Tortrilema, a new subgenus of the genus Manulea Wallengren with description of a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
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Ecologica Montenegrina
2021
2021-11-21
48
9
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http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.48.2
journal article
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10.37828/em.2021.48.2
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The
M. labahe
species-group
Diagnosis
. The species-group is characterised by the limited sexual dimorphism expressed by the more elongate forewing apex in the female. In the male genital capsule, the uncus is strongly dilated distally whereas in the
M. postmaculosa
species-group it is slender and only slightly dilated subapically. The arms of the vinculum of the
M. labahe
species-group are anteriorly connected by a membranous commissure whereas the vinculum of the
M. postmaculosa
species-group is evenly sclerotised. The sacculus of the
M. labahe
species-group is medially constricted but the distal saccular process has a strongly dilated basal section forming a dorsal protrusion while the sacculus of the
M. postmaculosa
species-group is evenly dilated distally and the distal saccular process has a narrower base. The aedeagus of the
M. labahe
species-group is markedly narrower than in the
M. postmaculosa
species-group. The vesica of the
M. labahe
species-group is short, narrow, membranous and bearing a thin and almost straight cornutus, whereas the vesica of the
M. labahe
species-group is very broad, bearing clusters of scobination and a long, robust and medially curved cornutus dilated basally and distally. In the female genitalia of the
M. labahe
species-group, the ductus bursae is narrow, curved and longitudinally rugose whereas it is broad, somewhat curved or straight and membranous or smoothly sclerotised in the
M. postmaculosa
species-group. The corpus bursae of the
M. labahe
species-group is teardrop-shaped, membranous and having a long, band-shaped signum while the corpus bursae of the
M. postmaculosa
species-group is sack-like, more or less gelatinous and lacks a signum. The appendix bursae of the
M. labahe
species-group is very short, membranous and directed posteriorly whereas the appendix bursae of the
M. postmaculosa
species-group is gelatinous or with a sclerotised plate and directed postero-laterally or laterally.