Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae
Author
Fibiger, Michael
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-08-31
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1567.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1567.1.1
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Tolpia sikkimi
Fibiger,
new species
(
Plate 1
, figure 6; male genit. plate 12, figure 3)
Material examined.
Holotype
: male, [
India
],
Sikkim
,
2800 ft.
, -.
vii.1895
, leg.
J. G. Pilcher
, 97-31, genit. prep. 3090
M. Fibiger. Coll.
BMNH
.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan:
14 mm
.
Transverse lines: brown, antemedial and postmedial line with a black spot on costa; subterminal line present but indistinct.
Terminal line: indicated by black dots between veins.
Reniform: indistinct, almost invisible.
Hindwing: blackish brown.
Underside: unicolorous brown.
Abdomen: brown; first segment with dorsal black crest; male with long blackish-brown anal tufts.
Male genitalia.
Saccus: short and rounded.
Vinculum: short.
Tegumen: much longer than vinculum.
Tergite and sternite: indistinct.
Sacculus: with heavily sclerotised club-like process on dorsal right side.
Ampulla: asymmetrical, club-like; apically smoothly rounded on right valve; with a short quadrangular process on left valve.
Pollex
: short, rounded, with long hair-like setae.
Digitus: (right valve) long, narrow, bent, pointed apically; (left valve) short, stout, tapered, thorn-like.
Juxta: higher than wide.
Anellus: fused with juxta; left side dorsally membranous, forming a full circle around position of phallus. Fultura superior: membranous.
Phallus: broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, coiling clock-wise, V-shaped, slight tapering towards apex; coecum broad.
Differential diagnosis.
The male genitalia resemble those of
T. odor
but differ in having a club-like ampulla, the process on both sides, the saccular process, and the shape of the phallus.