Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De, 2019, A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 61-89 : 78

Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908

( Figs. 7A , 8 A–C)

Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908: 726 ; Janse 1954: 381. TL: N. Transvaal [Limpopo], South Africa. [TMSA].

Idiopteryx proaula ; Meyrick 1925: 227.

Adult. ( Figs. 7A , 8C ). See also Janse (1954, Pl. 169, Fig. 3 ). Wingspan 24 – 28 mm.

Diagnosis. Venation (gen. slide no. CIS-7183/Park) is illustrated in Fig. 8C .

Male genitalia ( Figs. 8A, B ). See also Janse (1954, pl. 165, Fig. 4 - line drawing; pl. 173, Fig. 2 - photo). Uncus narrowly elongate; valva with deeply concave costal margin and strongly upturned distally; juxta with slightly concave caudal margin; aedeagus narrowly produced apically, with round apex.

Female genitalia. See Janse (1954, pl. 167, Fig. 1 ).

Material examined. [ South Africa] more than 30 additional specimens from South Africa in TMSA, including 1♂, Pretoria , 25 ix 1914 , A.J.T. Janse, gen. slide no. 511; 1♂, Pretoria , 29 x 1919 , A.J.T. Janse; 1♂, Pretoria , 25 xi 1916 , A.J.T. Janse; 1♀, Pretoria , 28 x 1925 , A.J.T. Janse, gen. slide no. 5491; and 1♀, Warmbath , 15 v 1953 , A.J.T. Janse. [ Kenya]: 2♂, Central , Aberdare C., Club 6000 ft, 1 iv 2000, 30 v 2000 , D.J..L Agassiz; 1♂, same locality, 30 v 2000 ; 2♂, Lift valley , Lake Nakura Park, 6000 ft, 5 x 1999 , D.J.L. Agassiz; 1♂, Lift Valley , Rumuniti 6000 ft, 31 xii 1999 , D.J.L. Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7181/Park.

Distribution. Botswana ( Pinhey 1975), Kenya (new record), Mozambique ( Pinhey 1975), Namibia (Janse 1954), South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo) ( Meyrick 1908), Zimbabwe (Janse 1954).

Remarks. The species was described based on a single female collected at Pietersburg, South Africa. It is known that the type (1♀, North Transvaal [Limpopo], Pietersburg, A.J.T. Janse) is deposited in the TMSA, but it was not found.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photos in the TMSA.A, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (= formerly Transvaal Museum) in Pretoria; B, An exhibition at the entrance of the museum; C, Photo of A.J.T. Janse (1875–1970).

FIGURE 2. Photos in the TMSA. A, Drawers of the Lepidoptera collection in the TMSA; A1, Drawers for the species of Lecithoceridae; B, A drawer of type specimens arranged according to the type numbers (Gelechiidae, Lecithoceridae), which is preserved in a stainless cabinet placed in the fire-proof type-specimens room.

FIGURE 3. Adults of Lecithocerinae with their labels: A, Atrichozancla gymnopalpa Janse, lectotype ♂; B, Atrichozancla phaeocrossis Meyrick, paratype ♂; C. Eridachtha crossogramma (Meyrick), holotype ♂; D, Frisilia compostoma Meyrick, holotype ♂; E, Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, lectotype ♂; F, Lecithocera aenicta Meyrick, holotype ♂; G, L. binotata Mey- rick, holotype ♂; H, L. flavipalpis Walsingham, holotype ♀; I, L. ideologa Meyrick, holotype ♂; J, L. lucernata Meyrick, ♂ specimen; K, L. myopa Meyrick, lectotype ♂; L, Plagiocrossa picrodora (Meyrick), lectotype ♀.

FIGURE 4. Male and female genitalia. A, male genitalia of Atrichozancla gymnopalpa Janse, a paratype, gen. slide no. CIS- 7206/Park; B, ditto, close-up of aedeagus; C, ditto, abdomen; D, male genitalia of Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, gen. slide no. CIS-7222/Park; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, right valva of a Taiwanese specimen; G, ditto, aedeagus; H. female genitalia of H. lophophora Janse, gen. slide no. CIS-7223/Park. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 7. Adults. A, Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, male; B, Idiopteryx bivia (Meyrick), male; C, I. discopuncta (Janse), female; D, I. obliquella Walsingham, male; E, I. jansei sp. nov., paratype, male; F, ditto, hind leg; G, I. natalensis sp. nov., holotype, male; H, ditto, hind leg.

FIGURE 8. Male and female genitalia & venation. A, male genitalia of Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, gen. slide no. CIS- 7183/Park; B, ditto, aedeagus; C. ditto, venation, wing slide no. CIS-7138/Park; D, female genitalia of Idiopteryx discopuncta (Janse), gen. slide no. CIS-7180/Park; E, male genitalia of I. bivia (Walsingham), gen. slide no. CIS-7181/Park; F, ditto, aedeagus; G, forewing venation of Idiopteryx discopuncta (Janse), wing slide no. CIS-7182/Park (left); H, venation of I. bivia (Walsingham), wing slide no. CIS-7182/Park (right). Scale bar: 1.0 mm.