Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
Author
DAVID ADAMSKI
text
Zootaxa
2005
858
1
158
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170793
94a0cedb-15bb-4bfd-955e-77200a536045
1175-5334
170793
511FBF55-10F2-4A00-B15B-CBD34EAB023E
Glyphidocera virgulae
,
new species
(Figs.
138–140, 283, 333
,
Map
25
) Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera virgulae
is most similar to
G. personae
but can be distinguished by its wider base of the dorsal strut of the tegumen, longer digitate process of the valva, and more protracted outer margin of the valval cucullus.
Description.— Head: Vertex dark brown; frontoclypeus dark brown intermixed with few yellow scales; outer surface of labial palpus with segments I–II dark brown intermixed with yellow scales, segment III dark brown; inner surface with segments I–II yellow, segment III dark brown; scape of antenna yellow, basal
8–10
flagellomeres yellow, remaining flagellomeres dark brown; male
4
th flagellomere distally dilated, protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite deeply excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; proboscis yellow.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum dark brown. Legs dark brown intermixed with yellowishbrown scales to near apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
333
): Length 4.0–
5.7 mm
(n =
31
), dark brown. Undersurface dark brown. Hindwing: Dark brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
138
): Male with
5
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3
and one transverse row of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
3–4
. Sex scales between terga
2–3
at least twice as large as the sex scales between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
139–140
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted near
1
/
3
, broadly rounded apically, apex narrowly rounded and setose; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing from a wide base, extending dorsally and widely to base of uncus; costa of valva slightly upturned from shallow depression beyond basal, digitate process to dorsal furca; apex bifurcate, each furca small, widely separate, and about equal in size; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly beyond midlength, widening distoventrally, forming a broadly rounded and distally protracted cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus with several small spinelike cornuti, and bearing a large, conical apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia (Fig.
283
): Papillae anales elongate, slightly wider basally than apically; apophysis posterioris and apophysis anterioris about equal in length; eighth sternum about equal in width as eighth tergum; eighth tergum with posterior and anterior margins nearly straight, eighth sternum with posterior margin slightly emarginate medially, anterior margin broadly emarginate; antrum posteriorly enlarged from a constricted anterior part; posterior margin nearly straight, posterolateral margins angular; anterior end with a pair of elongate, spinelike processes within cavity formed from outer wall; ductus bursae short; corpus bursae denticulate within anterior half and slightly wider anteriorly; ductus seminalis large, coiled from base to distal end, coils gradually decreasing in size distally; ductus seminalis with a long,
8
coiled, internal support; side opposite ductus seminalis slightly bulbus with an elongate, platelike, support at base.
Holotype
, ɗ, “
COSTA
RICA
, Heredia, Est[ación] Biol[ógica] La Selva,
50–150 m
,
10
°
26
'N
,
84
°01'W
,
Feb.
1996
, INBioOET”, “
19
Feb.
1996
, L/00/
156
, CES
300 m
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
001,
250557
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
860
” [yellow label].
Paratypes
(
30
ɗ):
10
ɗ,
12
Ψ, Same label data as
holotype
except, “
9
Feb.
1996
, L/00/
133
, CCC
650 m
”, “
CRI
001,
249994
”; “
17
Feb.
, L/04/
153
, Biblioteca”, “
CRI
002, 057811”, “
CRI
002, 057812”, “Ψ Slide No.
862
”; “
CRI
002, 057813” (Ψ); “
22
Feb.
, L/04/
102
”, “
CRI
001,
257931
”; “
11
Marzo
, L/00/
180
,
STR
1850 m
”, “
CRI
001,
250820
”; “L/05/
183
, Arboleda”, “
CRI
002, 057875”; “L/04/
182
, Biblioteca”, “
CRI
002, 057742”; “
CRI
002, 057740” (Ψ); “L/05/
183
, Arboleda”, “
CRI
002, 057887”, “Ψ Slide No.
863
”; “
13
Marzo
, L/04/
186
, Biblioteca”, “
CRI
002, 058076” (Ψ); “L/00/
187
,
STR
450 m
”, “
CRI
002, 058143”; “
19
Marzo
, L/00/
191
, CCC
650 m
”, “
CRI
002, 058450” (Ψ); “
21
Marzo
, L/00/
193
,
STR
250 m
”, “
CRI
002, 058562”; “
10
Abril
, L/00/
211
, CES
350 m
”, “
CRI
002, 059770”; “
22
Abril
, L/00/
223
, SOR
700 m
”, “
CRI
002,
061705
” (Ψ); “
CRI
002,
061708
” (Ψ); “L/00/
220
, Biblioteca”, “
CRI
002,
060977
” (Ψ); “
24
Abril
, L/04/
226
”, “
CRI
061523
”; “L/00/
227
,
STR
500 m
”, “
CRI
002,
060593
” (Ψ); “
9
Ene.
1993
, Bosque secundario, L0003”, “
CRI
001,
218927
”; “
3
Julio
1994
, L/00/
115
”, “
CRI
001,
244388
”;
5
ɗ,
2
Ψ, “Est. Pitilla,
700 m
,
9 km
, S. Sta. Cecilia, P. N. Guanacaste, Prov. Guan.,
COSTA
RICA
,
18
Abr. a
19
May.
1993
, P. Rios, LN
330200
,
380200
”, “
CRI
001,
398038
”, “Slide No.
748
”; “
23– 26
Jun.
, Taller Microlepidoptera, #
2183
”, “
CRI
001,
835612
”; “
Ago.
1992
, P. Rios”, “
CRI
000,
844778
” (Ψ); “
2–19
Mar.
,
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
727106
”; “
Ago.
1991
, C. Moraga”, “
CRI
000,
537997
”; “
Nov.
1990
, C. Moraga & P. Rios”, “
CRI
000,
313728
”; “
6–19
Set.
1993
, P. Rios, #
2345
”, “
CRI
001,
613449
”, “Ψ Slide No.
749
”;
1
ɗ, “Río San Lorenzo,
1050 m
, Tierras Morenas, Z. P. Renorio, Prov. Guanacaste,
COSTA
RICA
,
Abril
1992
, F. Quesada, LN
287800
,
427600
”, “Slide No.
506
”, (
21 in
INBio
,
10 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
25
):
Glyphidocera virgulae
is known from two collecting sites in northwestern
Costa Rica
along the Cordillera de Guanacaste and one site in the northcentral part of the country, north of the Cordillera Central.
Etymology: The species epithet
virgulae
is derived from the Latin word ”virgula” which means wand.