Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999

Zheng, Meiling & Li, Houhun, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the genus Psoricoptera Stainton, 1854 (Lepidoptera Gelechiidae: Gelechiinae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4975 (2), pp. 253-272 : 263-265

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.2.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F32E1CD-8875-4B8A-9945-E7C9AD2F5A9F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4925160

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A187D1-1860-4832-A2ED-52F45E2EFD83

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999
status

 

Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999 View in CoL

( Figs 2–3 View FIGURES 2–4 , 5–7 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURES 6–13 , 18 View FIGURES 17–22 , 35– 35g View FIGURE 35 , 40–43 View FIGURES 40–43 )

Chelaria gibbosella (Zeller) View in CoL : Liu & Bai, 1979: 277. Misidentification (part).

Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999: 45 View in CoL ; Park, 2004: 36; Park & Ponomarenko, 2007: 60; Park, 2012: 75. TL: Korea. TD: CIS.

Material examined. CHINA: Beijing: 1 ♀, Mid-Hill Pavilion (39.99°N, 116.21°E), 200 m, 23.vi.2000, coll. Zhendong Li, genitalia slide No. ZML 19308 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Dakezhuang Village (40.52°N, 115.84°E), Mt. Song , 1.viii.2010, coll. Aihuan Zhang and Xiaoyu Shi GoogleMaps ; 10 ♂♂, Dakezhuang Village (40.52°N, 115.84°E), Mt. Song , 1,19,23. viii.2010, coll. Aihuan Zhang and Zheng Li, genitalia slide Nos. ZML 19335, ZML 19336 GoogleMaps ; 5 ♂♂, Dakezhuang Village (40.52°N, 115.84°E), Mt. Song , 19.viii.2010, coll. Aihuan Zhang and Jingxue Cai, genitalia slide Nos. ZML 19344 GoogleMaps W, ZML 19346 W. Tianjin: 2 ♂♂, Mt. Baxian (40.16°N, 117.56°E), Ji County, 500 m, 7–9.ix.2001, coll. Houhun Li, genitalia slide Nos. LZD01283, SYW05189 GoogleMaps ; 12 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Baxian (40.16°N, 117.56°E), 500 m, 8–11.ix.2005, Coll. Houhun Li et al., genitalia slide Nos. SYW05455 GoogleMaps ♂, ZML 19309 ♂, ZML 19340 W, ZML 19343 W; 1 ♀, Mt. Baxian , Ji County, 110 m, 22.ix.2006, coll. Houhun Li et al .; 1 ♀, Mt. Baxian , Ji County, 600 m, 23.ix.2006, coll. Houhun Li et al .; 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, Heishui River (40.18°N, 117.56°E), Mt. Baxian , 550 m, 6,24,31.viii, 16.ix.2009, coll. Zhipin Liang, genitalia slide No. ZML 19338 GoogleMaps ♀; 1 ♀, Heishui River (40.18°N, 117.56°E), Mt. Baxian , 550 m, 24.viii.2009, coll. Jiang Zhang GoogleMaps ; 7 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, Heishui River (40.18°N, 117.56°E), Mt. Baxian , 600 m, 16.vii, 10,27.viii, 3–25.ix.2010, coll. Yinghui Mou and Shurong Liu, genitalia slide Nos. ZML 19305 GoogleMaps ♂, ZML 19333 ♂, ZML 19332 ♀, ZML 19306 ♀. Hebei Province : 1 ♂, Mt. Jinge (41.01°N, 115.88°E), Chicheng County, 850 m, 20.vii.2001, coll. Yanli Du and Shulian Hao, genitalia slide No. SYW05169 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Mt. Wuling (40.57°N, 117.5°E), Xinglong County, 800 m, 28.vii.2010, coll. Aihuan Zhang and Xiaoyu Shi, genitalia slide No. ZML 19334 GoogleMaps . Shanxi Province: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Li (35.45°N, 112.03°E), Jincheng City, 1520 m, 19.viii.2006, coll. Xu Zhang and Haiyan Bai, genitalia slide Nos. ZH 07244 GoogleMaps ♂, ZML 19325 ♀; 3 ♂♂, Xiachuan Village (35.45°N, 112.02°E), Mt. Li , Qinshui County, 11.viii.2012, coll. Jun Tie and Chen Li, genitalia slide No. ZML 19331 GoogleMaps . Liaoning Province: 8 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Lvtuoshui (40.47°N, 119.56°E), Mt. Bailang, Jianchang County, 658 m, 9.viii.2016, Coll. Mujie Qi, Juan Li and Yanyan Jia, genitalia slide Nos. ZML 19310 GoogleMaps ♂, ZML 19311 ♂, ZML 19312 ♀, ZML 19313 ♂. Henan Province : 2 ♂♂, Baotianman (33.51°N, 111.92°E), Neixiang County, 1200 m, 11.viii.2006, coll. Hui Zhen and Denghui Kuang, genitalia slide No. ZH 07417 GoogleMaps .

