Kiwaia (Empista) nyingchiensis, Bidzilya, Oleksiy & Li, Houhun, 2016

Bidzilya, Oleksiy & Li, Houhun, 2016, A review of the genus Kiwaia Philpott, 1930 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 471-497 : 475

Key to the female genitalia of Palaearctic Kiwaia -species

(The females of K. (E.) dryosyrta , K. (E.) nyingchiensis sp. n., K. (E.) mengdana sp. n., K. (E.) spinosa , K. (E) montana sp. n., K. (E.) povolnyi sp. n. and K. (E.) ramulata are unknown)

1. Subgenital plate with paired prolonged drop-shaped sclerites, corpus bursae shorter than ductus bursae ( Fig. 62 ).................................................................................................... K. (E.) kumatai

- Subgenital plate without additional sclerites, corpus bursae longer than ductus bursae.............................. 2

2. Lobes of anteromedial depression exceeds over anterior margin of sternite VIII ( Figs 58, 59 )........ K. (E.) centrica sp. n.

- Lobes of anteromedial depression do not exceed over anterior margin of sternite VIII.............................. 3

3. Lateral sclerotization of antrum present, it extending to the entrance of corpus bursae ( Fig. 57 ).. K. (E.) septentrionala sp. n.

- Lateral sclerotization of antrum absent................................................................... 4

4. Subgenital plates far exceed over the anterior margin of sternite VIII, subostial sclerites not reverse-shaped ( Figs 60, 61 ).. 5

- Subgenital plates do not exceed over the anterior margin of sterite VIII, subostial sclerites reverse-shaped ( Figs 54–56 )... 6

5. Apophyses anteriores very short, antrum weakly inflated ( Fig. 61 ).......................... K. (E.) yadongensis sp. n.

- Apophyses anteriores long, antrum tubular ( Fig. 60 )......................................... K. (E.) medogia sp. n.

6. Subostial sclerites long, signum long, antrum short, ductus bursae broad ( Figs 55, 56 )................... K. (E.) kostjuki

- Subostial sclerites short, signum short, antrum long, ductus bursae narrow ( Fig. 54 )................ K. (E.) palaearctica

Figures

FIGURES 60 – 62. Female genitalia of Kiwaia (Empista) spp. 60, K. (E.) medogia sp. n., PT (China: Xizang), slide no. L 07039; 61, K. (E.) yadongensis sp. n., HT (China: Xizang), slide no. L 07059; 62, K. (E.) kumatai (Povolný) (Nepal), slide no. 34175.

FIGURES 57 – 59. Female genitalia of Kiwaia (Empista) spp. 57, K. (E.) septentrionala sp. n., PT (China: Gansu), slide no. OB 118 / 13; 58, K. (E.) centrica sp. n., PT (China: Hunan), slide no. L 13001; 59, K. (E.) centrica sp. n., PT (China: Gansu), slide no. L 07037.

FIGURES 54 – 56. Female genitalia of Kiwaia (Empista) spp. 54, K. (E.) p. palaearctica (Povolný) (Nepal), slide no. 22745; 55, K. (E.) kostjuki (Povolný) (China: Hebei), slide no. OB 124 / 13; 56, K. (E.) kostjuki (Povolný) (China: Hebei), slide no. L 03054.