Manitischeria ptarmica ( Meyrick, 1908 ) Stonis & Diškus & Solis & Monro, 2021

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Solis, M. Alma & Monro, Alexandre K., 2021, Diagnostics of Manitisheria gen. nov., an Old-World genus of leaf-mining Tischeriidae, composed of new species and species formerly in Tischeria Zeller, Zootaxa 4964 (2), pp. 251-287 : 257

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4740669

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scientific name

Manitischeria ptarmica ( Meyrick, 1908 )
status

comb. nov.

1. Manitischeria ptarmica ( Meyrick, 1908) View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 , 4–9 View FIGURES 4–12 , 33, 34 View FIGURES 33–36 , 37–45 View FIGURES 37–41 View FIGURES 42–45 )

Tischeria ptarmica Meyrick, 1908: 399 View in CoL .

Tischeria ptarmica Meyrick View in CoL , in van Nieukerken 2010: 515–517.

Host plants. In India, Ziziphus jujuba Mill. ( Meyrick 1908) and Z. mauritiana Lam. ( Robinson et al. 2010); in the Arabian Peninsula, possibly Z. spina-christi (L.) Desf. (van Nieukerken 2010); in Laos, Ziziphus sp. (resembling Z. rugosa Lam. ), Rhamnaceae ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4–12 ).

Distribution. The species is possibly widespread in South West, South and South East Asia. Currently known from the Arabian Peninsula: UAE (van Nieukerken 2010); Pakistan, Peshawar (new distribution data); India, Orissa: Puri ( Meyrick 1908), Pusa, Surat, and Karwar (new distribution data); and Laos: Luang Prabang Province (new distribution data).

Material examined. 10 ♂ (lectotype and paralectotypes, designated here; seven without abdomen), INDIA: Odisha [Orissa], Puri , mining larvae on Ziziphus jujuba Mill. , i.1908, E. Meyrick, genitalia slide no. 28663 ♂ (lectotype) ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, N of Mumbai [Bombay], Surat , 26.iv.1919 ( NHMUK) (new distribution data) ; 1 ♂, Karwar (also known as Kanara or Karnataka Coast ), vi.1911 (without abdomen) ( NHMUK) (new distribution data) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Pusa, Rangi Coll. , mining larvae on Ziziphus jujuba , 6.iii.1934, genitalia slide no. 28664 ( NHMUK) (new distribution data).

1 ♂, PAKISTAN: Peshawar , 20–25.v.1916, Fletcher Coll. (presented by R. L.E. Ford 1949), genitalia slide 28820 ( NHMUK) (new distribution data) .

3 ♂, 1 ♀, LAOS: Luang Prabang Prov., Nong Khiaw , 20°32’48”N, 102°38’22”E, elevation 410 m, mining larvae on Ziziphus sp. , 12.ii.2020, field card no. 5310, A. Diškus & M. Jocius, genitalia slide nos.AD1018 GoogleMaps ♂, AD1019 ♂ (no pinned moth available, the adult, except for genitalia, completely consumed for molecular studies), AD1025 ♂ ( ZIN) ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Vientiane Province, Vang Vieng , 18°56’01”N, 102°25’56”E, elevation 240 m, mining larvae on Ziziphus rugosa Lam. , 3.ii.2020, field card no. 5310, A. Diškus & M. Jocius, genitalia slide nos. AD1017 GoogleMaps ♂ (from adult in the pupal skin, no pinned moth is available), AD1020 ♂, AD1013 ♀, AD1016 ♀ ( ZIN) .

THAILAND. Herbarium samples with leaf mines of M. ptarmica collected in 21.xii.1969 from Fang, Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand (see Discussion) .

Remarks. Here, we designate a lectotype and nine paralectotypes of M. ptarmica . The lectotype and paralectotypes are designated here to fix and stabilize the current concept of the name, labeled as in Material examined. Each specimen is supplied with individual round paper labels that clearly states the status of the specimen: red for the lectotype and yellow for paralectotypes.

The leaf mines of M. ptarmica are documented for the first time (see Figs. 4–9 View FIGURES 4–12 .) The male genitalia of the lectotype is provided in Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 . For illustrations of the male and female genitalia from the Arabian Peninsula, see van Nieukerken (2010); for the newly examined specimens from Laos, see Figs. 37–45 View FIGURES 37–41 View FIGURES 42–45 .

Based on the study of many specimens from different localities, including a large series from Laos, we found that the juxta in M. ptarmica is always distinctly asymmetrical.

So far, M. ptarmica is the smallest known Tischeriidae worldwide. We measured our series from Laos: male forewing length 2.0– 2.75 mm (n = 3, average mean = 2.5 mm); male wingspan 4.35–5.93 mm (n = 3, average mean = 5.40 mm); female forewing length 1.92–2.95 mm (n = 3, average mean = 2.55 mm); female wingspan 4.06–6.33 mm (n = 3, average mean = 5.47 mm) ( Stonis et al. 2021). With a minimal wingspan of 4.06 mm, T. ptarmica is the smallest described species among the family, however, the maximum recorded wingspan of this species is longer than in another tiny species, Coptotriche pulverea Walsingham, 1897 ( Stonis et al. 2021).

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Tischeriidae

Genus

Manitischeria

Loc

Manitischeria ptarmica ( Meyrick, 1908 )

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Solis, M. Alma & Monro, Alexandre K. 2021
2021
Loc

Tischeria ptarmica

Nieukerken, E. J. van 2010: 515
2010
Loc

Tischeria ptarmica

Meyrick, E. 1908: 399
1908
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