Sumangala tenebrosa Zelazny, 2011
Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 188
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publication ID |
11755334 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5284027 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E68799-FF58-FF2E-F3C2-FB202AF17330 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Sumangala tenebrosa Zelazny |
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sp. nov. |
Sumangala tenebrosa Zelazny View in CoL , sp. nov.
( Figs. 118, 348)
Description. Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, length about 3.9 mm. Colour stramineous to light brown; a dot above the eyes and the hind margin of the pronotum orange-red; fore- and middle tibiae tinted with orange. Forewings uniformly lightly infuscated; veins light brown, just before costal and apical margins orange; all margins orange. Hindwings lightly infuscated. Rostrum reaching hind trochanter. Forewings with Sc+R fork in basal third of forewings. (The supernumerous costal cell in the only specimen at hand, the holotype, is probably abnormal.) Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles widening towards end which is truncated. Aedeagus stem with a dorsal hump just before apical part; apical part ending in two flat lobes, which are slightly curved ventrad.
Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (tenebrosus, -a, -um = dark).
Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.9 mm, body 2.1 mm), EAST MALAYSIA; labels: 1) B.N. BORNEO./ Mt. Kinabalu ,/ Lumu Lumu./ 5,500ft. / 7:4:1929 1A) H.M. Pendlebury / coll./ F.M.S. Museums 2) Ex F.M.S. / Museum / B.M. 1955-354 ( BMNH).
Distribution. Borneo (Sabah).
Diagnosis. Sumangala tenebrosa is characterized by its uniformly, lightly infuscated forewings.
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