Manitischeria sparmanniae ( Puplesis & Diškus, 2003 ) 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 : 259

8. Manitischeria sparmanniae ( Puplesis & Diškus, 2003) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 69–73 )

Tischeria sparmanniae Puplesis & Diškus 2003: 267–268 .

Tischeria sparmanniae Puplesis & Diškus , in Puplesis et al. 2004: 43, 45, 48, 49.

Host plant. Sparrmannia ricinocarpa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze (Malvaceae) .

Distribution. Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia.

Material examined. Paratypes: 2 ♂, NAMIBIA: Brandberg , Wasserfallfläche, elevation 1940 m, 20.iii.2001, W. Mey, genitalia slide nos. AD0433 ♂, AD1023 ♂ ( ZIN) .

Remarks. We provide the first photographic documentation of the male genitalia ( Figs. 69–73 ). Two paratypes, previously deposited at LEU (=VPU), will be transferred to ZIN (see Material and Methods).

Figures

FIGURES 69–73. Male genitalia of Manitischeria sparmanniae (Puplesis & Diškus) (first photographic documentation); 69, paratype, slide no. AD0433 (ZIN), ventral view, focused on uncus, tegumen and phallus; 70, same, focused on juxta and vinculum; 71, paratype, slide no. AD1023 (ZIN), lateral view; 72, same, phallus; 73, paratype, slide no. AD0433 (ZIN), juxta