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Position of
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group in
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The placement of the
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914CAEFBE7FDF2FB87" box="[399,531,1085,1109]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. puplesisi</emphasis>
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group in subg.
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914FE6FBE4FCFFFB87" box="[711,798,1085,1109]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Atachia</emphasis>
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is supported by a number of characters, yet some are in conflict with those of most other constituent species. The shape of the male valva with the structure of costa and the narrow, longitudinal membranous window without dorsal reinforcement is typical of
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914979FB5CFB4EFB4F" box="[1112,1199,1157,1181]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Atachia</emphasis>
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. The structure of the gnathos, with the basal arms mesially not fused, precludes the placement of
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group to sg.
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. Presence of a well-developed, bilobed uncus suggests that
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914E09FB14FC6DFB37" box="[808,908,1229,1253]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">puplesisi</emphasis>
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group does not belong to subgenera
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914808FB14FA7DFB37" box="[1321,1436,1229,1253]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Dibrachia</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914D96FB2BFEAFFADB" box="[183,334,1266,1289]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Hemiprosopa</emphasis>
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, which both also possess other characteristic features that the
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914934FB2BFB78FADB" box="[1045,1177,1265,1289]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. puplesisi</emphasis>
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group lacks (cf.
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;
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;
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,
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Kaila
<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914F89FACFFD39FAFF" box="[680,728,1301,1325]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">et al</emphasis>
. 2003
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). Lack of the twist formed by the distal fold of the valval costa and cucullus, as well as the lack of sclerotised reinforcement along the valval window preclude the placement to subg.
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914DD4FA84FEBEFAA7" box="[245,351,1373,1397]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Elachista</emphasis>
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. Even if not a real character, the general facies of the male genitalia, much dictated by a similar shape of the juxtal lobes, and similarly erect and straight basal arms of the gnathos, are different from other
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914DB6FA7CFEE0FA6F" box="[151,257,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Elachista</emphasis>
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, but closely similar to other species of subg.
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914E02FA7CFC9BFA6F" box="[803,890,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Atachia</emphasis>
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, notably the Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914980FA7FFAC9FA6F" box="[1185,1320,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. pigerella</emphasis>
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(Herrich- Schäffer, 1854),
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914C70FA13FE4FFA33" box="[337,430,1481,1505]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. olgae</emphasis>
(Sinev, 1992)
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, and many Australian species (Kaila 2011).
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There is a narrow and spinose zone laterad of the ostium bursae in the female genitalia that characterizes the subg.
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914DFAF9C8FED3F9FB" box="[219,306,1553,1577]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Atachia</emphasis>
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. Unfortunately the female of neither species of the
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914EA3F9CBFBE6F9FB" box="[898,1031,1553,1577]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. puplesisi</emphasis>
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group is known. When discovered, the female genital morphology could shed further light on the position of this group.
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Characteristic features of the
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group include the short and broad wing shape (Figs 1, 2) the lack of the digitate process (Figs 11, 12), and setae on the ventral surface of the uncus lobes instead of scales (Figs 10, 11). Within
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914DCCF978FEA5F96B" box="[237,324,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Atachia</emphasis>
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uncus setae occur also in the Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914E07F97BFC5BF96B" box="[806,954,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. regificella</emphasis>
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group and in the Australian
<taxonomicName id="4C3F8FF05E00FF914828F97BFA7DF96B" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1887" box="[1289,1436,1697,1721]" class="Insecta" family="Elachistidae" genus="Elachista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="584" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanthes">
<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914828F97BFA7DF96B" box="[1289,1436,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. melanthes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex of the
<taxonomicName id="4C3F8FF05E00FF914C64F91FFE2DF90F" box="[325,460,1734,1757]" class="Insecta" family="Elachistidae" genus="Elachista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="584" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gerasmia">
<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914C64F91FFE2DF90F" box="[325,460,1734,1757]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. gerasmia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (
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). Also the indistinctly fading distal portion of the costal lobe, with no twist with the cucullus, is similar to the latter complex. The valval process is weakly developed, with no sclerotised connection to juxta lobes. The valva is generally short and broad (Figs 11, 12). In conclusion, the combination of characters supports the placement of
<taxonomicName id="4C3F8FF05E00FF914FD4F8EBFC9BF89B" authorityName="Sruoga" authorityYear="2000" box="[757,890,1841,1865]" class="Insecta" family="Elachistidae" genus="Elachista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="584" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="puplesisi">
<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914FD4F8EBFC9BF89B" box="[757,890,1841,1865]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">E. puplesisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group in
<taxonomicName id="4C3F8FF05E00FF914ECDF8E8FB1AF89B" box="[1004,1275,1841,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Elachistidae" genus="Elachista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="584" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Atachia">
<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914ECDF8E8FBB7F89B" box="[1004,1110,1841,1865]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Elachista</emphasis>
subg.
<emphasis id="B94B28615E00FF914985F8E8FB1AF89B" box="[1188,1275,1841,1865]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="584">Atachia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but no likely candidate for closest relative within the subgenus can at present be suggested.
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