Description. Adult ( Figs 2–3 View FIGURES 2–4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 , 18 View FIGURES 17–22 ) wingspan 16.0–24.0 mm.

Female genitalia ( Figs 40–43 View FIGURES 40–43 ). Apophyses posteriores about 6× length of subgenital plate. Subgenital plate moderately long, nearly triangular, extending posteriorly beyond base of apophyses anteriores, weakly emarginated distomedially. Apophyses anteriores about 5/6 length of subgenital plate, with a pair of wedge-shaped sclerites posteriorly. Ductus bursae with a weakly sclerotized plate accompanied by a triangular sclerite at distal 2/3. Corpus bursae oval; signum small, about 1/3 width of corpus bursae, rhomboidal, surface with dense denticles.

Diagnosis. This species is unique in having the uncus with middle emargination extremely shallow; the gnathos with middle process short, not reaching anterior margin of tegumen, not hook-shaped but sub-triangular or only with an extremely short hook; the sacculus rather long and narrow, about 1/4 length of valva ( Figs 6 View FIGURES 6–13 , 35– 35g View FIGURE 35 ). It can be further distinguished from its allies by the triangular subgenital plate in the female genitalia ( Figs 40–43 View FIGURES 40–43 ). In addition, this species with phallus bearing more microthorns (mostly more than thirty) than other species on average.

Variation. The shapes of uncus in different specimens can be variable within a small range, the details are illustrated in the figures 35– 35g.

Host plants. Fagaceae : Quercus sp. ; Juglandaceae : Juglans mandshurica Maxim. ; Salicaceae : Salix sp. ( Liu & Bai 1979).

Distribution. China (Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Shanxi, Tianjin), Korea ( Park & Karsholt 1999), Japan [?] ( Park 2004; Park & Ponomarenko 2007; Park 2012).

Remarks. A few of specimens with phallus with less than twenty microthorns on distal half, which is in contrast with other specimens, we refrain from considering the number of microthorns as a diagnostic character. In addition, Park & Karsholt (1999) pointed out that “the male genitalia figured by Liu & Pai (1979: Fig. 12 View FIGURES 6–13 ) under the name of gibbosella obviously belong to latignathosa ”, we agree with Park & Karsholt (1999), but another figure ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 6–13 ) of male genitalia in Liu & Pai (1979) is distinctly belong to P. gibbosella, Liu & Pai (1979) also provided an illegible figure ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 23–30 ) which was hand-painted of the female genitalia under the name P. gibbosella , we can’t confirm the female genitalia provided by Liu & Pai (1979) was actually belong to P. gibbosella or P. latignathosa, Park & Karsholt (1999) also indicated that the female of P. latignathosa was “unknown”, here we have given detailed description and diagnosis of the female genitalia under the name P. latignathosa .

As for the distribution of P. latignathosa, Park (2004) , Park & Ponomarenko (2007) and Park (2012) mentioned that Japan is one of distribution localities. But the specimen mentioned in these literatures was the same one, the holotype of P. latignathosa . At present, there is no information about Japanese specimens. Therefore, the distribution of P. latignathosa in Japan is doubtful.

ZML

St Petersburg State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

Genus

Psoricoptera

Loc

Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999

Zheng, Meiling & Li, Houhun 2021
2021
Loc

Psoricoptera latignathosa Park & Karsholt, 1999: 45

Park, K. T. 2012: 75
Park, K. T. & Ponomarenko, M. G. 2007: 60
Park, K. T. 2004: 36
Park, K. T. & Karsholt, O. 1999: 45
1999
Loc

Chelaria gibbosella (Zeller)

Liu, Y. Q. & Bai, J. W. 1979: 277
1979
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF