Adelpherupa aethiopicalis, Maes, 2002
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110061878 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4757268 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03858792-FFBA-FFC1-FE58-FD51595FC7E9 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Adelpherupa aethiopicalis |
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sp. nov. |
Adelpherupa aethiopicalis sp.n.
(gures 1a, 2e, 3h, 4g)
Diagnosis. Slender fore wings, strongly resembling A. elongalis but apex of fore wings more rounded. Male genitalia with rectangular valva, tube-shaped aedeagus without narrow distal part as in A. elongalis . Female genitalia with the ostium bursae, ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous. Tympanal organs: zona glabra with a median dagger-shaped sclerotization.
Description. Forewing narrow elongated with rounded apex in female, more rectangular in male; ground colour brownish yellow in female, brown in male; hind wings pale yellow, almost transparent.
Male genitalia. Uncus shorter than in A. elongalis ; valva rectangular; tubeshaped aedeagus, without the narrow distal part as in A. elongalis ; vesica with a single, plate-shape d cornutus.
Female genitalia. Papillae anales with short and long setae; apophyses posteriores and anteriores of about equal length; ostium bursae, ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous.
Tympanal organs. Zona glabra tympani medially with a dagger-shape d sclerotization.
Wing span. 20 mm.
Distribution. Ethiopia.
Life cycle. Unknown.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1: Djimma S.W. Abyssinia 26 May 1925 O. Neumann, Pyr.Brit.Mus. Slide No. 20027 ( BMNH) ; PARATYPE: 1: Djimma, S. W. Abyssinia, 12 May 1925, O. Neumann; Rothschild Bequest, B.M. 1939-1; Pyr.Brit.Mus. Slide No. 13327 ( BMNH) .
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