Seven new species and a checklist of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
Author
Fan, Ximei
Author
Jin, Qing
Author
Li, Houhun
text
Zootaxa
2008
1821
13
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183025
eda8839b-ee01-4b11-aa5c-c6d8ad118a32
1175-5326
183025
Key to species of
Thecobathra
in
China
based on male genitalia
(excluding
T. eta
,
T. microsignata
and
T. argophenes
)
1 Phallus with two rows of dentation ........................................................................................................... 2
- Phallus with one row of dentation...............................................................................................................5
2 Phallus with two big teeth at base .........................................................................
T
.
longisaccata
sp. nov.
- Phallus without such tooth at base.............................................................................................................. 3
3 Valva with a sclerotized, spine-shaped process arising from base ...............................
T. latibasis
sp. nov.
- Valva without such process at base............................................................................................................. 4
4 Sacculus rounded in shape...........................................................................................................
T. yasudai
- Sacculus elongate triangular, with short spine-shaped apex.............................
T. badagongshana
sp. nov.
5 Costa with undulant or finger-shaped protuberance .................................................................................. 6
- Costa simple, without protuberance..........................................................................................................12
6 Sacculus with fold portion dorsally.............................................................................................................7
- Sacculus without any fold portion dorsally...............................................................................................11
7 Phallus with two rows of dentation equal in length, with two big teeth at base........................
T. sororiata
- Phallus with two rows of dentation unequal in length, without tooth at base ............................................ 8
8 Valva with hairs on distal 1/2 of ventral surface, ventral margin bluntly angled at middle .......................... ....................................................................................................................................
T. partinuda
sp. nov.
- Valva with hairs on distal 2/3 of ventral surface, ventral margin smooth .................................................. 9
9 Valva concave inward near base ventrally.................................................................................................10
- Valva not concave ventrally......................................................................................................
T. tetragona
10 Distal half of valva narrowed sharply; phallus densely dentate ....................................................
T. chiona
- Distal part of valva indistinctly narrowed; phallus sparsely dentate ..............................................
T. delias
11 Sacculus with a semicircular process at apex .................................................................................
T. kappa
- Sacculus without process at apex...................................................................................................
T. flavida
12 Ventral plate of gnathos spinose ............................................................................................................... 13
- Ventral plate of gnathos not spinose..........................................................................................................15
13 Ventral plate of gnathos medially concave on anterior margin .....................................
T. paranas
sp. nov.
- Ventral plate of gnathos rounded on anterior margin................................................................................14
14 Sacculus obviously concave at middle, triangular apically ..............................................................
T. anas
- Sacculus weakly developed, not concave or protrudent apically .................................................
T. lambda
15 Phallus with two big teeth near base..........................................................................................
T. bidentata
- Phallus without tooth near base................................................................................................................16
16 Sacculus with a lobe at base, with a subulate process at apex ..................................
T. basilobata
sp. nov.
- Sacculus with neither lobe at base nor process at apex.............................................................................17
17 Valva with a sclerotized loop at base...............................................................................................
T. ovata
- Valva without sclerotized loop at base.......................................................................................................18
18 Socius with distal 1/3 semicircularly dilated ...........................................................
T. acrivalvata
sp. nov.
- Socius nearly parallel-sided......................................................................................................................19
19 Phallus distinctly curved at middle; sacculus triangular................................................................
T. albana
- Phallus straight; sacculus a sclerotized strip with a semicircular apical protuberance...............
T. yunnana