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<figureCitation id="983F59C802FEC7BE47076183302A2F06" captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Wing pattern of adults (males). 1 - 2: Scotopteryx kurmanjiana sp. n. 1. Holotype; NE Quchan, Iran; 2. Paratype; Garrygala, S Turkmenistan; 3 - 4: Scotopteryx kuznetzovi. 3. Guzeldere Pass, E. Turkey; 4. Basmendj, NW Iran; a: dorsal view, b: ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/nl.37.7954.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/8153" pageId="1" pageNumber="38">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="F0B7A7A24DB2B6696B02376F37CFFA6E" captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Wing pattern of adults (males). 1 - 2: Scotopteryx kurmanjiana sp. n. 1. Holotype; NE Quchan, Iran; 2. Paratype; Garrygala, S Turkmenistan; 3 - 4: Scotopteryx kuznetzovi. 3. Guzeldere Pass, E. Turkey; 4. Basmendj, NW Iran; a: dorsal view, b: ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/nl.37.7954.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/8153" pageId="1" pageNumber="38">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="67A5FC823CDA61DFE87EC5093E26D292" captionStart="Figures 56" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 5 - 6. Male genitalia. 5. Scotopteryx kurmanjiana sp. n., Holotype (Slide No.: LG 1747 M; S Turkmenistan); 6. Scotopteryx kuznetzovi (Slide No.: 1063 H. Rajaei; NW Iran); a: genital armature, b: phallus. Abbreviations: an. lob. Anellus lobe; cos. Costa; tr. Transtilla; unc. Uncus; v. Valva." figureDoi="10.3897/nl.37.7954.figures5-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/8154" pageId="1" pageNumber="38">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="CED06023B9E924AEB7E7DA853CF7D403" pageId="1" pageNumber="38">Material.</paragraph>
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Holotype ♂,
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, SW Kopetdagh, Garrygala env. 1994.xi.15-30, Leg. Miatleuski J., slide No.: LG 1747 (ZSM). Paratype: 1 ♂,
<emphasis id="D4F82BD4B30423CACEF557247345AF9A" bold="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="38">Iran</emphasis>
, Prov. Khorasan, Kopet-Dagh Mts, 80 km NE of Qucan [Quchan], 1900 m,
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,
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, 30.x.2000, leg. B. Benedek &amp; Gy.
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, slide No. LG 1746 (coll. Gy. M.
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).
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<paragraph id="49358433E5B9BE48CC3267E191AE81B7" pageId="1" pageNumber="38">Description.</paragraph>
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(
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,
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).
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Male: Wingspan 28-33 mm (Length of forewing: 16-18 mm). Antenna bipectinate from base to tip, except 2-3 distal segments, rami moderately long, black, dorsally unscaled, arising ventrally from the proximal end of the flagellum segments. Head, thorax and abdomen covered with mixed brown-white scales. Frons broad, slightly protruding, lower part smoothly covered with very small dark brown scales, upper margin covered with mix of whitish and pale brown scales; vertex with large white and pale brown scales. Chaeto
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transversally extended. Palpi short and narrow, acute at tip, just reaching beyond the clypeus. Haustellum almost completely reduced. Index of spurs: 0-2-4. Forewings elongated, apex and tornus rounded; apical patch absent; ground colour pale greyish-brown; basal area and medial band slightly darker, edged with dark brown. Basal line indented. Antemedial line roundly curved in the middle, with two moderately acute incisions. Medial line shadow-like, poorly visible, median area uniformly pale greyish-brown, discal spot small, blackish, sharply defined. Postmedial line wavy, roundly curved outwards in the middle. Submarginal line blurred, poorly visible. Hindwings oval, elongated, cream-brown, crossline absent, discal spot very small, poorly visible. Fringes in both wings unicolorous and consisting of a row of shorter and darker basal scales and a row of longer and lighter terminal scales. Underside pale greyish
<pageBreakToken id="119557D4E9CFCB6FA43CAA317267B808" pageId="3" pageNumber="40" start="start">brown</pageBreakToken>
, generally paler than upperside, basal area and middle band darker, patterns of upper side partly visible. Underside of the hindwing even paler than that of the forewing. Abdomen long, narrow, light grey. Coremata absent.
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<emphasis id="91E11D98D3CC2BB04EED81710596636B" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="40">Figures 1-4.</emphasis>
Wing pattern of adults (males). 1-2:
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sp. n. 1. Holotype; NE Quchan, Iran; 2. Paratype; Garrygala, S Turkmenistan; 3-4:
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<emphasis id="DE5AC150D12F6A3632742C1DFF09EA6C" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="40">Scotopteryx kuznetzovi</emphasis>
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. 3. Guzeldere Pass, E. Turkey; 4. Basmendj, NW Iran; a: dorsal view, b: ventral view.
