On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) Author Gaedike, Reinhard text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2014 2014-12-15 64 2 193 219 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1857 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.193-219 0005-805X 4753614 Amphixystis taurus sp. n. Holotype : , “ Yemen , Prov. Ta’izz , Wadi Warazan , 5 km NW Ar Rahidah , 27.iv. 1998 , 1080 m [leg.] M. Fibiger et al.;” “Coll. ZMUC , Copenhagen Denmark ;” “Gen. präp.[genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 6033;” “ Holotypus , Amphixystis taurus sp. n. , det. R. Gaedike 2013;” ZMUC . Derivatio nominis : Name refers to the shape of the two gnathos arms. Diagnosis ( Fig. 24 ): Wingspan 9 mm ; head brush pale creamy; antennae with dark grey-brown scape and grey-brown flagellum; labial palpi on inside creamy, on outside darker; thorax creamy, tegulae brown; forewings dark brown, from base to beginning of fringe and fringe creamy, forming the characteristic pattern of the genus; hindwings shiny light grey. Male genitalia ( Figs 73-75 ): Tegumen broad, uncus absent; gnathos arms horn-like, strongly sclerotised, inner side more strongly sclerotised than outer side; vinculum broad, medially immersed, saccus thin, short; valvae with long apodemes, slender, apically rounded; phallus only 1/2 of the length of valva, thin, with one thorn-shaped cornutus. Female genitalia : Unknown. Remarks : The absent uncus, the horn-like gnathos arms and the small thorn-like cornutus are characteristics for this species.