Fourteen new species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) from Uganda, and three new combinations in Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 from DR Congo
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
Author
Mey, Wolfram
Author
Koo, Jun-Mo
Author
Prins, Jurate De
Author
Akite, Perpetra
Author
Cho, Soowon
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-06
4759
4
451
487
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.1
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1175-5326
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Thubdora
Park, 2018
Type
species:
Thubdora acutalis
Park, 2018: 1088
. TL:
Republic of the Congo
.
Thubdora
Park
is endemic to the Afrotropical region.
Park (2018)
categorized the species of the genus into two species-groups based on the shape of the uncus of male genitalia: the
aciphalla
species-group with the uncus not bifur- cated apically and the
acutalis
species-group with the uncus bifurcated apically. Although the bifurcated condition of the uncus is easily recognized, this characteristic seems to have multiple origins. Thus, while the species-group distinction may not reflect evolutionary relationships, it may help in understanding the evolutionary pattern of the character in the tree. All the species described or previously known are arranged in an alphabetic order herein, following the proposed species-groups.