A review of the genus Ephysteris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Author
Li, Houhun
Author
Bidzilya, Oleksiy
text
Zootaxa
2008
1733
45
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.181377
0640254a-7626-4f18-a610-f19ba00150c8
1175-5326
181377
Key to the species of Chinese
Ephysteris
based on male genitalia
1 Posterior margin of male abdominal sternite VIII bifurcated, paired medial process on posterior margin of vinculum large and broad ..................................................................................................
E. (M.) subovata
- Posterior margin of male abdominal sternite VIII not bifurcated, paired medial process on posterior mar- gin of vinculum relatively small..................................................................................................................2
2 Phallus slightly S-curved, without cornutus
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E. (E.) promptella
- Phallus straight, with apical cornutus..........................................................................................................3
3 Distal part of phallus moderately broad.......................................................................................................4
- Distal part of phallus slender.......................................................................................................................5
4 Paired medial process on posterior margin of vinculum very short and narrow, phallus straight, broad...... .............................................................................................................................
E. (M.) montana
sp. nov.
- Paired medial process on posterior margin of vinculum longer and broader, phallus weakly curved, rela- tively slender
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E. (M.) insulella
5 Paired medial process on posterior margin of vinculum triangular
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E. (M.) flavida
- Paired medial process on posterior margin of vinculum digitate, curved outwards......................................
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E. (M.) wenquana
sp. nov.