Pollex (Proma) serami, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 83

Pollex (Proma) serami Fibiger, new species

( Plate 11 , figure 3; male genit. plate 20, figure 4)

Material examined.

Holotype: male, Indonesia, Seram , Kanikeh base camp, 850 m, bamboo and secondary forest, -. viii–ix.1989, leg. Operation Raleigh, J. D. Holloway, D. T. Jones et al., genit. prep. 4456 M. Fibiger, BM 1987-366 . Coll. BMNH.

Paratypes: 2 males: 1 male with same data as holotype, genit. prep. 4464 M. Fibiger ; 1 male, Indonesia, Ambon, Air Koluer , 128’12 E 3’43 S, 14.i., 3-4.ii.1986, leg. A. Schintlmeister, genit. prep. 5640 M. Fibiger. Colls MF .

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 13–15 mm.

Forewing: relatively long, narrow, light brown, with costa blackish brown in medial area.

Transverse lines: dark brown, outlined by light brown; terminal line marked by black dots between veins. Reniform: distinct, whitish grey, outlined by black.

Hindwing: unicolorous brown with an indistinct black discal spot.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Male genitalia.

Tegumen: narrow.

Vinculum: short, stout.

Saccus: U-shaped, short.

Fultura superior: ventrally with a huge process, which ventrally forms a relatively long sharp crest, and is ventrally fused with lower part of tegumen and juxta-anellus plate.

Valve: slightly longer than wide.

Ampulla: asymmetrical; positioned medially on distal end of valve, very short, club-like on right side, triangular on right side, club-like on left; subapically densely setose with long, hair-like, inwardly bent setae.

Pollex : very broad-based, very short, triangular; subapically and outwards densely setose with long, hair-like, inwardly bent setae.

Digitus: asymmetrical; huge, left digitus longest, smoothly curved, right digitus subapically acutely bent, tapered, directed ventrally, apically not sharply pointed.

Juxta-anellus plate: large, higher than wide.

Phallus: very long, straight until subapical bend, slightly tapered towards apex; coecum long and narrow, slightly upturned.

Vesica: unarmed.

Differential diagnosis.

P. serami differs from P. jurivetei by the imago size, the huge digitus, the asymmetrical ampullae, and the broader pollex.

Figures

PLATE 11. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenera Bilobiana, Proma, and Pollex species, adults. 1, P.(Bilobiana) pouchi, female holotype, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak; 2, P. (Proma) jurivetei, male holotype, Indonesia, W Seram, Kamarian; 3, P. (Proma) serami, male holotype, Indonesia, Seram, Kanikeh base camp; 4, 5, P.(Proma) maxima, male holotype, Indonesia, W Java, Sindanglaya, and female paratype, Indonesia, Java, Megamendong; 6, P. (Proma) paramaxima, male holotype, Indonesia, Lombok, Senaru; 7, P. (Pollex) crispus, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 8, P.(Pollex) furca, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park.