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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1

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scientific name

Tolpia paraunguis Fibiger
status

sp. nov.

Tolpia paraunguis Fibiger , new species

( Plate 9 View 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 GoogleMaps .

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.

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Tolpia

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