<documentid="281F016D514A0F58493DFBEC969510CF"ID-CLB-Dataset="304950"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5493.5.2"ID-GBIF-Dataset="f34301f6-ff93-4fba-a781-765c4022bca4"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13330443"ID-ZooBank="39F78B17-8C72-4609-BBBF-1E86BE6E2280"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="julia"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="julia"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="julia"IM.treatments_approvedBy="julia"checkinTime="1723804419904"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram & Rajaei, Hossein"docDate="2024"docId="990087D9203EFFA7FF0375F1AD0510B2"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5493.5.2.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5493 (5)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.5.2"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Sergeya lobata Bidzilya, Mey & Rajaei, 2024, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="503"masterDocId="6539FFA1202EFFB6FF94765EAC201243"masterDocTitle="First record of the genus Sergeya Ponomarenko, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, with description of ten new species"masterLastPageNumber="506"masterPageNumber="486"pageNumber="502"updateTime="1730490168014"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="DEFFB80D9F6B66A39E99AAD0FE6963A8">First record of the genus Sergeya Ponomarenko, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, with description of ten new species</mods:title>
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Forewings with costal and dorsal medial spots connected forming oblique transverse line is characteristic for
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these spots are close to each other, but separated and do not form fasciae; additionally,
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has pale rather than light brown ground colour of the forewing). The male genitalia of
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, as all of them have glandiductor with broad, rounded membranous basal part, but
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has cucullus of even width and apically narrowed uncus (in
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basal part of cucullus is 1/2–1/3 width of distal part and uncus is of even width). Female genitalia
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are characterized by trapezoid, posteriorly undulated ostial sclerite (in
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corpus bursae is spinose both on its posterior part and along lateral side (in
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<figureCitationid="89922A4A203EFFA6FEF77005ADC81436"box="[355,488,1626,1653]"captionStart="FIGURES 11–20"captionStartId="7.[151,261,1801,1825]"captionTargetBox="[226,1361,181,1777]"captionTargetId="figure-24@7.[226,1361,181,1777]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURES 11–20. Wing pattern of Sergeya species. 11. S. malawica sp. nov., Holotype, male, Malawi: Sambara River (gen. slide 555/23, O. Bidzilya). 12. S. korongotaji sp. nov., Holotype, male, Uganda: Mpanga Forest (gen. slide 194/24, O. Bidzilya). 13–15. S. lobata sp. nov. 13. Holotype, female, South Africa: Wilderness. 14. Paratype, male, Uganda: Mpanga Forest (gen. slide 135/24, O. Bidzilya). 15. Paratype, female, Ethiopia:Addis Abeba (gen. slide 583/24, O. Bidzilya). 16, 17. S. davidi sp. nov., male, Kenya: Lake Bogoria. 16. Holotype (gen. slide 20/23, O. Bidzilya). 17. Paratype (gen. slide 38/22, O. Bidzilya). 18,19. S. harambee sp. nov., DR Congo: Aberdare N.P. 18. Holotype, male (gen. slide 210/24, O. Bidzilya). 19. Paratype, female (gen. slide 206/24, O. Bidzilya). 20. Lanceopenna pseudogaleotis, Holotype, male, South Africa: Pretoria (gen. slide 517/23, O. Bidzilya)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13330447"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13330447/files/figure.png"pageId="16"pageNumber="502">Figs 13–15</figureCitation>
). Wingspan 6.5–7.0 mm. Head pale, frons with brown-tipped scales; labial palpus recurved, segment 2 brown mottled with yellowish-white and with white apex; segment 3 brown with white basal and apical rings; antennal scape brown with white apex, lower surface white, flagellum in basal half brown on upper surface and pale beneath, in distal half 4 white flagellomeres followed by 4 brown, and then 1–2 white alternating with 3–4 brown, terminal 1–2 flagellomeres white; thorax and tegulae yellowish-brown; forewing yellowish-brown, costal margin brown with brown spot mottled with silver just after middle that is connected with brown spot on 1/2 of dorsal margin, dorsal margin with sparse brown-tipped scales, apex brown mixed with silver-tipped scales and spotted with yellow, tornal spot on 3/4 rounded to irregular, mottled with silver, with distinct black dot inside; fringe yellow on apex of the forewing and grey on dorsal margin; hindwing and fringe light grey.
