Abantiades penneshawensis Moore & Beaver, 2021

Moore, Michael D., Beaver, Ethan P., Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro & Stevens, Mark I., 2021, Two new endemicspecies ofAbantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Kangaroo Island, Australia, Zootaxa 4951 (3), pp. 571-597 : 585

Abantiades penneshawensis Moore & Beaver , sp. nov.

Figs 7a–b , 9a–d , 11a , 12a , 13

Material Examined:

Holotype ♂. ( Fig. 7a ). Located in SAMA collection: S.A., Baudin Cons [ervation]. Pk., K [angaroo].I[sland]., Penneshaw, M + M Moore [leg.], 35 o 43’28.3”S 137 o 57’15.7”E, 21 April 2019, Spec. No., 19145, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. Dissected E.P. Beaver. SAMA Database No. 31-021001.

Paratypes ♀. SAMA , 1♀, S.A., North Cape Road, K.I., Bay of Shoals , M+M Moore, 35 o 35’58.2”S 137 o 35’40.7”E, 30 April 2019. Spec. No., 19167, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. SAMA Database No. 31-021002. SAMA , 1♀, S.A., Baudin Cons. Pk., K.I., Penneshaw , M+M Moore, 35 o 43’28.3”S 137 o 57’15.7”E, 21 April 2019, Spec. No., 19160, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. SAMA Database No. 31-021003. Dissected E.P. Beaver. SAMA , 1♀, MacGillivray , Kangaroo I. S.A., April 1931. J. Wood .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Abantiades penneshawensis sp. nov., dorsal view. Male, (a) Holotype; SAMA collection: S.A., Baudin Cons. Pk., K.I., Penneshaw, M+M Moore, 35o43’28.3”S 137o57’15.7”E, 21 April 2019, Spec. No., 19145, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. Dissected E.P. Beaver. SAMA Database No. 31-021001. Female, (b) Paratype; SAMA collection: S.A., Baudin Cons. Pk., K.I., Penneshaw, M+M Moore, 35o43’28.3”S 137o57’15.7”E, 21 April 2019, Spec. No., 19160, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. SAMA Database No. 31-021003. Dissected E.P. Beaver.

FIGURE 9. Abantiades penneshawensis sp. nov. Male genitalia and sternite VIII. (Holotype, S.A., Baudin Cons. Pk., K.I., Penneshaw, M+M Moore, 35o43’28.3”S 137o57’15.7”E, 21 April 2019, Spec. No., 19145, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. Dissected E.P. Beaver. SAMA Database No. 31-021001. (a) lateral view genitalia, (b) ventral view genitalia, (c) dorsal (internal) view genitalia, (d) sternite VIII. The red arrow indicates the absence of the dorso-posterior corner on the pseudotegumen (compared to Fig. 10); and blue arrow indicates the relative thickness of the basal rim of the pseudotegumen (compared to Fig. 10). Morphological structures: am: anterior margin; Brt: basal rim of the pseudotegumen; Dav: distal-posterior arm of vinculum; Dipm: disto-posterior margin; Dopc: dorso-posterior corner; Dopm: dorso-posterior margin; Dpp: disto-posterior process; pm: posterior margin; Sba: anterior margin of dorsal face of saccus; Sbf: dorsal face of saccus; Sbp: posterior margin of dorsal face of saccus; Scu: sacculus; Sfa: anterior margin of ventral face of saccus; Sff: ventral face of saccus; Sfp: posterior margin of ventral face of saccus; Tpr: dorso-distal twin processes; Va: apodemal vinculum; Vl: valva; Vpa: ventral pseudoteguminal arm; Vpm: ventro-posterior margin.

FIGURE 11. Female genitalia. Posterior view. (a) Abantiades penneshawensis sp. nov., Paratype; SAMA collection: S.A., Baudin Cons. Pk., K.I., Penneshaw, M+M Moore, 35o43’28.3”S 137o57’15.7”E, 21 April 2019, Spec. No., 19160, Leg removed, for tissue, storage, M.D. Moore. SAMA Database No. 31-021003. Dissected E.P. Beaver. (b) Abantiades lineacurva. Paratype; ANIC collection: Nedlands, 21.iv.1964, Wallace. The red arrow indicates the lobe on the dorsal plate; and the blue arrow indicates the medial lobe on the antevaginal lamella. Morphological structures: Dp: dorsal plate; Lal: lateral lobe of the antevaginal lamella; Mal: medial lobe of the antevaginal lamella; Sub: sub-anal plate.

FIGURE 12. Male antennae at middle length. (a) Abantiades penneshawensis sp. nov., ventral view, (b) Abantiades lineacurva, ventral view, (c) Abantiades lineacurva, lateral view.

FIGURE 13. Photograph of a live female Abantiades penneshawensis sp. nov. 31 March 2011, Penneshaw. Photo David Mangham.