3071
Author
Zelazny, B.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
3071
1
307
journal article
11755334
Saccharodite chinensis
Zelazny
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 288
)
Description.
Forewings elongated, 2.3 times longer than wide, length in male about
3.8 mm
. Colour stramineous to light brown, mesonotum slightly darker; a red mark at tip of scutellum. Forewings very faintly infuscated from apex of Cu to base of Ms1, around base of Ms2, and along apical crossveins; a small dark mark at base of first subcostal sector; veins stramineous, but anterior apical crossveins dark brown; 3 dark spots on base of Sc+R. Hindwings colourless. In profile junction of vertex and face very slightly angulated; rostrum reaching post trochanters; subantennal process connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork well before middle of wing; basal median cell broad, more than twice as wide as basal cell between Sc+R and M; apices of Cu1 and Ms1b separated; a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles elongated; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long. Aedeagus ending in two flat, pointed processes, their dorsal margins finely serrated.
Etymology
.
Derived from
China
, the latinized species name (
chinensis
, -ensis, -ense
) is an adjective.
Type material.
Holotype
♂
(forewing
3.8 mm
),
CHINA
; labels: 1)
FUKIEN
,
S. China
/ Shaowu: Tachulan/
1000 m
.
T
. Maa 2)
13–17.VIII.1945
(
BPBM
).
Distribution
.
South
China
.
Diagnosis.
Saccharodite chinensis
resembles
Sa. matsumurae
(Muir)
from
Taiwan
and
Sa. indochinensis
sp. nov.
from
Laos
. It can be separated from both by the red mark at the tip of the scutellum. Further, in contrast to
Sa. indochinensis
the male aedeagus ends in two pointed processes, and unlike
Sa. matsumurae
the head and thorax are stramineous.