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Male genitalia (
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Vinculum rather short and broad, gently rounded. Valva short, broad at the base, sacculus well sclerotized, slightly arched, having conspicuous, trapezoidal apical lobe. Distal margin of valva broadly rounded, setose; costal margin strongly sclerotized, slightly arcuate, with an apically rounded, finger-like apical process surpassing the distal edge of valva. Transtilla present, curved, band-like. Uncus broad at base, triangular with narrow, acute tip, curved ventrad. Anellus lobes conically elongated, distally rounded, setose. Juxta X-shaped.
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tubular, slightly longer than valva, gently curved, distal half covered with the densely spined part of manica, apically with a well-developed finger-like process of carina; vesica bears a bunch (over 10) of broad-based, strongly sclerotized cornuti.
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<emphasis id="3741CD5BAB567770CA72F1D86B83D598" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Figures 5-6.</emphasis>
Male genitalia. 5.
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<emphasis id="BD1C1CB9C69F01336CC96BAAF6045A3E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Scotopteryx kurmanjiana</emphasis>
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sp. n., Holotype (Slide No.: LG 1747 M; S Turkmenistan); 6.
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<emphasis id="9F3E2566C3BC3DAF6CE4D2C24FA6FE53" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Scotopteryx kuznetzovi</emphasis>
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(Slide No.: 1063 H. Rajaei; NW Iran); a: genital armature, b: phallus. Abbreviations: an.lob. Anellus lobe; cos. Costa; tr. Transtilla; unc. Uncus; v. Valva.
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<paragraph id="EA9DA6BA7CF4BC2FFCE9BF115A41AB4C" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="D6F40884B01C43A6CF51337D275E9E57" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<paragraph id="AE54D32953F3392EC060C0DA82A2E229" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Diagnosis</paragraph>
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(
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-
<figureCitation id="2CDBB4FE3EB4272EE81331B567E0C97E" captionStart="Figures 56" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 5 - 6. Male genitalia. 5. Scotopteryx kurmanjiana sp. n., Holotype (Slide No.: LG 1747 M; S Turkmenistan); 6. Scotopteryx kuznetzovi (Slide No.: 1063 H. Rajaei; NW Iran); a: genital armature, b: phallus. Abbreviations: an. lob. Anellus lobe; cos. Costa; tr. Transtilla; unc. Uncus; v. Valva." figureDoi="10.3897/nl.37.7954.figures5-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/8154" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">6</figureCitation>
). According to its morphological and genital features,
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appears to be closely related to
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but is nevertheless easily distinguishable by several characters (for the distinctive features between
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and other related
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species see
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Rajaei Sh. and
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2012
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). External features: the new species has less protruded frons in comparison with
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and in general less shiny wing surface; the transverse lines are much less sharply defined, lacking the white highlight, which is very characteristic in
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; the median area is much paler, less contrasting in
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; the submarginal line is inconspicuous, more or less shadow-like, whereas it is sharply defined with whitish scales in
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; the discal spots are present in both wings while these are absent in the hindwings of
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. The apical patch of
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is indistinct while a whitish triangular patch is present in
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; the fringes are uniformly whitish-grey, while they are chequered with dark brown in
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. Finally, the hindwing of
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is unicolorous, without transverse line or band, while a well-defined dark-grey medial band is present in
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.
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The specific differences between the two species are well expressed in genitalia (see the
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and
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): the new species has shorter and smaller apical lobe of sacculus, more sclerotized, much thinner costal margin of valva with conspicuously shorter and apically more tapering costal process, broader base of uncus, somewhat more strongly sclerotized and differently shaped juxta. The distal half of the phallus of the new species is covered with densely spined part of manica, while the spinose part of manica is only one third of the length of the phallus in
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. Finally, the vesica of
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is armed by more than 10 well-sclerotized cornuti, while the number of cornuti in
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is fewer than five.
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<paragraph id="B86CF43DB32D1DCEBFAF0E9C5D47D812" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Bionomy.</paragraph>
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The known specimens of
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were collected in the late autumn, similarly to
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. The foodplant and the early stages are unknown.
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<subSubSection id="1E95C4720C7B704BC71EB820C82F41DB" pageId="4" pageNumber="41" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="91E0236F8C2FB3D0CC979C2F6BF0EC28" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A16ECF9ADD8F33E08C53EF093D668791" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">The species is known to occur on both sides of Kopet-Dagh Mountains in NE Iran and S Turkmenistan.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="58167CCEB3FF97968EBE58FD08955805" pageId="4" pageNumber="41" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="47D5552F4DF50C2F9D22D40DA75C67D8" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AE8CBC2CBD1C53A0E99DB1AB9FA84F15" pageId="4" pageNumber="41">The name of the species is dedicated to the Kurmanj people in northeastern Iran. This Kurdish tribe migrated from Kurdistan and settled in Khorasan-e Shomali, mainly in Quchan, Shirvan and Bojnurd.</paragraph>
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