Vas owadai Fibiger, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459430 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C67FC6F-2D14-FF80-FF28-FE67EB687315 |
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Felipe |
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Vas owadai Fibiger |
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sp. nov. |
Vas owadai Fibiger View in CoL , new species
( Plate 5 View PLATE 5 , figure 3; female genit. plate 23, figure 7)
Material examined. Holotype: female, Thailand N, Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Inthanon, South Ridge , 1650 m, 18–21.x.1983, leg. M. Owada, genit. prep. 3282 M. Fibiger, coll. NSMT.
Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 11 mm.
Head, patagia, tegulae, thorax, and ground colour of forewing: brown; costal quadrangular patch of medial area and terminal area dark brown (apo.).
Forewing: long and narrow, with pointed apex.
Abdomen: grey; with dorsal tuft on basal segment.
Crosslines: all present, though indistinctly marked; terminal line marked by black interneural dots.
Reniform stigma: small, whitish, outlined by dark brown.
Hindwing: light grey, with indistinct discal spot.
Underside: forewing brown grey, hindwing light grey, discal spot of hindwing present.
Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.
Posterior apophyses: slightly longer than ovipositor.
Anterior apophyses: 1/5 length of posterior apophyses.
7 th abdominal segment: half as long as wide; shortest ventrally.
8 th abdominal segment: ventrally free, with postvaginal, conelike plate.
Ostium: displaced slightly to left, large.
Antrum: broadly vaselike, 1.5 times longer than wide; ventrally shorter (apo.).
Ductus bursae: membranous, very long and narrow; 3 times as long as corpus bursae (apo.).
Corpus bursae: globular.
Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae.
Signum: cross-shaped, longitudinal bar shorter.
Differential diagnosis. V. owadai differs from V. proceus in smaller size, in male genitalia, in larger patch in costa-medial area, and in female genitalia in longer antrum and longer ductus bursae.
Distribution. V. owadai known only from type-locality in North Thailand.
NSMT |
National Science Museum (Natural History) |
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