Tolpia palawani, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 22

Tolpia palawani Fibiger, new species

( Plate 2 , figure 7; female genit. plate 22, figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Philippines, Palawan, Mantalingajan, Pinigisan , 600 m, 9.ix.1961, leg. Noona Dan Exp. 61- 62, caught in Malaise-trap inside forest, genit. prep. 3073 M. Fibiger. Coll. ZMUC.

Paratypes: 3 females with same data as holotype, but genit. preps 3075, 3077, 3078 M. Fibiger. Colls. MF, ZMUC .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 11–13 mm.

Transverse lines: brown, suffused with black scales; antemedial and postmedial lines well marked, with a black spot by costa; subterminal line present, distinct, black on anterior half of wing.

Reniform: indistinct, brown.

Hindwing: brown.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Abdomen: brown.

Female genitalia.

Ovipositor: quadrangular.

Anterior apophyses: length equal to that of posterior apophyses.

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

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; position of ostium close to anterior end.

Antrum: huge, tapered, coiling, heavily sclerotised, 4 X longer that wide.

Ductus bursae: as long as corpus bursae.

Ductus seminalis: arises posterior to ductus bursae.

Corpus bursae: ovoid.

Differential diagnosis.

The female genitalia are unique in the shape of the antrum.

Figures

PLATE 2. Figures 1–8. Tolpia species, adults. 1, T. andamani, female holotype, India, S Andamans; 2, T. kampungi, male holotype, Malaysia, Pahang district; 3, T. orientis, male holotype, Thailand SE, Chanthaburi district; 4, 5, T. alexmadseni, male paratype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Bukittinggi and male holotype; with same data; 6, T. talauti, female holotype, Indonesia, Talaut; 7, T. palawani, female holotype, Philippines, Palawan; 8, T. montana, female holotype, Philippines, Palawan.