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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Pollex (Proma) paramaxima
Fibiger,
new species
(
Plate 11
, figure 6; male genit. plate 20, figure 6)
Material examined.
Holotype
: male,
Indonesia
,
Lombok C
,
Senaru
,
Gg. Rinjani
,
515 m
, at light, 116’24’31 E 8’18’02 S,
28.xii.2003
, leg.
U. Buchsbaum
, genit. prep. 4647
M. Fibiger. Coll.
MF
, to be deposited in
ZMUC
.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan:
12 mm
.
Forewing: narrow, light brown, with costa blackish brown in medial area.
Transverse lines: black; terminal line marked by black dots between veins.
Reniform: distinct, whitish grey, outlined by black.
Hindwing: unicolorous grey brown with an indistinct, black discal spot.
Underside: unicolorous grey brown.
Male genitalia.
Tegumen: narrow.
Vinculum: short, stout.
Saccus: U-shaped, short.
Fultura superior: ventrally with a huge processs, which has three small processes apically, two of them apically blunt, ventrally fused to lower part of tegumen; third process fused with dorsal end of juxta-anellus plate Valve: slightly longer than wide.
Ampulla: positioned medially on distal end of valve; long, curved, narrow, equally broad throughout; right arm with a small triangular subbasal process; subapically densely setose with long hair-like, inwardly bent setae.
Pollex
: huge, broad-based, triangular; subapically and apically densely setose with long hair-like, inwardly bent setae.
Digitus: long, narrow, tapered, evenly curved ventrally, apically hooked.
Juxta-anellus plate: large, slightly higher than wide.
Phallus: very long, slightly S-shaped; medially with a small swelling, from there tapered towards apex; coecum long and narrow, slightly downturned.
Vesica: with a small thorn-like cornutus.
Differential diagnosis.
P. paramaxima
differs from the
P. maxima
by the prominent processes of the fultura superior, the long, narrow ampulla, the huge pollex, and the S-shaped phallus.