Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia)
Author
Stonis, Jonas R.
Author
Diškus, Arūnas
Author
Remeikis, Andrius
Author
Karsholt, Ole
Author
Torres, Nixon Cumbicus
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.556874
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1175-5326
556874
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33.
Stigmella olyritis
(
Meyrick, 1915
)
(
Figs 2
,
9
,
35
,
37
)
Nepticula olyritis
Meyrick, 1915
: 256
Stigmella olyritis
(
Meyrick, 1915
) in
Puplesis & Robinson 2000
: 31
, figs 28, 131, 132, 215.
FIGURES 72–76.
Male genitalia of
Stigmella eiffeli
Diškus & Stonis
,
sp. nov.
, holotype, genitalia slide no. AD668 (ZMUC); 72, capsule; 73, 74, phallus; 75, 76, capsule.
FIGURES 77–81.
Male genitalia of
Stigmella arequipica
Remeikis & Stonis
,
sp. nov.
, holotype, genitalia slide no. RA551 (ZMUC); 77, valvae and gnathos; 78, capsule; 79, 80, phallus; 81, capsule.
FIGURES 82–88.
Male genitalia of
Stigmella coronaria
Diškus & Stonis
,
sp. nov.
82, 83, capsule, holotype, genitalia slide no. AD747; 84, valva, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD768; 85, 86, capsule, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD643; 87, phallus, holotype, temporary mount in Euparal no. AD747; 88, same, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD643 (ZMUC).
FIGURES 89–91.
Male genitalia of
Stigmella coronaria
Diškus & Stonis
,
sp. nov.
, phallus. 89, apical spines, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD768; 90, general view, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD643; 91, same, holotype, temporary mount in Euparal, genitalia slide no. AD747 (ZMUC).
Material examined
. 3 ♂ (lectotype and paralectotypes),
3 ♀
(
paralectotypes
),
PERU
,
Lima
,
150 m
,
viii.1914
, Parish, genitalia slide nos 28851
BMNH
(
lectotype
), 28852
BMNH
(
paralectotype
) (
BMNH
)
.
Diagnosis
. Belongs to the
S. nivea
species group. The combination of closely juxtaposed processes of gnathos, two apical processes of valva, distally rounded uncus, long vinculum, and a band of numerous spine-like cornuti distinguishes
S. olyritis
from all other members of the group.
Male
. (
Fig. 35
). Described in
Puplesis & Robinson 2000
: 31, figs 28. Forewing length:
1.7–1.9 mm
; wingspan
3.8–4.2 mm
.
Female.
Externally similar to male.
Male genitalia
. Illustrated in
Puplesis & Robinson 2000
: figs 131, 132.
Male genitalia
. Illustrated in
Puplesis & Robinson 2000
: figs 215.
Bionomics
. Adults fly in August. Otherwise biology unknown.
Distribution
(
Fig. 9
). This species occurs in
Peru
(
Lima
) at altitudes about
150 m
.