Pollex (Bilobiana) palopoi, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 77-78

Pollex (Bilobiana) palopoi Fibiger, new species

( Plate 10 , figure 4; female genit. plate 26, figure 1)

Material examined.

Holotype: female, Indonesia, Sulawesi, 27 km W Palopo , 800 m, cultivations/ disturbed forest, at light, 20- 22.iv.1991, leg. R. de Jong, genit. prep. 3927 M. Fibiger. Coll. RMNH.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 12 mm.

Forewing: narrow, light brown.

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

Reniform: distinct, whitish grey, outlined by black.

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

Underside: unicolorous grey brown.

Female genitalia.

7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised; asymmetrical.

Anterior apophyses: length 1½ of posterior apophyses.

Position of ostium bursae: anteriorly on 7 th segment, close to 6 th segment, slightly displaced to left.

Antrum: long, subbasally with one coil, posteriorly equally broad, almost straight, moderately sclerotised. Ductus bursae: membranous, as long as corpus bursae.

Corpus bursae: globular.

Appendix bursae: arising anteriorly from ductus bursae, immediately after antrum.

Differential diagnosis.

P. palopoi differs from other species by the position of ostium bursae and the very long, subbasally coiled antrum.

Figures

PLATE 10. Figures 1–8. Pollex subgenera Proma and Bilobiana species, adults. 1, P. (Proma) archi, female holotype, Indonesia, Kangean Isl.; 2, P.(Bilobiana) kononenkoi, female holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 3, P.(B.) dumogai, male holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 4, P.(B.) palopoi, female holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi, near Palopo; 5, P. (B.) circulari, female holotype, Indonesia, Suwawesi N, Dumoga Bone National Park; 6, P. (B.) sulawesii, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Temboga; 7, P. (B.) merisulawesii, male holotype, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tjamba; 8, P.(B.) lafontainei, female holotype, Philippines, Palawan, Mantalin ajan.