Saccharodite chinensis Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 142

Saccharodite chinensis Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings elongated, 2.3 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.8 mm. Colour stramineous to light brown, mesonotum slightly darker; a red mark at tip of scutellum. Forewings very faintly infuscated from apex of Cu to base of Ms1, around base of Ms2, and along apical crossveins; a small dark mark at base of first subcostal sector; veins stramineous, but anterior apical crossveins dark brown; 3 dark spots on base of Sc+R. Hindwings colourless. In profile junction of vertex and face very slightly angulated; rostrum reaching post trochanters; subantennal process connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork well before middle of wing; basal median cell broad, more than twice as wide as basal cell between Sc+R and M; apices of Cu1 and Ms1b separated; a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles elongated; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long. Aedeagus ending in two flat, pointed processes, their dorsal margins finely serrated.

Etymology. Derived from China, the latinized species name ( chinensis , -ensis, -ense) is an adjective.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.8 mm), CHINA; labels: 1) FUKIEN, S. China / Shaowu: Tachulan/ 1000 m. T. Maa 2) 13–17.VIII.1945 ( BPBM).

Distribution. South China.

Diagnosis. Saccharodite chinensis resembles Sa. matsumurae (Muir) from Taiwan and Sa. indochinensis sp. nov. from Laos. It can be separated from both by the red mark at the tip of the scutellum. Further, in contrast to Sa. indochinensis the male aedeagus ends in two pointed processes, and unlike Sa. matsumurae the head and thorax are stramineous.