spine......................................................................... 3

3 Tip of costa extended outward ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3−8 )........................................... M. rectimarginalis

- Tip of costa not extended outward apically................................................................. 4

4 Valva with a narrow dentate plate running from near base to about 2/5 above ventral margin ( Wang 2003: Fig. 21 View FIGURES 21‒26 )................................................................................................ M. anthaedeaga

- Valva without such a dentate plate....................................................................... 5

5 Valva with a few tiny teeth and a spine at apex ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 21‒26 )..................................... M. globoidea sp. nov.

- Valva with a spine at apex but without tiny teeth............................................................ 6

6 Sacculus elliptically dilated distally ( Wang 2003: Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3−8 )............................................... M. zhengi

- Sacculus not dilated distally............................................................................ 7

7 Cornuti consisting of a pile of short spines and a large spine with several denticles ( Wang 2003: Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3−8 )... M. falsivespertina

- Cornuti consisting of a pile of spines ( Wang 2003: Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21‒26 )............................................... M. gei

8 Forewing with a lineate median fascia ( Wang 2003: Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )............................................ M. deflecta

- Forewing with a broadly banded median fascia............................................................. 9

9 Valva with a large carina bifurcate distally ( Wang 2004: Fig. 6 View FIGURES 3−8 )...................................... M. furcellata

- Valva without such a carina............................................................................ 10

10 Sacculus concave medially at apex, forming two apical lobes ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9‒14 )................... M. similifloralis

- Sacculus narrowed distally, not concave medially at apex.................................................... 11

11 Valva concave inward medioapically or concave near apex ventrally........................................... 12

- Valva neither concave inward apically nor concave near apex ventrally......................................... 14

12 Valva concave inward medioapically, sacculus with a hook-shaped process distally ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3−8 )................................................................................................... M. proximihamatilis

- Valva concave inward near apex ventrally, sacculus without a process distally.................................... 13

13 Valva with a shallow sub-rectangular apical emargination ( Wang 2003: Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21‒26 )...................... M. varifascirupta

- Valva with a deep semicircular apical emargination ( Wang 2003: Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9‒14 ).............................. M. fascirupta

14 Sacculus with an apical spine directed obliquely dorsad ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3−8 )........................... M. luniformis

- Sacculus without an apical spine........................................................................ 15

15 Ventral margin of valva with a preapical spine ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21‒26 ).................................... M. proapicalis sp. nov.

- Ventral margin of valva without a preapical spine.......................................................... 16

16 Valva with a ventroapical spine or a ventroapical denticle.................................................... 17

- Valva with an apical spine above ventral angle............................................................. 20

17 Valva with a ventroapical spine......................................................................... 18

- Valva with a ventroapical denticle ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21‒26 )............................................ M. ventridentata sp. nov.

18 Cornuti being a row of spines from before middle to before apex.............................................. 19

- Cornutus being a large spine ( Wang 2006a: Fig. 224).............................................. M. menglana

19 Valva without a long banded ridge, sacculus with a narrow process apically ( Wang 2006a: Fig. 256)........ M. torophanes

- Valva with a long banded ridge, sacculus without such a process apically ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21‒26 )............. M. raphidacantha sp. nov.

20 Aedeagus curved in S shape in distal half ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 21‒26 )......................................... M. curvativa sp. nov.

- Aedeagus not distinctly curved distally ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21‒26 ).............................................. M. lunata sp. nov.

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