Hapsiferona jemenitica, Gaedike, 2014

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2014, On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2), pp. 193-219 : 195

Hapsiferona jemenitica sp. n.

Holotype: , “ Yemen, Prov. Abyan, 50 km NE Aden, 7 km NE Zinjibar, Wadi Bana , 50 m, 29.iv.1998, leg. M. Fibiger et al.;” “Coll. ZMUC, Copenhagen Denmark;” “Gen.präp.[genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 6012;” “ Holotypus , Hapsiferona jemenitica sp. n., det. R. Gaedike 2013;” ZMUC.

Derivatio nominis: Named after the country where the holotype was collected.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 3 ): As the condition of the holotype is somewhat poor (head, thorax and wings partly rubbed), it is impossible to give a complete diagnosis. Wingspan 13 mm; antennae as long as forewing, scapus with pecten; labial palpi whitish, second segment with long, apically dark scales, third segment short, thin, pointed; forewing creamy, with indications of dark brown pattern in the apical half; hindwings shiny grey.

Male genitalia ( Figs 27-29 ): Uncus with two rounded edges, gnathos arms angled before 1/2, narrowed to blunt apex; saccus narrow, as long as uncus-tegumen complex, valvae as long as saccus, parallel-sided, apically rounded only a little narrower as basally; phallus nearly twice longer as valva, basally rounded, thin, without any teeth.

Female genitalia: unknown.

Remarks: The very long thin phallus without any teeth make this species distinguishable from the other known members of this genus.

Figures

Fig. 3: Hapsiferona jemenitica.

Figs 25-32. 25-26: Hapsifera gozmanyi,  (25 - Uncus-tegumen complex; 26 - valva and phallus); 27-29: Hapsiferona jemenitica,  (27 - Uncus-tegumen complex; 28 - valva; 29 - phallus); 30-32: Hapsiferona remanei,  (30 - Uncus-tegumen complex; 31 - valva; 32 - phallus).