Homoplectra albomarginata ( Ulmer 1907 ) Nozaki, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.3.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5789483 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/854F87B5-FFF3-6816-FF0A-BE16FBEBAAB9 |
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Homoplectra albomarginata ( Ulmer 1907 ) |
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comb. nov. |
Homoplectra albomarginata ( Ulmer 1907) , New combination.
( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 5–6. 5 )
Diplectrona albomarginata Ulmer 1907 View in CoL , 74.
Specimens examined. Honshu, Gifu: 1 female, Ozu, Ibigawa-cho, 14–16.v.2001, N. Kawase ( NK) ; 1 female, Nishimaenotani, Tsurumi, Ibigawa-cho, 10.iv.2002, N. Kawase ( NK) . Shiga: 45 females, Yuzurio, Eigenji, Higashi- Omi-shi , 12–31.v.2009, N. Kawase, by Malaise trap ( MITR20090430 ) .
Remarks. Ulmer (1907) described this species as a member of the genus Diplectrona based on a female specimen collected from an unknown locality in Gifu, central Honshu, and provided only a general description without illustrations. In 2021, I obtained photographs of the holotype of this species deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels ( Figs 6A–6D View FIGURES 5–6. 5 : photographed by J. Lalanne). Although the specimen lacks her head, her abdomen retains the following characteristics: Abdominal sternum V (s.V) bears a club-like process near the anterolateral margin (marked with an arrow in Fig. 6B View FIGURES 5–6. 5 ), the vulvar scale (v.s.) bears a pair of plate-like lobes basally (marked with a black arrow in Fig. 6C View FIGURES 5–6. 5 ), and a large pocket-like concavity between segment IX and vulval scale (marked with a white arrow in Fig. 6C View FIGURES 5–6. 5 ). Through the course of my study, I obtained females collected in Gifu, which have these characters (the latter two characters marked with arrows in Fig. 6E View FIGURES 5–6. 5 ). Their morphology, such as stout antennae, shape of wings, wing venation, etc., suggests that this species does not belong to the genus Diplectrona , but to Homoplectra . Although the markings of the forewings of the holotype female are indistinct ( Fig. 6A View FIGURES 5–6. 5 ), the two females examined in this study have forewings with distinct yellow markings similar to those of H. japonica .
Furthermore, 45 females collected from Shiga, an adjacent district of Gifu, have the same genitalic morphology as the holotype and 36 of these females bear the distinct markings, but 9 of them lack the markings. Redescription of this species in detail, including the variation of wing coloration, warrants future study .
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Homoplectra albomarginata ( Ulmer 1907 )
Nozaki, Takao 2021 |
Diplectrona albomarginata
Ulmer 1907 |