A new species of Anthonympha Moriuti (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) from Russian Far East, with annotated check list of the genus
Author
Ponomarenko, Margarita G.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4057
3
430
436
journal article
39284
10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.8
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1175-5326
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Genus
Anthonympha
Moriuti, 1971
Anthonympha
Moriuti, 1971
: 251
;
type
species:
Calantica oxydelta
Meyrick, 1913
, by original designation.
Diagnosis
. External features. Head with smooth-scaled frons and rough-scaled vertex, ocelli absent. All species of the genus are similar in pattern of forewing: basal part is white, costa is with oblique alternated brownish and white strokes on the distal part, almost triangular dark band extending from the dorsal margin to slightly beyond the middle or three-fourth across the wing.
Anthonympha
species could be divided into two groups according to wing venation: veins M3 and Cu1 are coincident in forewing and M3 and Cu1 connate in hindwing in
A. oxydelta
,
A. devota
and
A. duplicata
; M3 and Cu1 are separate in the forewing, and M3 and Cu1 are stalked in hindwing in
A. speciosa
and
A. rossica
.
In the male genitalia the uncus is rudimentary; socii are short or long and narrow, pointed at the apex; 9th segment is ring-like with short saccus. Valva is almost square in shape or extended distally, with long dorso-basal process; transtilla is narrow and arched; aedeagus with caecum. In the female genitalia the ovipositor is short, apophyses anteriores are bifurcated, lamella postvaginalis is with setose, rounded lobes posteriorly; antrum funnelshaped, ductus tube-like; corpus bursae membranous, small, without signum.
Distribution
.
Russia
(south of Far East),
Taiwan
, NE and S
India
(Assam, Karnataka),
Sri Lanka
, W
Malaysia
(
Brunei
).
Remarks.
The wing venation in
A. devota
and
A. duplicata
were not described in the original descriptions but their
type
specimens were examined when
Anthonympha
was described by
Moriuti (1971)
, with the wing venation of the first group mentioned above. The differences in the wing venation of
A. speciosa
led to redescription of the genus by
Moriuti (1974)
.
A. devota
and
A. duplicata
are included in the first group together with
A. oxydelta
, whereas
speciosa
and
rossica
are placed into the second group. The division of
Anthonympha
based on the wing venation is not supported by the genital morphology. Hitherto, the male genitalia are known for three species (A.
oxydelta
,
A. speciosa
and
A. rossica
), and female genitalia in two species (
A. speciosa
and
A. rossica
) only. According to the genital morphology the most northern species
A. rossica
is different from the closely related subtropical
A. speciosa
and tropical
A. oxydelta
in the male genitalia by the extremely long socii and short, almost quadrate valva, whereas both related species have socii not exceeding 1/7 of valva length and valvae extended distally, at least 2–2.5 times as long as own largest width.