Tolpia knudlarseni, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 25-26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1567.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6FDD4F7-E81C-47F6-A888-C14387A1B127
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5096044
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/752F87CD-FF81-FFB6-6CFF-FBB0FAE3564C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tolpia knudlarseni
status	new species

Treatment

Tolpia knudlarseni Fibiger, new species

( Plate 4 View PLATE 4 , figure 1; male genit. plate 14, figure 6, female genit. plate 22, figure 8)

Material examined.

Holotype: male, Indonesia, Sumatra North, 28 km S Pematang Siantar, near Tigadoluk , 1050 m, 02° 45’52” N 99°58’20” E, 4.iii.2002, leg., and genit. prep. 4524 M. Fibiger. Coll. MF, to be deposited in ZMUC. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 1 male, 2 females: same data as holotype except date for females, 28.ii.2002 and 10.ii.2002, genit. preps 4525 and 4526 M. Fibiger. Coll. MF GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 14–16 mm.

Transverse lines: brown, indistinct; basal, antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines well marked by a black spot by costa; terminal line marked by black elongated dots.

Reniform: elongated, brown.

Hindwing: brown.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Abdomen: brown with long anal tuft.

Male genitalia.

Saccus: short, slightly pointed.

Vinculum: short.

Tegumen: long.

Tergite and sternite: indistinct.

Costa: almost straight.

Sacculus: narrow, inconspicuous.

Editum: long, finger-like, apically setose.

Ampulla: slightly asymmetrical; sickle-like, apically smoothly rounded.

Pollex : relatively small and apically rounded, with long hair-like setae.

Digitus: symmetrical; very long, narrow, curved, pointed apically.

Juxta: higher than wide, left side more extended dorsally.

Phallus: extremely long and extremely narrow, broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, slightly tapered, smoothly coiling clock-wise 2/3 from base; coecum relatively short and rounded.

Female genitalia.

Ovipositor: quadrangular.

Anterior apophyses: length equal to that of posterior apophyses.

8 th abdominal segment: very narrow, ventrally fused to 7 th segment.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; position of ostium posterior on segment; lateral anterior margins with heavily sclerotised humps (probably a feature serving mating).

6 th segment: posterior part heavily sclerotised, fused with 7 th segment; anterior part of 6 th segment less heavily sclerotised – similar to rest of abdomen.

Antrum: relatively long and large, tapered, coiling, heavily sclerotised, 5 X longer that wide; base of antrum with a prominent, apically pointed pouch, equally sclerotised as antrum.

Ductus bursae: membranous, 2½ X as long as corpus bursae.

Corpus bursae: globular.

Differential diagnosis.

The male genitalia of T. knudlarseni are somewhat similar to those of T. crispus , but differ by the longer editum and the less asymmetrical digitus. The shape of the antrum of the female genitalia is unique.