Glaucolepis aerifica ( Meyrick, 1915 )

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Karsholt, Ole & Torres, Nixon Cumbicus, 2017, Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia), Zootaxa 4257 (1), pp. 1-70 : 60-61

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.557156

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:98E19676-EC03-4026-B4B6-39BEC10B5A05

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3510858

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scientific name

Glaucolepis aerifica ( Meyrick, 1915 )
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45. Glaucolepis aerifica ( Meyrick, 1915) View in CoL

( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 33 View FIGURE 33 , 99 View FIGURE 99 )

Nepticula aerifica Meyrick, 1915: 255 View in CoL .

Stigmella aerifica (Meyrick) View in CoL , in Davis, 1984: 18.

Glaucolepis aerifica ( Meyrick, 1915) View in CoL , in Puplesis & Robinson 2000: 56 –57, Figs 59 View FIGURES 55 – 60 , 203, 204, 222. Glaucolepis aerifica ( Meyrick, 1915) View in CoL , in Stonis et al. 2016d: 66 View Cited Treatment , 67.

Material examined. 1 ♂ (lectotype, designated by Puplesis & Robinson, 2000), 1 ♀ (paralectotype), PERU, La Oroya, 3720 m, vii.1914, Parish, genitalia slide nos 28965 (lectotype), 28966 (paralectotype) ( BMNH) .

Diagnosis. The species' taxonomic position still remains unknown. This species differs from other known nepticulids by the combination of a distinct postmedian forewing fascia, wide and bilobed juxta, wide gnathos and unique morphology of the phallus.

Male ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 ). Re-described in Stonis et al. 2016d: 66.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 99 View FIGURE 99 ).

Bionomics. Adults fly in July. Otherwise biology unknown.

Distribution ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ). This species occurs on the Altiplano in the Peruvian Andes ( Peru: Yauli Departamento) at altitudes about 3720 m.

Remarks. This is an outstanding species, whose taxonomic position remains uncertain (Stonis et al. in prep.). The wing venation of this species was studied neither by Puplesis & Robinson (2000) nor us, in order to preserve the already badly damaged lectotype. The head is on a pin and shows a rubbed frontal tuft and indistinct collar; the thorax and wings are pinned separately in a gelatin capsule; the scaling of thorax and wings is well preserved; but damage to the thorax precludes repinning ( Stonis et al. 2016d: 67).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nepticulidae

Genus

Glaucolepis

Loc

Glaucolepis aerifica ( Meyrick, 1915 )

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Karsholt, Ole & Torres, Nixon Cumbicus 2017
2017
Loc

Glaucolepis aerifica (

Stonis 2016: 66
Puplesis 2000: 56
2000
Loc

Nepticula aerifica

Meyrick 1915: 255
1915
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