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Author
Zelazny, B.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
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307
journal article
11755334
Levu rufigena
Zelazny
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 174
)
Description.
Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, length: male about
2.5 mm
, female about
3.1 mm
. Colour stramineous to light brown; a bright red mark in front of eyes. Forewings white, powdered; a dark mark at M-Ms4 fork; in
paratype
(but not in
holotype
) faint infuscation around first subcostal sector and some part near hind margin; veins white to stramineous. Rostrum surpassing post-trochanter; subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork before middle of wing; Ms1 branched just distad of apex of basal median cell, a small triangle at base of Ms1; (the left, but not the right forewing of the
holotype
shows an abnormal venation in that the bases of Ms2 and Ms3 are merged,
Fig. 174f
). Male genital styles slightly truncated at the end; proximal dorsal process short, distal dorsal process elongated, both well separated. Aedeagus with apical portion broad, tapering towards end; on the right side, a flat, dorsal lobe.
Etymology
.
The species name is a Latin noun (
rufigena
= a red cheek) used in apposition.
Type material.
Holotype
♂
(forewing
2.5 mm
),
SOLOMON
ISL.; labels: 1)
SOLOMON
IS./
MALAITA
:
Dala
,
50 m
/
15–19.VI.1964
2)
R
. Straatman/ Collector/
BISHOP
(
BPBM
)
.
Paratype
.
SOLOMON
ISL.,
Malaita
,
Auki
,
0–100m
,
XII.1975
,
1 ♀
(fw. 3.1),
N.L.H. Krauss
(
BPBM
).
Distribution
.
Solomon Islands
.
Diagnosis.
Levu rufigena
shows similarities to
L. vitiensis
Kirkaldy
,
L. psittacus
sp. nov.
, and
L. shanahani
sp. nov.
, all three also found in the Solomons. It can be recognized by its small size and the conspicuous red mark in front of the eyes.