Acanthocorona spinifera, Mey & Léger & Lien, 2021
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publication ID |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.44.52350 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7C03798-6A7E-5C32-8A1E-F9380A3AC849 |
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treatment provided by |
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scientific name |
Acanthocorona spinifera |
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sp. nov. |
Acanthocorona spinifera sp. nov. Figs 18 View Figures 18–25 , 26-30 View Figures 26–31 , 37 View Figure 37
Material.
Holotype ♂, Burmese amber, NIGP 173718 View Materials , ( NIGP).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is composed from Latin “spina”, spine, and “fero”, to carry, referring to the strong spines on tibiae of the adult moth.
Preservation.
Completely preserved in a small, rounded, polished piece of amber, embedded in dorso-ventral position, with right wings spread out, some short fractures and few a bubbles of air present, legs and postabdomen well visible (Fig. 37 View Figure 37 ).
Description.
Length of forewings 4.8 mm, antennae dark brown, less than 0.5 of forewing length, with 30 flagellomeres; scales of forewing short and spatulate, or long with apical margin serrated, scales of fringes long, lanceolate, rounded at apex (Fig. 29 View Figures 26–31 ).
Male genitalia (Figs 27 View Figures 26–31 , 28 View Figures 26–31 ): segment X a large dorsal plate with deep, triangular excision of apical margin giving the structure a bifid form (Fig. 28 View Figures 26–31 ); valvae broad, somewhat enlarged and rounded on apices; rod-like spine on ventral apex of valvae long, apically truncate, not accompanied by shorter spines, apical margin of valvae without denticules, basal spikes of valvae paired, about 0.8 the length of valvae (Fig. 27 View Figures 26–31 ). Phallus not extruded.
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Naking Institute of Geology and Palaeontology |
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