Dichotropis sublimis Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 35

Dichotropis sublimis Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 1.8 times longer than wide, length about 4.4 mm. Colour stramineous; margins of facial carinae, antennae, middle of pronotum, and mesonotum orange-brown, but scutellum stramineous. Forewings white, very faintly infuscated around apex of Cu and along apical cross-veins; veins yellowish-brown in apical two-thirds, colourless in basal third. Hindwings colourless. Facial carinae clearly separated; subantennal processes large, lateral carinae of pronotum foliaceous. Forewings with Sc+R fork just before its middle. Male anal segment with prominent lateral processes. Genital styles with dorsal and ventral margins nearly parallel; proximal dorsal process large, its pointed tip curved inwards, appearing rounded in side view; distal dorsal process with a wide base which is nearly completely merged with the proximal process, apical part club-shaped; a finger-like process bearing bristles at the tip on the inside near the base. Aedeagus with apical portion broad, nearly rectangular in dorsal view; dorsal side with several rounded projections.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( sublimis , -is, -e = elevated).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.4 mm), PAPUA NEW GUINEA, labels: 1) New Guinea - NE/ W. Highlands / Kamang nr. Minj / 1840 m, 21.V.1968 2) Bamboo 3) J.L. Gressitt / Collector ( BPBM).

Distribution. New Guinea.

Diagnosis. Dichotropis sublimis is characterized by the yellowish-brown forewing veins, the lack of any dark mark on the forewings, and the dorsal processes of the male genital styles having very broad, nearly completely merged bases.