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Genus
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<paragraph id="66E5AF3448A5BFB1560E8D5DC4062B85" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Type species.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C552EC9103ED4028F130EDDB62E3CA73" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Mirlatia arcuata</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (by monotypy).
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<paragraph id="39322EDD0820834387D52FD332720EF2" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Description</paragraph>
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(Figs
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-
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).
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External morphology.
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.
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Head medium-sized, compound eye relatively large, labial palp narrow, length 1.1
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the diameter of eye in male, 1.5
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in female. Proboscis well developed. Male antenna distinctly bipectinate, length of longest branches 1.6 mm, approximately 10
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the diameter of flagellum, branches checkered black and white; female antenna distinctly bipectinate, longest branches 4-5
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the diameter of flagellum.
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(wings, legs). Forewing costa and dorsum slightly, termen markedly convex, apex pointed; hindwing termen distinctly arcuate in both sexes. Transverse lines diffuse, hardly discernible.
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: forewing with double areole; R2-4 and R5 arising connate from tip of second areole, M1 and R5 shortly stalked laterally on second areole; hindwing with long fusion of Sc+R1 and Rs, distal parts of Rs and M1 completely fused, M2 arising shortly below cell apex (caudad); discocellular cross vein of hindwing distinctly incurved. Male frenulum well developed as a single bristle. Legs long and narrow, spur formula 0-2-4 in male, 0-2-
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in female (hindlegs of the examined specimen are missing). Male foreleg with long, black, narrow epiphysis arising from middle of tibia.
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<emphasis id="94B088052B4A4B225B38654181F7D3AB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Adult.
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sp. nov., holotype, male (coll. TLMF).
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.
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Tympanal organ (Fig.
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). Ansa of tympanal organ very broad at base, gradually tapered, neither dilated medially, nor at apex with hammer-shaped dilation, tip truncate, with a few micro-spinules in the male.
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<emphasis id="398704686C6F5EB5DA109D0A1E817D63" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Adult.
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sp. nov., paratype, female (coll. NHMV).
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.
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Descriptions of the male and female genitalia are provided under the description of the type species of the new genus.
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<paragraph id="5F20604761A759E231B48CAA5CAD38FB" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Presence of paired tympanal caves with ansa at the base of the abdomen clearly proves the assignation of the new genus to the family
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.
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is distinguished from the vast majority of members of the subfamily
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by the tubular M2 vein of the hindwing and the long fusion of hindwing veins Sc+R1 and Rs. It differs from the genera of the subfamilies
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,
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,
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, and
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by the very broad base and in the lacking apical dilatation of the tympanal ansa. So far, no other geometrid is known to display a similarly shaped ansa, although a broad ansa basis is found in
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,
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, and
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, but these groups have an ansa with a pointed tip. The new genus differs from the vast majority of geometrid genera also by the long pectination of the female antenna.
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<paragraph id="5E691D94EF98FE24E7D61489AE0EAC8E" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Genetic data, phylogeny.</paragraph>
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The genetic data are summarised under the species description. The COI barcode suggests a largely isolated position within
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. The new genus is tentatively placed in the subfamily
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, supported by the double forewing areole and the hindwing venation with presence of the M2 vein and long fusion of Sc+R1 and Rs. Further aspects of the phylogeny are discussed later in this paper.
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<paragraph id="188E382E36900933AC33B2CE8045174D" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The new generic name
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<emphasis id="2E62F98843A75D8430188AC2AFDE67B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">Mirlatia</emphasis>
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is introduced as a feminine noun. It is an aggregate of the stems of two latin words, i.e.
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- (stem of the noun
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,
<emphasis id="4A381F8DDC0CE2C6AB95B38294676AA0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">mira</emphasis>
meaning surprise(s)) and
<emphasis id="937704CB6F5CE6833D708D2E518B7011" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">lat</emphasis>
- (
<emphasis id="842A48E5CCB577DEB001B2A22A792AAE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">latum</emphasis>
, the perfect participle form of the verb
<emphasis id="B184ACCFB2489995DCA92B6552A36E90" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="99">ferre</emphasis>
meaning to bring, referring to the rather surprising discovery of this curious new geometrid moth.
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