Anopinella razowskii Brown and Adamski

Brown, John W. & Adamski, David, 2003, Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera, Zootaxa 200, pp. 1-94 : 19-20

Anopinella razowskii Brown and Adamski , new species

Figs. 7 , 40 , 63

Diagnosis. Anopinella razowskii is superficially most similar to A. araguana and can be distinguished by the characters described above in the diagnosis of the latter. It shares with A. triquetra a similarly shaped distal lobe of the gnathos. It differs from the latter in the presence of an elongate, subrectangular sclerite in the vesica of the aedeagus. Putative autapomorphies for A. razowskii include the sclerite of the vesica and the unique shape of the narrow flange on the eighth tergum of the female.

Description. Head: Frontoclypeus and vertex pale brown intermixed with brown; labial palpus with outer surface brown intermixed with pale brown to near apex of segments I­II, inner surface pale brown. Antenna with scape brown intermixed with pale brown; basal 8­10 flagellomeres reddish brown; distal flagellomeres gray.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown intermixed with reddish brown and pale brown. Forewing (Fig. 63) length 6.6­8.1 mm (n = 10); incomplete basal fascia and costal blotch brown intermixed with reddish brown, dark brown, and few pale brown and white scales, separated by an oblique pale band of white intermixed with pale reddish brown demarcating anterior part of basal fascia and costal blotch to slightly beyond CuP, recurved from distal costa through subapical area to tornus, encircling an elongate ocellus, except for posterior part; ocellus pale brown intermixed with reddish brown, apically acuminate, wide throughout length, except posterior end; area between CuP and posterior margin reddish brown intermixed with brown and pale brown; costal blotch with a small elliptical white spot near posterior end; apical and submarginal areas wide, with pale brown spots separated by reddish brown. Fringe alternating reddish brown and gray. Hindwing pale grayish brown; some specimens with reddish brown near apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 7 ; drawn from DA slide 4518; n = 3) with uncus abruptly curved subapically. Socius digitate, ca. 0.8 length of gnathos arms. Gnathos arms relatively narrow basally, abruptly widening distally into large, laterally flattened, upturned lobes, with serrate margins. Valva nearly parallel­sided, slightly widened at apicoventral angle; densely setose from inner surface of cucullus to basal ridge except near postsaccular area; cucullus with slightly truncate apex, gradually widened ventrally to apicoventral angle. Phallus simple; vesica densely microtrichiate. Female genitalia ( Fig. 40 ; drawn from DA slide 4519; n = 4) with lightly sclerotized, semicircular mesal patch at lamella postvaginalis; eighth tergum with a narrow, crescent­shaped, transverse, medial flange on posterior part ( Fig. 40 insert); ostium broad, just less than 0.5 width of seventh sternum. Ductus bursae long, slender; inception of accessory bursae ca. 0.6 distance from ostium to corpus bursae. Corpus bursae subspherical, weakly spiculate on side bearing ductus seminalis.

Holotype, ɗ, Brazil, Bahía, Camacá , 400­700 m, 13­14 Apr 1992, V. O. Becker. Deposited in VBC.

Paratypes (2ɗ, 7Ψ). BRAZIL: Bahía: Camacá , 400­700 m, 13­14 Apr 1992 (5Ψ), V. O. Becker (USNM, VBC). Paraná: Quatro Barras, 900 m, 31 Jan 1993 (1ɗ), V. Becker (VBC), 800 m, 5 Jun 1970 (2Ψ), Becker & Laroca (VBC), 9 May 1970 (1ɗ), V. Becker (VBC).

Additional Specimens Examined. BRAZIL: Nova Teutonia, 300­500 m, 27 11'S, 52 23'W, F. Plaunman (USNM). Paraná: Quatro Barras, 900 m, 31 Jan 1993 (1ɗ), V. Becker (VBC), 800 m, 5 Jun 1970 (1ɗ), Becker & Laroca (VBC).

Etymology. The species name honors Józef Razowski, who first recognized this species as distinct and allowed us to include it in this revision.

Remarks. All of the specimens cited above are indistinguishable in facies, and all of the females are virtually identical in genitalia. However, in the genitalia of the two males listed in “Additional Specimens Examined” the outer margin of the valva is conspicuously shorter and more rounded ( Fig. 6 ). Because these specimens may not be conspecific with the holotype, we have excluded them from the type series. Actually, it is possible that specimens from the states Bahía and Paraná are not conspecific. However, because we are unable to distinguish between the female genitalia, and the genitalia of one of the two males from Paraná is identical to those of the holotype, we provisionally include all under A. razowskii .

Figures

FIGURES 7 ­ 8. Male genitalia of Anopinella, valvae spread, aedeagus removed. 7, A. razowskii; 8, A. parambana.

FIGURES 40 ­ 41. Female genitalia of Anopinella, posterior end up. 40, A. razowskii, with insert of tergum eight; 41, A. rastafariana, with insert of tergum eight.

FIGURES 5 ­ 6. Male genitalia of Anopinella, valvae spread, aedeagus removed. 5, A. araguana; 6, A. nr. razowksii.