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, same data as the holotype (gen. prep. No. HA-1521,
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This species is very similar to
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Yakovlev, 2014
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both in the wing pattern and genitalia structure. The main differences between two species are as follows:
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Forewing length of the male and female of
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are 13.0 mm and 18.0 mm, recpectively (
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Yakovlev
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has much smaller forewing (6.0 mm in male, and 10.0 mm in female). Considering the male genitalia, the following differences are observed:
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1) Valva in
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is quadrate distally with rounded corners; while in
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, it is clearly rounded apically (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6520FF8DFF07FEB4FD6355AA" blockId="12.[151,1437,259,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
2) In
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFF74FEB4FE4F5546" box="[228,388,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. breithaupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
juxta is small and spoon-shaped (
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<bibRefCitation id="760653CC6520FF8DFD6EFEB4FC3F5546" author="Yakovlev, R. V." box="[766,1012,331,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="401 - 410" refId="ref81908" refString="Yakovlev, R. V. (2014 b) A new species of Meharia Chretien, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa, 3895 (3), 401 - 410. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3895.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Yakovlev 2014b: 402</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); whereas in
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFB16FEB4FA8B5546" box="[1158,1344,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. baluchestana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFAD7FEB4FA4D5546" bold="true" box="[1351,1414,331,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546520FF8DFAD7FEB4FA4D5546" box="[1351,1414,331,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
it is medium-sized and trapezoidal (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6520FF8DFF07FE6CFB9455F2" blockId="12.[151,1437,259,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
3) Phallus of
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFEAEFE6CFE32558E" box="[318,505,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. baluchestana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFD91FE6CFD8A558E" bold="true" box="[513,577,403,429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546520FF8DFD91FE6CFD8A558E" box="[513,577,403,429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is slightly curved with the same width troughout the length (
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); while in
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFF73FE48FE4855F2" box="[227,387,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. breithaupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is nearly straight with wider basal half (
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<bibRefCitation id="760653CC6520FF8DFCCDFE48FB9955F2" author="Yakovlev, R. V." box="[861,1106,439,465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="401 - 410" refId="ref81908" refString="Yakovlev, R. V. (2014 b) A new species of Meharia Chretien, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa, 3895 (3), 401 - 410. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3895.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Yakovlev 2014b: 408</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6520FF8DFF07FE24FD8D5642" blockId="12.[151,1437,259,609]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
4) Both dorso-apical processes of the phallus in
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFD44FE24FC5A55D6" box="[724,913,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. baluchestana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFC0BFE24FC1655D6" bold="true" box="[923,989,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546520FF8DFC0BFE24FC1655D6" box="[923,989,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFB87FE24FB7155D6" box="[1047,1210,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. breithaupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have dentate edges dorsally; however, in the former species the process is broad-based with regular teeth (
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), whereas the process of the latter species has irregularly dentate with shorter basal part and is sligltly directed towards the proximal end of phallus (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86520FF8DFE70FDB8FDF25642" box="[480,569,583,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1897,1921]" captionTargetBox="[170,1425,356,1866]" captionTargetId="figure-89@13.[159,1429,345,1874]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n., holotype (A, B) and M. breithaupti Yakovlev (C), and female genitalia of Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n., paratype. A) Main body and phallus in ventral and lateral views, respectively. B, C) Distal end of the phallus. D) Main body in ventral view. E) Middile part showing ostium area and ductus bursae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808047" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808047/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6520FF8DFF57FD70FA4E5736" blockId="12.[151,1437,655,789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
The female genitalia of the two species are different form each other in the shape of apophyses anteriores and distal end of apophyses posteriores. In
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFDCBFD4CFCD356EE" box="[603,792,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. baluchestana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFCB2FD4CFCAE56EE" bold="true" box="[802,869,691,717]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546520FF8DFCB2FD4CFCAE56EE" box="[802,869,691,717]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
apophyses anteriores are wide and spoon-shaped distally (
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); while in
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFE57FD28FDAC56D2" box="[455,615,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. breithaupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are poined. Moreover, distal end of apophyses posteriores in
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFADAFD28FF255736" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. breithaupti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are pointed (
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<bibRefCitation id="760653CC6520FF8DFE11FD04FDBC5736" author="Yakovlev, R. V." box="[385,631,763,789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="401 - 410" refId="ref81908" refString="Yakovlev, R. V. (2014 b) A new species of Meharia Chretien, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the United Arab Emirates, with a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa, 3895 (3), 401 - 410. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3895.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Yakovlev 2014b: 408</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); comparing to distinctly rounded in
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFB85FD04FB045736" box="[1045,1231,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">M. baluchestana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFB47FD04FADD5736" bold="true" box="[1239,1302,763,789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546520FF8DFB47FD04FADD5736" box="[1239,1302,763,789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="12282E3D6520FF8DFF07F87FFB9F539F" blockId="12.[151,1437,1920,1980]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFF07F87FFED953BB" bold="true" box="[151,274,1920,1944]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6520FF8DFE88F87FFE3753BB" box="[280,508,1920,1944]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Meharia baluchestana</emphasis>
Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546520FF8DFD76F87FFCD553BB" box="[742,798,1920,1944]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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A) Adult male, holotype, upperside. B) Adult female, paratype, upperside (scale bar= 10.0 mm). C, D) Head of the female in frontal (C) and lateral (D) views.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="5A8D7DB66521FF8FFF57FF69FDCA512E" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="15" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="description">
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFF57FF69FE925493" bold="true" box="[199,345,150,176]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Description.</emphasis>
Male,
<typeStatus id="CD2C909F6521FF8CFE36FF68FDC35492" box="[422,520,151,177]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(
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).
