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 montana
Fibiger,
new species
(
Plate 2
, figure 8; female genit. plate 22, figure 2)
Material examined.
Holotype
: female,
Philippines
,
Palawan
,
Mantalingajan
,
Pinigisan
,
600 m
,
13.ix.1961
, leg.
Noona Dan Exp.
61-62, caught in
Malaise-trap
inside forest, genit. prep. 3489
M. Fibiger. Coll.
ZMUC
.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan:
15 mm
.
Transverse lines: black, suffused with brown; basal, antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines well marked, with black spot by costa: terminal line marked by black elongated dots.
Reniform: elongated, black.
Hindwing: brown.
Underside: unicolorous brown.
Abdomen: brown.
Female genitalia.
Ovipositor: quadrangular.
Anterior apophyses: length equal to that of posterior apophyses.
8
th
abdominal segment: very narrow, ventrally fused with 7
th
segment.
7
th
abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; position of ostium in middle of segment; two large, hollow, triangular flaps anteroventrally.
6
th
segment: posterior part of segment heavily sclerotised and fused to 7
th
segment; anterior part of 6
th
segment less heavily sclerotised – similar to rest of abdomen.
Antrum: relatively long and large, tapered, coiling, heavily sclerotised, 6 X longer that wide.
Ductus bursae: membranous, 3 X as long as corpus bursae.
Corpus bursae: globular.
Differential diagnosis.
The female genitalia of
T. montana
are unique in the shape of the antrum.