Hoploscopa albipuncta Leger & Nuss, 2020
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.907.36563 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/26FE78DF-5D7E-4034-A730-FA5C7177466E |
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Hoploscopa albipuncta Leger & Nuss |
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sp. nov. |
Hoploscopa albipuncta Leger & Nuss sp. nov. Figs 4 View Figures 4–18 , 46 View Figures 46–51 , 87 View Figures 87–90
Material examined.
Holotype: ♂, with labels: "Malaysia: Sabah, Kinabalu Park H[ead]Q[uarter], | Timpohon Gate, 700m from Liwagu | Trail starting point, near Liwagu River, | 6°1'40"N, 116°32'59"E, 1760m, UV light, | 18.vi.2015, leg. T. Léger & R. Mally"; "TL335 | ♂". Deposited in BORN.
Paratypes: 13 ♂, 1 ♀. Malaysia: 8 ♂ (1 with genitalia on slide TL336 ♂), same data as holotype; 3 ♂ (1 with genitalia on slide TL536 ♂), Sabah, Kinabalu National Park, Timpohon Gate, 300 m from Ligawu trail starting point, 6°1'41"N, 116°32'54"E, 1820 m, UV light, 18.vi.2015, leg. T. Léger & R. Mally (MTD); 1 ♂, Sabah, Mesilau, Kopogon, 24.ii.2006, light trap, leg. W. & M. Mey; 1 ♂ (genitalia on slide TL635 ♂), Sabah, Mesilau River, 24-25.ii.2006, light trap, leg. W. & M. Mey; 1 ♀ (DNA voucher MTD7434, genitalia on slide TL609 ♀), Sabah, Mesilau, 2000 m, 14-17.xi.2006, light trap, leg. W. Mey & K. Ebert (MFNB).
Other specimens examined.
1 ♂. Malaysia: 1 ♂ (DNA voucher ITBC09, genitalia on slide TL309 ♂), same data as holotype.
Diagnosis.
Hoploscopa albipuncta sp. nov. displays a basal white well-rounded spot on the forewing. In male genitalia, the dorsal margin of the valva is protruded, the juxta displays two conspicuous tips and the phallus bears an anvil-shaped cornutus. In female genitalia, the antrum is membranous and forms a rounded pouch.
Similar species.
No similar species known.
Description.
Head. Antennae dorsally with brown scales. Proboscis pale yellow. Maxillary palpi brown, basally light brown. Labial palpi brown, ventrally pale yellow.
Thorax (Fig. 4 View Figures 4–18 ). Collar white. Forewing length: 9-10 mm (♂ & ♀); forewing ground colour brown; rounded snow white basal cubital spot; median discoidal stigma rhomboid to ellipsoid, dark red, edged with pale yellow; postmedian spot trapezoid, dark red, proximally pale yellow; subterminal line snow white, parallel to termen, slightly angled at M1, broader at costa; fringes brown, with white dots. Hindwing dirty pale yellow. Forelegs bronze. Midlegs brown, with tibia and tarsi segments distally white. Hindlegs brown, with tibia and tarsi segments distally white.
Abdomen. Male sternum A8 posterior margin straight.
Male genitalia (N = 5) (Fig. 46 View Figures 46–51 ). Uncus long and slender, gently narrowing on basal half, apex tongue-shaped. Gnathos projection broad, triangular, with rounded apex. Valva ventral margin straight, dorsal margin strongly protruded dorsad, apex rounded. Juxta with base rounded, medially narrowed, apex split into two conspicuous tips. Saccus small, pointing dorsad. Phallus with sclerotised, anvil-shaped cornutus.
Female genitalia (N = 1) (Fig. 87 View Figures 87–90 ). Anterior apophyses with dorsal bump at posterior 1/3. Antrum forming a membranous rounded pouch. Ductus bursae of medium length, slender, straight. Corpus bursae small, globular, reticulate, with barely marked sclerotisation at thorn base. Thorn curved, with small dents pointing toward thorn apex on its inner side, glabrous on the outer side.
Distribution.
Known from the slopes of the Mount Kinabalu (4,095 m) on Borneo, at altitudes between 1,700 m and 2,000 m.
DNA barcoding.
Specimen MTD7430 from Luzon shows an K2P-distance of 4.5-4.9% with the two specimens from Borneo.
Etymology.
The species name albipuncta refers to the Latin albus, white, and punctus, forming a point.
Remarks.
Two female specimens from the Philippines with similar habitus and genitalia but a COI barcode divergence of 4.5-4.9% are recovered as different MOTU in the species delimitation analyses. Unfortunately, no male was available for this study, thus we refrained from describing a new species based on these two specimens.
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