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFD15FF68FD095492" box="[645,706,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Head</emphasis>
: Vertex and frons with nearly smooth creamy-white scales; labial palpus upturned, covered with dirty-cream scales, the length slightly less than half length of the horizontal diameter of compound eye, third segment slightly hanging, second segment the longest; antenna bipectinate, with length slightly more than half length of the forewing, each pecten process nearly seven times longer than the relevant antennal segment diameter.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="12282E3D6521FF8CFF07F896FE4E53CD" blockId="13.[151,1436,1897,2030]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFF07F896FED953A1" bold="true" box="[151,274,1897,1922]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFE59F895FD6753A1" box="[457,684,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Meharia baluchestana</emphasis>
Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFC05F895FC0553A1" bold="true" box="[917,974,1898,1922]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546521FF8CFC05F895FC0553A1" box="[917,974,1898,1922]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype (A, B) and
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFB37F895FAF353A1" box="[1191,1336,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">M. breithaupti</emphasis>
Yakovlev
</taxonomicName>
(C), and female genitalia of
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<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFE24F871FD525385" box="[436,665,1934,1958]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Meharia baluchestana</emphasis>
Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6521FF8CFC14F871FC765385" bold="true" box="[900,957,1934,1958]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3BD04F546521FF8CFC14F871FC765385" box="[900,957,1934,1958]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype. A) Main body and phallus in ventral and lateral views, respectively. B, C) Distal end of the phallus. D) Main body in ventral view. E) Middile part showing ostium area and ductus bursae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FF68FE9855D6" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FF68FED35492" box="[199,280,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Thorax</emphasis>
: Smooth scaling; grayish-light brown dorsally. Forewing (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86522FF8FFC32FF68FC305492" box="[930,1019,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1920,1944]" captionTargetBox="[154,1435,815,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-265@12.[151,1436,813,1896]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n. A) Adult male, holotype, upperside. B) Adult female, paratype, upperside (scale bar= 10.0 mm). C, D) Head of the female in frontal (C) and lateral (D) views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808045" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808045/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
). Length 13.0 mm; elongate, parallelsided, termen obliquely rounded, apex rounded; upperside grayish-light brown with
<specimenCount id="0491E5B46522FF8FFBACFF44FB6754F6" box="[1084,1196,187,213]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="generic" typeStatus="types">four types</specimenCount>
of slightly developed light spots at costal margin: 1) a light spot with a smaller brown one inside, located at basal one-fourth of the costa, 2) an almost similar spot surrounding several brown dots at three-fourths of the costal length, mostly dark-edged towards tornus, 3) few smaller light spots between the two above-mentioned ones, 4) a small light spot next to the apex. Tornus with two light spots at one-fourth and three-fourths of its length, respectively, the proximal one largest. Termen with a few scattered dark brown sub-marginal dots. Fringes light brown with a darker basal line; underside glossy grayish-brown, having more or less similar pattern. Hindwing upperside ground color grayish-light brown, without pattern, fringes as on forewing, with paler basal line; underside glossy grayish-brown, slightly brighter than that of forewing.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FE00FDE556D2" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FE00FEFA563A" box="[199,305,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Grayish-light brown. Genitalia (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86522FF8FFD37FE00FCE2563A" box="[679,809,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1897,1921]" captionTargetBox="[170,1425,356,1866]" captionTargetId="figure-89@13.[159,1429,345,1874]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n., holotype (A, B) and M. breithaupti Yakovlev (C), and female genitalia of Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n., paratype. A) Main body and phallus in ventral and lateral views, respectively. B, C) Distal end of the phallus. D) Main body in ventral view. E) Middile part showing ostium area and ductus bursae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808047" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808047/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 4A, B</figureCitation>
) with phallus nearly straight, sligthly curved next to the apex, pointed apically with an almost rooster-shaped well-developed sclerotized process at dorso-apical surface near the bulbus ejaculatorius, vesica without cornuti; saccus elongate, turned back; juxta moderate-sized, trapezoidal; transtilla membranous; valva broad at base, gradually narrowed towards the apex, apically rounded, with an strongly sclerotized bar at internal surface extended obliquely from basal area of costa to near the middle of dorsal edge; gnathos smooth, poorly developed with thin and long gnathos arms; tegumen medium-sized; uncus short, slightly curved and pointed apically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FD04FE385786" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
Female (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86522FF8FFEBBFD04FE135736" box="[299,472,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1920,1944]" captionTargetBox="[154,1435,815,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-265@12.[151,1436,813,1896]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n. A) Adult male, holotype, upperside. B) Adult female, paratype, upperside (scale bar= 10.0 mm). C, D) Head of the female in frontal (C) and lateral (D) views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808045" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808045/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 3B, C, D</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFE7EFD04FDE05736" box="[494,555,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Head</emphasis>
