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Author
Zelazny, B.
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
3071
1
307
journal article
11755334
Rhotana miles
Zelazny
,
sp. nov.
(Figs. 73, 247)
Description.
Forewings 1.7 times longer than wide, length about
3.7 mm
. Abdomen and dorsal parts of head and thorax dark reddish-brown; ventral parts of head and thorax, and legs stramineous. Forewings dark brown, apical margin lighter; a few lighter dots in and near clavus; a black mark around last subcostal sector; all veins bright red. Hindwings lightly infuscated; some veins faintly tinted with red. Facial carinae contiguous at their bases; rostrum reaching hind coxae; subantennal processes and lateral carinae of pronotum poorly developed. Forewings with apical part of Sc slightly sinuate; Sc+R fork just distad of basal third of wing; Ms1 branched in its basal third; Ms1b merging for a short section with apical part of Cu1, a small triangle at base of Ms1. Pygofer of male genitalia with very large lateral projections, reaching end of anal segment. Genital styles elongated, slightly pointed at the tip; proximal dorsal process short, distal dorsal process elongated, a slight hump between both processes. Aedeagus large; stem with a prominent, dorsal, flat process near junction with apical part, at its anterior dorsal corner a small pointed tip; apical part flat and long, ending in three prominent and pointed processes, all directed forward.
Note. I
n
one paratype
apical margin of forewings with conspicuous white stripes.
Etymology
.
The species name is a Latin noun (
miles
= a soldier) used in apposition.
Type material.
Holotype
♂
(forewing
3.7 mm
, body
2.4 mm
),
MALAYSIA
: NORTH BORNEO; labels: 1)
NORTH BORNEO
(
SE
)/
Forest Camp
,
19 km
/ N. of
Kalabakan
/
18.X.1962
2)
Y. Hirashima
/
Collector
/
BISHOP
(
BPBM
)
.
Paratypes
.
NORTH BORNEO
:
SABAH
,
Bettotan
, nr.
Sandakan
,
31.7.1927
,
1 ♂
(fw. 3.6) (
BMNH
).
PHILIPPINE
ISL.:
N. Palawan
,
Binaluan
,
XI–XII.1913
,
1 ♀
(fw. 3.7),
G. Boettcher
(
MMBC
)
.
Distribution
.
North Borneo
,
Philippines
(
Palawan
).
Diagnosis.
Rhotana miles
is characterized by the dark forewings, the red forewing veins, and the three pointed processes on the apical part of the male aedeagus.