Tolpia crispus, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 24-25

Tolpia crispus Fibiger, new species

( Plate 3 , figure 4; male genit. plate 14, figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: male, Malaysia, [Borneo], Sabah, 1 km S Kundasang , 1530 m, 23.viii.1983, leg. G. F. Hevel and W. E. Steiner. Coll. SMNK.

Paratypes: 2 males with same data as holotype, but one 27.viii.1983, the other genit. prep. 5633 M. Fibiger. Colls. MF, SMNK .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 17 mm.

Transverse lines: brown, indistinct; basal, antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines well marked, with 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, pointed.

Vinculum: short.

Tegumen: extremely long.

Fultura superior: fused with tegumen by a triangular process on left side.

Tergite and sternite: indistinct.

Costa: almost straight, without processes.

Sacculus: inconspicuous.

Editum: finger-like, setose; positioned dorsal to sacculus on inner wall of valve.

Ampulla: slightly asymmetrical; sickle-like/shrimp-like, apically smoothly rounded; a small at base ventrally. Pollex : small, apically rounded, with long hair-like setae.

Digitus: slightly asymmetrical; on both sides long, narrow, curved, pointed apically.

Tegumen: extremely long.

Fultura superior: fused with tegumen by a triangular process on left side.

Phallus: extremely long and extremely narrow; broadest by ductus ejaculatorius; slightly tapered and curving towards apex; coecum very long and pointed.

Differential diagnosis.

T. crispus differs from the other species in the genus by most of the male genitalia characters listed above.

Figures

PLATE 3. Figures 1–8. Tolpia species, adults. 1-3, T. conscitulana Walker, 1963, male, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, female, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, and holotype female, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 4, T. crispus, male holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah; 5, T. sarawakia, male holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 6, T. parasarawakia, male holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Lake Maninjau; 7, 8, T. peniculus, male holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra N, Sipirok, and female paratype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Danau Marsabut, Mt. Tampu Inanjing.