Pollex (Bilobiana) kononenkoi, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 76-77

Pollex (Bilobiana) kononenkoi Fibiger, new species

( Plate 10 , figure 2; female genit. plate 25 figure 5)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Indonesia, Sulawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park , 4.vi.1985, genit. prep. 4466 M. Fibiger. Coll. BMNH.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 10 mm.

Forewing: narrow, light brown, dark brown on both sides of terminal line.

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

Reniform: distinct, small, whitish grey, outlined by brown.

Fringes: coloured like terminal area.

Hindwing: unicolorous brown with an indistinct black discal spot.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Female genitalia.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; asymmetrical.

Anterior apophyses: length 1½ of posterior apophyses.

Position of ostium bursae: anteriorly on 7 th segment, close to 6 th segment, slightly displaced to left.

Antrum: very short; basally with a narrow, curved heavily sclerotised area.

Ductus bursae: coiling in several loops; membranous, long, 3½ X longer than corpus bursae.

Corpus bursae: globular.

Appendix bursae: arising anteriorly from ductus bursae immediately after antrum.

Differential diagnosis.

P. kononenkoi differs from other species by the very short, cylindrical, slightly curved antrum.

Figures

PLATE 10. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenera Proma and Bilobiana species, adults. 1, P. (Proma) archi, female holotype, Indonesia, Kangean Isl.; 2, P.(Bilobiana) kononenkoi, female holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 3, P.(B.) dumogai, male holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 4, P.(B.) palopoi, female holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi, near Palopo; 5, P. (B.) circulari, female holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 6, P. (B.) sulawesii, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Temboga; 7, P. (B.) merisulawesii, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tjamba; 8, P.(B.) lafontainei, female holotype, Philippines, Palawan, Mantalin ajan.