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Author
Zelazny, B.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
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1
307
journal article
11755334
Rhotana fera
Zelazny
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 215
)
Description.
Forewings about
5.9 mm
long with Ms1 branched slightly distad of apex of basal median cell. Hindwings mutilated. Pygofer with lateral projections inconspicuous. Male genitalia with apical part of aedeagus ending in two long, flat processes, each with two short, pointed tips.
Note.
Externally like
Rhotana ramosa
sp. nov.
The description above has been shortened, due to this similarity.
Etymology
.
The species name is a Latin adjective (
ferus, -a, -um
= wild).
Type material.
Holotype
♂
(forewing 5.0 mm),
MALAYSIA
: NORTH BORNEO; labels: 1) BRITISH N.
BORNEO
/
W. Coast
Residen-/ cy,
Ranau
,
500m
/
IX-28 – X-7-1958
2)
T
.
C. Maa
/
Collector
/
BISHOP
(
BPBM
).
Distribution
.
North Borneo
.
Diagnosis.
Rhotana fera
is externally indistinguishable from
R. ramosa
sp. nov.
from Sumatra and
R. tridentata
sp. nov.
from Borneo and West
Malaysia
. The males can be easily recognized by the aedeagus ending in two long and flat processes which are furcate at the ends.