Pollex (Bilobiana) parunkudai, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 46-47

Pollex (Bilobiana) parunkudai Fibiger, new species

( Plate 5 , figure 5; male genit. plate 16, figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: male, [ Indonesia], Java, Pekalongan, leg. v. Devert, [18..]. Coll. RMNB.

Paratypes: 8 males: 1 with same data as holotype; 2 [ Indonesia], Java, 1878; 2 [ Indonesia, Djakarta], Java, Batavia , 1881. Coll. RMNH . 1 [ Indonesia], W Java, 1891, genit. prep. 3938 M. Fibiger. Coll. ZMAN . 2 [ Indonesia], W Java, Paroengkoeda , -. iv.1938, leg. J. Westenberg, ex. coll. W. K. J. Roepke. Colls. MF, RMNH .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 8–9 mm.

Forewing: narrow, blackish brown.

Transverse lines: black; terminal line marked by black dots between veins.

Reniform: distinct, yellow, outlined by black.

Hindwing: unicolorous grey, with an indistinct black discal spot.

Underside: unicolorous grey.

Male genitalia.

Tegumen: narrow.

Vinculum: short, stout.

Saccus: V-shaped, short.

Fultura superior: Y-shaped with long narrow arms, fused medially with tegumen and ventrally with juxtaanellus.

Valve: shorter than wide.

Ampulla: long, finger-like, broadest subapically; densely setose with long hair-like setae bent inwards. Pollex : long, finger-like, slightly broader subapically; outwardly densely setose with long hair-like setae bent inwards.

Digitus: asymmetrical; huge, tapered, curved, directed ventrally, apically pointed; right ampulla stouter and more curved than left.

Juxta-anellus plate: round, as wide as high.

Phallus: long, slightly bent, slightly tapered towards apex; coecum narrow (broken in the reparation illustrated).

Vesica: with a prominent, straight, spine-like cornutus.

Differential diagnosis.

Compared with P. laosi and P. flavimacula , P. parunkudai differs by the asymmetrical digitus, slightly bent phallus, and shorter cornutus.

Figures

PLATE 5. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenus Bilobiana species, adults. 1, 2, P. (B.) laosi, male paratype, Laos, Prov. Wapi, Wapikhamthong, and male holotype, with same data; 3, 4, P. (B.) flavimacula, male holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra W, Rimbo Panti, male paratype, with same data; 5, P.(B.) parunkudai, male holotype, Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan; 6, P.(B.) diehli, male holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra N, Dolok Merangir; 7, P.(B.) abovia, female holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra N, between Pematang Siantar and Tigadoluk; 8, P.(B.) kangeani, male holotype, male holotype, Kangean Isl.