Prionapteryx banaadirensis Bassi, 2013

Bassi, Graziano, 2013, Notes on some Old World Prionapterygini Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Crambinae), with descriptions of new species, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1), pp. 131-160 : 146-148

Prionapteryx banaadirensis Bassi sp. n. Figs 11, 41

HOLOTYPE: 1- ‘ ♀ ’; 2- ‘ SOMALIA | Benadir | Mogadiscio | 7° Km [02°02’N 45°21’E] | 2-19.V.1986 | R. Mourglia legit’; 3- ‘GS 5230-GB’; 4- ‘Coll. Bassi n° 396’; 5 - ‘ HOLOTYPE | Prionapteryx | banaadirensis Bassi’. Deposited in CB.

ETYMOLOGY: The name refers to the Somali name (Banaadir) of the

Mogadiscio Region , type locality of the species .

DIAGNOSIS: Prionapteryx banaadirensis (Fig. 11) is superficially similar to P. diaplecta (Fig. 10), but the forewing ground color is dull brown in the former and yellow grey brown in the latter. The female genitalia (Fig. 41) differ from those of P. diaplecta (Fig. 44) in the more pointed dorsal sclerite of the papillae anales and in the slightly shorter and stokier 8th abdominal segment with tergal distal margin produced.

DESCRIPTION (Fig. 11): Wingspan 21 mm. Labial palpi 3 x as long as widest diameter of eye, white at base, yellow brown medially, grey brown distally. Maxillary palpi half as long as labial palpi, greyish brown with yellow brown basis. Frons subconical, clearly produced, yellow brown with a well-developed apical corneous point. Antennae simple, brown. Ocelli well developed. Chaetosemata moderate. Head brown, whitish laterally and in middle. Patagium, tegulae and thorax with scales brown with lighter bases. Forewings ground color dull brown; apex rounded; hook absent; costal area yellow brown; otherwise with brown scales with darker apices; with one dorsobasal, one median, and one cellular dark brown and yellow brown spots; medial stripe short, yellow, ending before cell in median spot; subterminal area broad, yellow, with six terminal dots between veins. Hindwings brown, medially whitish brown; fringes with both short and long scales yellowish with brown apices. Legs brown with tarsomeres moderately annulated creamy brown; tibial spurs delicate, greyish brown.

MALE GENITALIA: Unknown.

FEMALE GENITALIA (Fig. 41): Papillae anales subtriangular, not fused dorsally, ventrally membranous, with dorsal sclerite strong, pointed and produced; setae mainly fine and of moderate length developed. Apophyses posteriores long, basally with platelike sclerite expanded ventrally. Abdominal segment VIII as long as apophyses anteriores, sclerotized, with tergal proximal margin broadly bilobed and distal margin produced; membranous area of sternite broad. Apophyses anteriores sclerotized, 0.82 length of apophyses posteriores. Ostium bursae slightly subconical, membranous. Ductus bursae reduced, lightly sclerotized in proximal third laterally. Corpus bursae suboval, delicately wrinkled. Ductus seminalis opening in proximal third of corpus bursae.

FIGS 28-31

Prionapteryx spp. , male genitalia and sclerotizations of abdominal segment VIII, scale bar 0.5 mm. (28) P. albimaculalis (Hampson) , RSA, Pretoria, 22.XI.1914, AJT Janse legit, GS 3067, type 1592 TMSA Prosmixis albipicta Janse nomen nudum; juxta ventral view, RSA, GS 3111 GB; juxta lateral view and sclerotizations abdominal segment VIII, Namibia, GS 5384 GB. (29) P. plumbealis (Hampson) , Namibia, GS 5274 GB. (30) P. helena sp. n., paratype GS 3379 GB. (31) P. somala sp. n., paratype 5224 GB.

DISTRIBUTION: The new species is only known from the type locality in

Somalia.