Abes vedi Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 60

Abes vedi Fibiger , new species

( Plate 7 , figure 5; female genit. plate 24, figure 6)

Material examined. Holotype. Female. Thailand NW, Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep Pui Nat. Park , 1200 m, 10–

11.xi.1988, leg. J.D. Bradley, Angoon Lewvanich & D.S. Fletcher, genit. prep. 3286 M. Fibiger, coll. BMNH. Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 10 mm. Head, patagia, anterior part of tegulae, prothorax, basal part of costa, and costal part of medial area: greyish brown; costal medial area quadrangular. Forewing ground colour: unicolorous grey-brown, suffused with black scales, fringes dark grey. Crosslines: all lines indistinct, terminal line marked by black interneural dots. Reniform stigma: tiny, white, brown outlined. Female genitalia. Posterior apophyses: 1.25 longer than ovipositor. Anterior apophyses: untraceable. 7 th and 8 th abdominal segment: totally fused. 7 th segment: medially with pockets, shaped as pair of spectacles (apo.). Ostium: small, displaced to left, positioned posteriorly on 7 th segment (though belongs to 8 th segment). Antrum: slightly longer than wide; slightly tapered; conelike, heavily sclerotised, except ¼ of cone (apo.). Ductus bursae: membranous, narrow, 1.5 times as long as corpus bursae (apo.). Corpus bursae: relatively large, globular. Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae. Signum: cross-shaped, longitudinally short. Differential diagnosis. A. vedi differs from other Obscurini species in: - dark brown ground-colour throughout; - tiny reniform stigma; female genitalia, in - 7 th and 8 th segment totally fused; - pair of glasslike pockets at 7 th segment; - very short antrum; - ductus bursae narrow, 1.5 times as long as corpus bursae. Distribution. A. vedi known only from NW Thailand.

Figures

PLATE 7. Figures 1–8. Longiantrum, Abes, Asyprocessa, Tantulius, and Asymelissa species, adults. 1, Longiantrum coclea, female holotype, Vietnam N, Ban En Base Camp; 2, L. legraini, female holotype, Thailand, Loei; 3, L. burmaensis, male holotype, Myanmar N, Htawgaw; 4, L. quadra, male holotype, Vietnam N, Tonkin; 5, Abes vedi, female holotype, Thailand N, Chiang Mai; 6, Asyprocessa wapi, male holotype, Laos, Wapi; 7, A. laevi, female holotype, Thailand, Chiang Mai; 8, A. spinus, male holotype, Malaysia W, Penang.