Marcopoloia leloi Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Zolotuhin, Vadim V., 2021, Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. V. Genus Marcopoloia Yakovlev & Zolotuhin gen. nov. from the Taiwan Island and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, Ecologica Montenegrina 44, pp. 44-52 : 47

Marcopoloia leloi Yakovlev & Zolotuhin , sp. nov.

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Material. Holotype, male, C. Vietnam, Gia Lai Prov., Kon Ka Kinh NP, general office, 820 m, 14°11.32′N / 108°18′E, 12−13.iii.2012, leg. V. Zolotuhin ( MWM, GenPr- Heterocera MWM – 28.016).

Description. Male. Length of fore wing 10 mm. Antenna bipectinate, setae twice longer than antenna rod diameter. Tip of abdomen with bundle of long modified scales. Fore wing brown, with small black spot in discal cell, small black spots along costal and hing edge of wing, marginal area ocher, fringe mottled (dark-brown on veins, ocher between veins). Hind wing dark-brown, anal angle brown, marginal area ocher, fringe ocher, base of fringe brown.

Male genitalia. Uncus long, with parallel edges, apically rounded, slightly extended, small semicircular notch on top; subscaphium long, funnel-like; gnathos arms thin, gnathos poorly expressed; valve short, rounded, with long finger-like harpe on saccular edge in basal third and shorter finger-like harpe on saccular edge in medium third; juxta robust, with short, slightly acute lateral processes; saccus tiny with poorly expressed notch on top; phallus shorter than valve, thin, with very wide semicircular cup-like basal process, vesica with spiky cornutus.

Female unknown.

Diagnosis. Most close to M. discipuncta , from which it differs in the bigger finger-like harpes and the mottled pattern on the fore wing.

Distribution. Central Vietnam.

Etymology. The new species is named after Lê LỢi (1384–1433), a Vietnamese rebel leader who founded the Later Lê dynasty and became the first emperor of the restored kingdom of Đại Việt after it had been conquered by the Ming dynasty.

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Figure 15. Distributional map of Marcopoloia.

Figures 1−8. Adult specimens of Marcopoloia: 1. M. discipuncta, male, Taiwan, Prov. Ping-Tung, 10 km SE Mutan, 470 m, 07−10.iii. 1996, leg. Gy. Fabian & L. Nemeth (MWM); 2. M. discipuncta, male, Taiwan, Prov. Ping-Tung, Huang-Lion Recreation Area, 210 m, 06.iii.1996, leg. Gy. Fabian & L. Nemeth (MWM); 3. M. discipuncta, female, holotype of Arbela discipuncta Wileman, Kanshirei, Formosa, 1000 ft., 27.iv.1908, A.E. Wileman (NHMUK); 4. M. discipuncta, female, holotype of Arbela baibarana Matsumura, Horisha, 22.iv.1926, R. Saito & K. Kikuchi (ZMSU); 5. M. leloi, holotype (MWM); 6. M. nangmai, holotype (MWM); 7. M. siniaevi, holotype (MWM); 8. M. thaica, holotype (MWM).

Figures 9−14. Genitalia of Marcopoloia: 9. M. discipuncta, male, Taiwan; 10. M. discipuncta, female, Taiwan; 11. M. leloi, holotype; 12. M. nangmai (MWM); 13. M. siniaevi (MWM); 14. M. thaica (MWM).