Tolpia paraunguis Fibiger

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 79-80

Tolpia paraunguis Fibiger , new species

( Plate 9 , figure 7; male genit. plate 19, figure 2)

Material examined. Holotype: male, Thailand NE, ca. 5 km NE junction road 1081–1307 towards Ban Nam Lee Pattana , 28.xi.2003, leg. L. Peregovits, M. Földvári & Á. Körösi, coll. HNHM . Paratypes. 2 males, Thailand, Tham Sakoen Nat. Park headquarters, 19º23’ N, 100º38’ E, 29–30.xi.2003, leg. L. Peregovits, M. Földvári & Á. Körösi, one genit. prep. 5921 M. Fibiger, coll. HNHM and M. Fibiger. Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 13–15 mm. Crosslines: brown, indistinct, with a black costal spot, terminal line indicated by black interneural dots. Reniform stigma: light brown, outlined darker brown. Fringes: length of scales in three levels, appearing as three lines. Hindwing: dark brown. Underside: unicolorous brown. Hind-legs: with prominent long scent brush. Abdomen: brown, with black crest on first segment; male with long dark-brown anal tuft .

Tegumen: extremely long.

Fultura superior: left side sclerotised, fused with tegumen, forming a small, broad-based, triangular process.

Tergite and sternite: indistinct.

Sacculus: apical on both sides, with heavily sclerotised, conelike processes; left one triangular, setose at tip; right one much larger, without pointed tip (apo.).

Ampulla: slightly asymmetrical, golf clublike, apically smoothly rounded.

Pollex: triangular, short, with long hairlike setae.

Digitus: on both sides long, narrow, bent, pointed apically.

Juxta: higher than wide.

Anellus: ventral left side fused with juxta.

Phallus: extremely long, broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, coiled clockwise, bent, slightly tapered towards tip, coecum short and pointed.

Differential diagnosis. Male genitalia of T. paraunguis show close relationship to those of T. unguis Fibiger, 2007 but differ by:

- fultura superior process on left side of tegumen broader, longer, and less pointed;

- pollex longer and narrower;

- ampulla with tapered and slightly broader stick to golf clublike end;

- sacculus dorsally larger, with two tops on right side; that of T. paraunguis with narrower dorsal top;

left process of T. paraunguis smaller than that of T. unguis;

- left ampulla at base with longer, more straight spinelike process compared with that of T. unguis;

- juxta of T. paraunguis dorsally broader, apically with one extra process;

- phallus less curved;

- coecum less pointed;

- phallus with prominent raised crest, ¾ circumferrand at posterior end of ductus ejaculatorius.

Distribution. T. paraunguis is only known from two localities in Thailand.

Figures

PLATE 9. Figures 1–8. Obscura, Editum, Asytegumen, Tolpia, and Disca species, adults. 1, 2, Obscura davisi, male holotype, Sri Lanka, Rat. District, Uggalkaltota and female paratype, Sri Lanka, Rat. District, Uda Walawe; 3, E. editoides, male holotype, Vietnam S, Mt.Ngoc Linh; 4, E. editum, male holotype, Vietnam, 20 km Di Linh; 5, Asytegumen absurdus, male holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 6, Tolpia hainanensis, male holotype, China, Hainan; 7, T. paraunguis, male holotype, NE Thailand; 8, T. mons, male holotype, Indonesia, Java Centr., Predanger;