3071 Author Zelazny, B. Author Webb, M. D. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3071 1 307 journal article 1175­5334 Rhotana deminuta Zelazny , sp. nov. ( Fig. 222 ) Description. Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, length 4.5–4.7 mm . Colour stramineous; margins of facial carinae and hind margin of pronotum orange. Forewings unpowdered; a red band along apical cross-veins between Cu, Cu1 and Ms1a; adjacent to the band, three elongated dark marks and two irregular grey marks; narrow, faintly infuscated bands across 1st, 2nd, and 4th subcostal sectors, across apex of basal median cell, and along Ms3, a middle section of M, the apical part of Ms2, and the apical margin; rest of forewings yellowish brown with some hyaline areas; veins stramineous, red near and inside red band. Hindwings colourless. Carinae of vertex and frons separated; rostrum reaching posttrochanter; subantennal processes and lateral carinae of pronotum well developed. Forewings with apical part of Sc nearly straight; Sc+R fork just before middle of wing; Ms1 branches near apex of basal median cell, base of Ms1a connected to M by a cross-vein, apical section of Ms1b touching Cu1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles broad; truncate at the end; proximal dorsal process short and broad; distal dorsal process elongated. Stem of aedeagus with a small hump arising from the dorsal side at the middle; apical part with tip curved to the left. Etymology . The species name is a Latin adjective ( deminutus, -a, -um = reduced in size). Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.5 mm , body 2.7 mm ), NEW CALEDONIA , labels: 1) NEW Caledonia; / Pouebo , 20–100m / 4.II.1964 2) Straatman / Light Trap / BISHOP ( BPBM ) . Paratypes . NEW CALEDONIA : Baie du Prony : W side, 0–10m , 14.VIII. 1979 , 1 ♀ (fw. 4.7), Casuarina , W.C. Gagne (BPBM) ; Mt Koghi , 500m , 26–30.I.1963 , 1 ♂ , C.M. Yoshimoto ( BMNH ) . Distribution . New Caledonia . Diagnosis. Rhotana deminuta shows similarities to R. lalage Fennah , also found in New Caledonia . It can be distinguished by the red stripe on the forewings accompanied by three oval marks, by the Ms1 fork being closer to the Ms1 base, by the crossvein between M and the Ms1a base, by the end of the genital styles being truncated, and by the apex of the aedeagus being curved to the left.