Loxoneptera crassiuncata Chen & Zhang, 2021
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1036.63814 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E03FEF8B-F4B4-4DCD-9192-5971917D4729 |
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Loxoneptera crassiuncata Chen & Zhang |
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sp. nov. |
Loxoneptera crassiuncata Chen & Zhang sp. nov. Figs 5 View Figures 2–9 , 17 View Figures 14–19
Material examined.
Type material. Holotype, ♂, China: Yunnan: Mengla, Xishuangbanna , 4.IX.2004, leg. R. L. Kitching, genitalia slide no. FCEL0010 (FCEL) . Paratypes: China: Yunnan: 1♂, Mengla, Xishuangbanna , 28.IX.2004, leg. R. L. Kitching ; 1♂, Mengla, Xishuangbanna, 29.IX.2004, leg. R. L. Kitching, genitalia slide no. FCEL0012 (FCEL).
Diagnosis.
Loxoneptera crassiuncata is similar to L. albicostalis in reddish brown forewing colour but male specimens can be distinguished by the unbroken posterior margin of forewing (without a small triangular indentation), without a group of black-brown scales, and abdominal segment V without a group of dark scales. In the male genitalia, it can be differentiated by the longer and slender uncus, the shorter and stouter dorsal projection of transtilla, the slender and rod-shaped dorsal sella, the relatively shorter and slightly curved process of the ventral sella, as well as the presence of a horn-shaped cornutus in phallus.
Description.
Head. Frons brown. Vertex brown. Labial palpus brown, with white scales on ventral side. Maxillary palpus brown, broadened distally with scales. Antennae dark brown. Thorax. Dorsal side, patagia and tegula brown, ventral side grey white. Legs yellowish white or pale yellow, dorsal of midlegs and hindlegs yellowish brown; hindleg with basal outer spur 1/4 of inner spur. Wings. Wingspan 29.0-31.0 mm. Forewing wide, termen nearly straight; reddish brown, brown at basal half of posterior portion, costal band brown, without pattern; fringe pale yellow, basal half and the posterior angle black-brown. Underside greyish brown. Hindwing black-brown, pale yellow on anterior margin; a triangular patch presented near the posterior angle of cell, the margin of triangular patch with pale yellow scales and the outer margin dentate; fringe black-brown. Underside greyish brown. Abdomen. Dorsal side of abdomen brown, ventral side pale yellow; sternite VIII in male slightly sclerotised with two pointed anterolateral processes.
Male genitalia (Fig. 17 View Figures 14–19 ). Uncus slightly narrow, distally narrowly rounded, with several setae. Saccus narrow. Dorsal projection of transtilla rather thick and straight, ~ 1/4 length of costa, distally bearing setae ~ 2 × length of projection. Valva with dorsal margin slightly concave, ventral margin nearly parallel with dorsal margin, and apex slightly truncate; costa narrow; dorsal sella membranous, long and slender, rod-shaped and fragile; ventral sella with a stick-like and strongly sclerotised process; dorso-distal sella with a short stick-like process, pointed apically; sacculus broad, extended dorsad with a triangular protrusion in the middle. Juxta with basal part narrow, two arms rather broad. Phallus stout, vesica with a horn-shaped and strongly sclerotised cornutus apically.
Female genitalia. Unknown.
Distribution.
China (Yunnan).
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the Latin crassi - (thick) and uncatus (horn-shaped), referring to the shape of cornuti in the phallus.
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