Saccharodite teres Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 175

Saccharodite teres Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.0 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.0 mm. Colour stramineous, a red mark above eyes; frons and base of clypeus light orange; an orange-red mark on mesonotum; fore tibiae tinted with orange; sides of last 2 abdominal segments dark red, rest of abdomen stramineous. Forewings slightly powdered, in basal 2/3rd colourless except for an irregular grey stripe between clavus tip and 1st subcostal sector, and a narrow dark line along base of Sc+R; apical third grey, slightly lighter in the middle of the cells; veins colourless, but bright red at and around anterior apical cross-veins. In profile junction of vertex and face rounded; subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae by a ridge; rostrum slightly surpassing post trochanter. Forewings with Sc+R fork slightly before middle of wing; basal median cell broad, more than 2 x wider than basal cell between Sc+R and M, which is very short; a tiny triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital stale oval; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long; a small hump between both processes. Apical part of aedeagus short with a dorsal, longitudinal impression; tip curved ventrad, bearing a small membranous lobe.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( teres = rounded) which remains unchanged in all gender forms.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.0 mm), NEW CALEDONIA; labels: 1) NEW CALEDONIA:/ Ponebo / 23.I.1964 2) R. Straatman / Light Trap / BISHOP ( BPBM).

Distribution. New Caledonia.

Diagnosis. Saccharodite teres is characterized by the rounded junction of vertex and face, the red mark above the eyes, the forewings having bright red veins in its anterior apical part and a dark line along the base of Sc+R, as well as by the curved tip of the male aedeagus.