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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Disca parajavai
Fibiger,
new species
(
Plate 4
, figure 4; female genit. plate 22, figure 6)
Material examined.
Holotype
: female,
Indonesia
,
Sumatra
North
,
Huta Padang
(Asahan),
River Silau
,
48 km
SE Pematang Siantar
, near
Sialangomar
,
220 m
,
13.ii.2002
, leg., and genit. prep. 4529
M. Fibiger. Coll.
MF
, to be deposited in
ZMUC
.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan:
12 mm
.
Forewing: relatively broad.
Transverse lines: brown; antemedial and postmedial lines well marked throughout; basal, antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines well marked by a black spot by costa; terminal line marked by black, elongated dots.
Reniform: elongated, black.
Hindwing: light brown.
Underside: unicolorous light brown.
Abdomen: brown.
Female genitalia.
Ovipositor: quadrangular.
Anterior apophyses: shorter than posterior apophyses.
8
th
abdominal segment: very narrow, ventrally fused with 7
th
segment.
7
th
abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; ostium in middle of segment; without processes or pouches.
6
th
segment: posterior part of segment heavily sclerotised and fused with 7
th
segment; anterior part of 6
th
segment less sclerotised – similar to rest of abdomen.
Antrum: short, as wide as long, constricted subbasally.
Ductus bursae: membranous, 2 X as long as corpus bursae.
Appendix bursae: arises at posterior end of ductus bursae.
Corpus bursae: relatively large and globular.
Differential diagnosis.
In the female genitalia of
D. parajavai
the antrum is slightly longer than that of
D. javai
; those of
D. tegali
,
D. paulum
, and
D. thailandi
are much longer.