<figureCitationid="89922A4A203EFFA6FE1171C1AE2D15FA"box="[389,525,1951,1977]"captionStart="FIGURES 35–41. 35–40"captionStartId="12.[151,264,1834,1858]"captionTargetBox="[218,1366,184,1801]"captionTargetId="figure-17@12.[218,1370,181,1810]"captionTargetPageId="12"captionText="FIGURES 35–41. 35–40. Sergeya spp., male genitalia. 35. S. malawica sp. nov., Holotype, Malawi: Sambara River (gen. slide 555/23, O. Bidzilya). 36. S. korongotaji sp. nov., Holotype, male, Uganda: Mpanga Forest (gen. slide 194/24, O. Bidzilya). 37, 38. S. lobata sp. nov., Paratypes. 37. Uganda: Mpanga Forest (gen. slide 197/24, O. Bidzilya). 38. South Africa: Wilderness (gen. slide 255/24, O. Bidzilya). 39. S. davidi sp. nov., male, Kenya: Lake Bogoria, Holotype (gen. slide 20/23, O. Bidzilya). 40. S. harambee sp. nov., DR Congo: Aberdare N.P., Holotype, male (gen. slide 210/24, O. Bidzilya). 41. Lanceopenna pseudogaleotis, Holotype, male genitalia, South Africa: Pretoria (gen. slide 517/23, O. Bidzilya)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13330453"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13330453/files/figure.png"pageId="16"pageNumber="502">Figs 37, 38</figureCitation>
). Uncus slender, elongate, parallel-sided to 3/4, then narrowed towards pointed apex, densely covered with modified feather-like scales and strong setae distally, twice as long and about 1/2 width of tegumen, extending to 2/3 length of cucullus; tegumen slightly elongated, anterior margin broadly rounded, produced anteriorly; cucullus digitate, of even width, ventral margin weakly convex, densely covered with hair-like scales, apex rounded; glandiductor with rounded membranous basal part, distal process weakly curved, apex divided in three slender projections, extending to about 2/3–3/4 length of cucullus or slightly extending top of cucullus; juxta subrectangular, posterior margin straight; vinculum slightly broader than long; saccus broadly rounded; phallic tube of equal width, straight, shortly constricted on 2/3, apex with very slender flagellate process.
<figureCitationid="89922A4A203FFFA7FE367731ADD913CA"box="[418,505,366,393]"captionStart="FIGURES 42–46"captionStartId="15.[152,270,1867,1891]"captionTargetBox="[206,1382,181,1844]"captionTargetId="figure-24@15.[206,1382,181,1844]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURES 42–46. Sergeya spp., female genitalia.42. S. hackeri sp. nov., Paratype,Yemen:Jabel (gen.slide 285/24, O. Bidzilya). 43. S. olei sp. nov., Paratype, Thailand: Chieng Mai (gen. slide 282/24, O. Bidzilya). 44. S. palescens sp. nov., Paratype Uganda: Mpanga Forest (gen. slide 551/23, O. Bidzilya). 45. S. lobata sp. nov., Paratype, Uganda: Mpanga Forest (gen. slide 554/23, O. Bidzilya). 46. S. harambee sp. nov., Paratype, DR Congo: Aberdare N.P. (gen. slide 206/24, O. Bidzilya)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13330455"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13330455/files/figure.png"pageId="17"pageNumber="503">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
). Papillae anales ovate, sparsely covered with short hairs; apophyses posteriores straight, thin, 2 times longer than apophyses anteriores; sternum VIII subrectangular, broad, ostial sclerite narrow, trapezoid, undulated posteriorly; apophyses anteriores straight, about 1.5 times longer than sternum VIII; ostium Ushaped; ductus bursae slender in middle; corpus bursae moderately elongate, ovate, covered with minute spines in posterior part and to 3/4 along one side, signa represent by band of 15–18 needle-shaped signa between membranous and spinose parts of corpus bursae.
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