Disca parajavai, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 36-37

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.5096063
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/752F87CD-FFBA-FF8B-6CFF-FBEAFD6F51E8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Disca parajavai
status	new species

Treatment

Disca parajavai View in CoL Fibiger, new species

( Plate 4 View PLATE 4 , figure 4; female genit. plate 22, figure 6)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Indonesia, Sumatra North, Huta Padang (Asahan), River Silau , 48 km SE Pematang Siantar, near Sialangomar , 220 m, 13.ii.2002, leg., and genit. prep. 4529 M. Fibiger. Coll. MF, to be deposited in ZMUC.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 12 mm.

Forewing: relatively broad.

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

Reniform: elongated, black.

Hindwing: light brown.

Underside: unicolorous light brown.

Abdomen: brown.

Female genitalia.

Ovipositor: quadrangular.

Anterior apophyses: shorter than posterior apophyses.

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

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; ostium in middle of segment; without processes or pouches.

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

Antrum: short, as wide as long, constricted subbasally.

Ductus bursae: membranous, 2 X as long as corpus bursae.

Appendix bursae: arises at posterior end of ductus bursae.

Corpus bursae: relatively large and globular.

Differential diagnosis.

In the female genitalia of D. parajavai the antrum is slightly longer than that of D. javai ; those of D. tegali , D. paulum , and D. thailandi are much longer.