Adelpherupa elongalis, Maes, 2002

Maes, K. V. N., 2002, Revision of the genus Adelpherupa Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Schoenobiinae) with the description of ve new species, Journal of Natural History 36 (14), pp. 1707-1724 : 1721-1722

Adelpherupa elongalis sp.n.

(gures 1g, 2d, 3f, 4h)

Diagnosis. Fore wings elongate, narrow. Ground colour dark brown or reddish brown, wing markings clearly developed in most specimens. Male genitalia with valva narrowing near the apex, distal part aedeagus narrower than proximal part; tympanal organs with rami tympani curved, medially fused.

Description. Fore wings elongate and narrow; ground colour dark brown or reddish brown, wing marking well developed in most specimens. Interneural spots weakly marked on fore wing and part of hind wing. Externally this species closely resembles A. pontica but is usually smaller in size and has more elongated wings with a more rounded apex in the forewing.

Male genitalia. Uncus relatively long, gnathos membranous, medially widened and covered with minute spines; valva narrowing towards the rounded apex; aedeagus with minute spines on vesica and a plate-shaped cornutus; distal part of aedeagus more slender than apical part.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales weakly sclerotized; apophyses anteriores and apophyses posteriores long, of about equal length; ostium bursae membranous, funnel-shaped; proximal part of ductus bursae (before ductus seminalis) more sclerotized than distal part which is widened, short, and ends in the membranous corpus bursae.

Tympanal organs. Closely resembling A. avescens Hampson but the venulae secundae are relatively longer and the zona glabra tympani is usually better delimited.

Wing span. 22–25 mm.

Distribution. Nigeria, Congo ( DRC), Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Angola, Sudan, Malawi.

Life cycle. Unknown.

Type material. HOLOTYPE [ Congo, DRC] Elisabethville 20 November 1937 Ch.Seydel; GPKM 14117 ( MRAC); 1 PARATYPE :: [ Congo, DRC] Lulua , Kapanga April 1933 F. G. Overlaet; R.Det. EE 3256; GPKM 14131 ( MRAC) .

Additional material examined. Angola: 1: Angola South Bihe District Benguela Plateau 5000 ft, Port.W.Africa November 1928 T. A. Barns; Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20.048 ( BMNH) ; Kenya: 1 Nairobi B.E.A. April 1927 (D. H. Hopkins); Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20.032 ( BMNH) ; Ethiopia: 1: Centr.Abyssinia Coll. A. Kovacs; Maraco 4 May 1915; Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20.029 ( BMNH) ; 1: same locality, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20.030 ( BMNH) ; Congo, DRC: 1: Dungu Upper Uelle Distr. August; Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20.0429 ( BMNH) ; 1 Elisabethville 5 December 1949 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14125 ( MRAC) : 1: Elisabethville December 1937 Ch.Seydel GPKM 14116 ( MRAC) ; 1: Elisabethville December 1937 Ch.Seydel ( MRAC) ; 1: Elisabethville 8 December 1949 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14130 ( MRAC) ; 1: Elisabethville December 1936 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14128 ( MRAC) ; 1: Elisabethville 19 December 1949 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14123 ( MRAC) ; 1: Elisabethville 22 February 1938 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14122 ( MRAC) ; Elisabethville October–November 1949 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14121 ( MRAC) ; Elisabethville 19 November 1937 Ch.Seydel, GPKM 14115 ( MRAC) ; Niembo Belgian Congo CS 19 July 1930, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20.024 (PARATYPE of Limnopsares gymnastica Meyrick ) ( BMNH) ; 1: Elisabethville Belgian Congo CS 31 January 1933, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 13006 ( BMNH) ; Nigeria: 1: N. Nigeria Minna 3 October 1910 Scott Mac e 1911-269; Pyr.Br.Mus.No 20035 ( BMNH) ; Uganda: 1: Uganda Namanire October 1934 J.Ford N123, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20031 ( BMNH) ; 1: Uganda Katera Sango bay Masaka October 1960 R. H. Carcasson, GPKM 20107 ( NMK) ; 1: Uganda Katera Sango bay Masaka October 1960 R. H. Carcasson, GPKM 20108 ( NMK) ; 1: same locality, GPKM 20109 ( NMK) ; Sudan: 1: White Nile 6ss6¾N 11 February 1912 Malek G. B. LongstaV, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No .

20047 ( BMNH); Malawi: 1: Zomba Upper Shire distr. April–may 1895 Dr P.Rendall, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20045 ( BMNH) .