Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of twenty-one new species (II)
Author
Wang, Shuxia
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Author
Zhu, Xiaoju
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China & zxjyouxiang @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4590 - 8480
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.3
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Meleonoma papillisetosa
sp. nov.
(
Figs 16
,
38
)
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Type material.
CHINA
,
Guizhou
:
Holotype
♂,
Pobao
,
Shuizu Town
,
Limingguan
,
Libo County
,
740 m
,
20.VII.2015
, leg.
MQ Yang
&
GE Lee
, slide
No.
W17004 (
NKU
)
.
Paratypes
(7♂):
Guangxi
: 4♂,
Yangmeiao
,
Huanjiang County
,
Hechi City
,
1180 m
,
23–25.VII.2015
, leg.
MQ Yang
&
GE Lee
;
Hainan
: 1♂,
Forest Park
,
Mt. Limu
,
607 m
,
25.VII.2014
, leg.
PX Cong
et al.
, slide
No.
YAH15439
;
2♂,
Yinggezui
,
Yinggeling
,
599 m
,
30.VII.2017
, leg.
X Bai
et al (
NKU
)
.
Diagnosis
. The new species is similar to
M. forcipata
sp. nov.
It can be distinguished in the male genitalia by the apex-truncate valva without a denticle on the ventral margin, the sacculus produced to a papillary process apically, and the aedeagus without a forceps-shaped process distally; in
M. forcipata
, the apex-rounded valva has a denticle on the ventral margin, the sacculus has two triangular processes apically, and the aedeagus has a forcepsshaped process distally.
Description.
Adult (
Fig. 16
). Forewing length 5.0‾
5.5 mm
.
Head
yellow mixed with black on frons; vertex black, with yellow scales laterally. Labial palpus with first segment black, second and third segments yellow; second segment with dense blackish-grey scales on outer surface, with a black ring at pre-apex; third segment 2/3 length of second segment, with black scales medially. Antenna with scape yellow; flagellum blackish grey, ringed with yellow on ventral surface.
Thorax
blackish grey, with yellow scales laterobasally and distally; tegula black except yellow distally. Forewing narrow lanceolate; ground colour greyish black, with a yellow stripe from base arched to below costal margin, then extending obliquely outward to basal 2/5 of fold, edged with black scales; costal margin with inner yellow spot narrow, from basal 2/5 obliquely outward and crossing anterior margin of cell, outer yellow spot at distal 1/4, inverted triangular, with a rounded black dot in middle anteriorly; dorsal yellow spot large, extending upward to posterior margin of cell, mixed with black scales; fold with a black spot at basal 3/5, edged with yellow scales on outer side; cell with a black spot at basal 3/5, surrounded by yellow scales, with black spot at anterior and posterior angles respectively, separated by a yellow spot at outer margin; small yellow spots running from apex along termen to beyond tornus, interrupted by black scales; fringe blackish grey, with a yellow basal line along termen. Hindwing and fringe deep grey. Legs yellow; on ventral surface, foreleg black except tibia yellow apically, tarsus yellow at base of basal tarsomere and at apices of basal two tarsomeres, femora of mid- and hindlegs mixed with black scales, tibiae of mid- and hindlegs black except yellow apically, mid tarsus black except yellow at apices of basal two tarsomeres, hind tarsus with basal four tarsomeres black except yellow at apices.
Male genitalia
(
Fig. 38
). Uncus clavate, hooked apically. Gnathos with lateral arm heavily sclerotized, curved inward distally, membranous anteriorly. Tegumen narrowed medially; lateral arm olive-shaped, connected by a triangular sclerite medially, sclerotized along outer and inner margins. Valva with basal half narrow, widened from middle to apex, densely setose; apex truncate, produced in triangle dorsoapically; ventral margin heavily sclerotized, concave medially; costa narrow, reaching distal 2/3 of valva; transtilla short, connected by membrane medially. Sacculus with basal 2/3 parallel, distal 1/3 narrowed triangularly, heavily sclerotized, sparsely setose, with a papillary process at apex. Saccus slightly shorter than uncus, inverted triangular, wide at base, narrowed to rounded apex, shorter than valva. Juxta arched. Aedeagus slightly longer than valva, distal 2/3 mostly membranous, with a long curved belt, with several narrow sclerites distally; cornuti represented by two large spines.
Female unknown.
Distribution
.
China
(
Guangxi
,
Guizhou
,
Hainan
).
Etymology
. The specific epithet is derived from Latin word
papilli-
and
setosus
, referring to the setose papillary apical process of the sacculus.