Manitischeria tyrocnistis ( Meyrick, 1934 ) 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 : 258

3. Manitischeria tyrocnistis ( Meyrick, 1934) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 26 , 46–51 )

Tischeria tyrocnistis Meyrick 1934: 461–462 .

Host plant. Grewia tiliifolia Vahl ( Meyrick 1934) , G. biloba G. Don ( Robinson et al. 2010) ( Malvaceae ) (former Tiliaceae ).

Distribution. India: Mumbai [ Bombay] ( Meyrick 1934), Indonesia: Java ( Diškus & Puplesis 2003).

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (male lectotype and female paralectotype, designated here, see Remarks), INDIA: Mumbai [Bombay], i.1932, M. L. Maxwell (E. Meyrick Coll.), genitalia slide nos. 28658 ♂ (lectotype), 28659 ♀ (paralectotype) ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, 15.xii.32 ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, same locality, 14.xii.32, genitalia slide no. 28660 ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, 12.i.33, genitalia slide no. 28660 ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, same locality, 18.xii.33, genitalia slide no. 28660 ( NHMUK) . 2 ♀ (one of them without abdomen), INDONESIA: Java, Telawa , vi.1935 ( NHMUK) .

Remarks. Here, we designate a lectotype and paralectotype of M. tyrocnistics. The lectotype and paralectotype 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 the paralectotype.The species is illustrated the first time, see Figs. 26 , 46–51 . Images are provided of the adult lectotype in Fig. 26 ; lectotype male genitalia in Figs. 46, 47, 49 ; paralectotype female genitalia in Fig. 51 ; additionally, we provide the phallus and right side of the juxta of a non-type specimen from India, slide 28660 ( Figs. 48, 50 ).

Figures

FIGURES 25–32.Adults of Manitischeria spp. 25, M. unca (Diškus & Stonis), paratype; 26, M. tyrocnistis (Meyrick), lectotype (first documentation); 27, M. puplesisi (Kozlov), holotype (first documentation); 28, M. armata (Diškus & Stonis), holotype; 29–32, M. brachiata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., holotype

FIGURES 46–54. Genitalia of Manitischeria spp.; 46, M. tyrocnistis, lectotype, slide no. 28658 (NHMUK), male genitalia (first documentation), capsule with phallus removed; 47, same, phallus; 48, same, non-type specimen, India, slide no. 28660 (NHMUK); 49, same, juxta, lectotype, slide no. 28658 (NHMUK); 50, same, right part of juxta, non-type specimen, India, slide no. 28660 (NHMUK); 51, same, paralectotype, female genitalia (first documentation), slide no. 28659 (NHMUK); 52, 53, M. unca, holotype, male genitalia, slide no. AD577 (ZIN); 54, M. armata, holotype, male genitalia, slide no. AD888 (TMSA)