Pollex (Proma) paramaxima, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 85-86

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1567.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6FDD4F7-E81C-47F6-A888-C14387A1B127
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/752F87CD-FFCD-FFFA-6CFF-FC6BFD1451E8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pollex (Proma) paramaxima
status	new species

Treatment

Pollex (Proma) paramaxima Fibiger, new species

( Plate 11 View PLATE 11 , figure 6; male genit. plate 20, figure 6)

Material examined.

Holotype: male, Indonesia, Lombok C, Senaru , Gg. Rinjani, 515 m, at light, 116’24’31 E 8’18’02 S, 28.xii.2003, leg. U. Buchsbaum, genit. prep. 4647 M. Fibiger. Coll. MF, to be deposited in ZMUC.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 12 mm.

Forewing: narrow, light brown, with costa blackish brown in medial area.

Transverse lines: black; terminal line marked by black dots between veins.

Reniform: distinct, whitish grey, outlined by black.

Hindwing: unicolorous grey brown with an indistinct, black discal spot.

Underside: unicolorous grey brown.

Male genitalia.

Tegumen: narrow.

Vinculum: short, stout.

Saccus: U-shaped, short.

Fultura superior: ventrally with a huge processs, which has three small processes apically, two of them apically blunt, ventrally fused to lower part of tegumen; third process fused with dorsal end of juxta-anellus plate Valve: slightly longer than wide.

Ampulla: positioned medially on distal end of valve; long, curved, narrow, equally broad throughout; right arm with a small triangular subbasal process; subapically densely setose with long hair-like, inwardly bent setae.

Pollex : huge, broad-based, triangular; subapically and apically densely setose with long hair-like, inwardly bent setae.

Digitus: long, narrow, tapered, evenly curved ventrally, apically hooked.

Juxta-anellus plate: large, slightly higher than wide.

Phallus: very long, slightly S-shaped; medially with a small swelling, from there tapered towards apex; coecum long and narrow, slightly downturned.

Vesica: with a small thorn-like cornutus.

Differential diagnosis.

P. paramaxima differs from the P. maxima by the prominent processes of the fultura superior, the long, narrow ampulla, the huge pollex, and the S-shaped phallus.