Rooiklipia mirabib ( Mey, 2011 ), 2021

Mey, Wolfram & Léger, Théo, 2021, Description of a new endemic genus of the Namib Desert and adjacent biomes in Namibia (Tineoidea: Tineidae: Hapsiferinae), Metamorphosis 32 (1), pp. 36-42 : 39-40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4314/met.v32i1.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14199777
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scientific name	Rooiklipia mirabib ( Mey, 2011 )
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Rooiklipia mirabib ( Mey, 2011) ( Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 5 View Figure 5 , 9A View Figure 9 )

Rhodobates mirabib Mey, 2011 , comb. nov. Esperiana Memoir 6: 166–168.

Type material: Holotype ♂, Namibia, Mirabib , Central Namib, 27.i.2009, LF, leg. W. Mey ( NMNW) . Paratypes 16 ♂, same data as holotype .

New material examined: 2♂, Namibia, Khomas, Windhoek District, near Gamsberg , Rooiklip Farm , 10– 11.ix.2012, LF, leg. W. Mey ; 2♂, same locality, 10– 13.iv.2013, Lf, leg. W. Mey ; 1♂, same locality, 10– 11.iii.2014, leg. L. Kühne ; 9♂ 6♀, same locality, 22– 24.xi.2017, leg. W. Mey ; 2♂, neighbouring farm Rooisand , BIOTA observatory, 23°17.755′S 16°06.693′E, 20.i.2007, LF, leg. W. Mey & K. Ebert GoogleMaps ; 1♂ (paratype), Namibia, Central Namib, Mirabib, 27.i.2009, Lf, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 01/21, DNA Voucher MFNLEP416 (MfN) (BOLD process ID TINEI001 -21, Genbank accession number MZ334982 ) ( MFN) .

Female genitalia ( Fig. 9A View Figure 9 ): Ostium as flat opening in the middle of sternum VIII near basal margin, antrum of short, triangular form rounded towards ductus bursae, surface of inner side of antrum with granulated structure. Apophyses anteriores divided apically into short dorsal und lateral arms at point of fusion to tergum VIII¸ papillae analis round, with short sensillae.

Remarks: The hitherto unknown female is described here from Rooiklip ( Fig. 11 View Figure 11 ). In its original description the species was provisionally placed in Rhodobates Ragonot, 1895 . The male genitalia were in agreement with the general features of the genus, but rather different in other features compared with the two species described from Africa ( Gozmány & Vári 1973). The species is here transferred to Rooiklipia gen. nov.