: Vertex and frons with nearly smooth creamy-white scales; labial palpus upturned, covered with yellowish-cream scales, about half the length of horizontal diameter of compound eye, third segment slightly hanging, length of both first and third segments nearly one-sixth of the second one, second segment longest; antenna bipectinate, as long as the half length of the forewing, pecten process nearly 4.5 times longer than the antennal segment diameter.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FC50FCF9507A" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FC50FED357EA" box="[199,280,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Thorax</emphasis>
: Smooth scaling; creamy-light brown. Forewing (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86522FF8FFCC2FC50FC6057EA" box="[850,939,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1920,1944]" captionTargetBox="[154,1435,815,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-265@12.[151,1436,813,1896]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n. A) Adult male, holotype, upperside. B) Adult female, paratype, upperside (scale bar= 10.0 mm). C, D) Head of the female in frontal (C) and lateral (D) views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808045" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808045/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
). Length 18.0 mm; elongate, parallel-sided, with obliquely rounded termen and rounded apex; upperside creamy-light brown, pattern nearly the same as male, but clearly paler with almost entirely creamy spots. Fringes cream, darkened distally with darker basal line; underside same as on upperside. Hindwing slightly darker than forewing, without pattern, fringes dirty-cream at base and cream distally; underside distinctly brighter than upperside.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FB9CFDCA512E" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FB9CFEFA505E" box="[199,305,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Creamy-light brown. Genitalia (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86522FF8FFD3AFB9CFCE6505E" box="[682,813,1123,1149]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1897,1921]" captionTargetBox="[170,1425,356,1866]" captionTargetId="figure-89@13.[159,1429,345,1874]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n., holotype (A, B) and M. breithaupti Yakovlev (C), and female genitalia of Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n., paratype. A) Main body and phallus in ventral and lateral views, respectively. B, C) Distal end of the phallus. D) Main body in ventral view. E) Middile part showing ostium area and ductus bursae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808047" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808047/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 4D, E</figureCitation>
) with apophyses anteriores relatively wide, nearly four times the width of apophyses posteriores, spoon-shaped distally; apophyses posteriores narrow, rounded distally; corpus bursae missing (mistakenly removed during preparation); ductus bursae membranous, narrower than antrum; antrum cup-shaped, weakly sclerotized; ostium bursae moderate-sized; papillae anales pyramidal-conical, covered with long setae at posterior half.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5A8D7DB66522FF8FFF57FAE9FB5C5176" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FAE9FE575112" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" box="[199,412,1302,1329]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FAE9FEAA5113" bold="true" box="[199,353,1302,1328]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="6A806EAD6522FF8FFEF7FAE8FE535112" box="[359,408,1303,1329]" name="Iran" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Iran</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FAC5FB5C5176" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" box="[199,1175,1338,1365]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FAC5FE705176" bold="true" box="[199,443,1338,1365]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
Distribution in
<collectingCountry id="6A806EAD6522FF8FFEEFFAC4FE7D5176" box="[383,438,1339,1365]" name="Iran" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Iran</collectingCountry>
.
</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="D053E0DF6522FF8FFE52FAC4FCFF5176" box="[450,820,1339,1365]" country="Iran" name="Sistan va Baluchestan" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Sistan and Baluchestan Province</collectingRegion>
: Pishin and Bampur (
<figureCitation id="8AAC32B86522FF8FFBB5FAC4FB415176" box="[1061,1162,1339,1365]" captionStart="FIGURE 23" captionStartId="76.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[193,1396,185,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-22@76.[188,1399,181,1918]" captionTargetPageId="76" captionText="FIGURE 23. Distribution of Cossidae species in Iran. A) Catopta kendevanensis kendevanensis Daniel. B) Catopta hyrcanus (Christoph). C) Stygia mosulensis Daniel. D) Meharia avicenna Yakovlev. E) Meharia baluchestana Alipanah &amp; Yakovlev, sp. n. F) Meharia incurvariella persica (Wiltshire)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5808103" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5808103/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 23E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5A8D7DB66522FF8FFF57FAA0FA42515A" box="[199,1417,1375,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="12282E3D6522FF8FFF57FAA0FA42515A" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1401]" box="[199,1417,1375,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="20E3F22F6522FF8FFF57FAA0FE85515A" bold="true" box="[199,334,1375,1401]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after the collecting area in Baluchestan,
<collectingRegion id="D053E0DF6522FF8FFB83FAA0FA4E515A" box="[1043,1413,1375,1401]" country="Iran" name="Sistan va Baluchestan" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Sistan and Baluchestan Province</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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