3071 Author Zelazny, B. Author Webb, M. D. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3071 1 307 journal article 1175­5334 Saccharodite teres Zelazny , sp. nov. ( Fig. 340 ) Description. Forewings 2.0 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.0 mm. Colour stramineous, a red mark above eyes; frons and base of clypeus light orange; an orange-red mark on mesonotum; fore tibiae tinted with orange; sides of last 2 abdominal segments dark red, rest of abdomen stramineous. Forewings slightly powdered, in basal 2/3rd colourless except for an irregular grey stripe between clavus tip and 1st subcostal sector, and a narrow dark line along base of Sc+R; apical third grey, slightly lighter in the middle of the cells; veins colourless, but bright red at and around anterior apical cross-veins. In profile junction of vertex and face rounded; subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae by a ridge; rostrum slightly surpassing post trochanter. Forewings with Sc+R fork slightly before middle of wing; basal median cell broad, more than 2 x wider than basal cell between Sc+R and M, which is very short; a tiny triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital stale oval; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long; a small hump between both processes. Apical part of aedeagus short with a dorsal, longitudinal impression; tip curved ventrad, bearing a small membranous lobe. Etymology . The species name is a Latin adjective ( teres = rounded) which remains unchanged in all gender forms. Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.0 mm), NEW CALEDONIA ; labels: 1) NEW CALEDONIA :/ Ponebo / 23.I.1964 2) R . Straatman / Light Trap / BISHOP ( BPBM ). Distribution . New Caledonia . Diagnosis. Saccharodite teres is characterized by the rounded junction of vertex and face, the red mark above the eyes, the forewings having bright red veins in its anterior apical part and a dark line along the base of Sc+R, as well as by the curved tip of the male aedeagus.