Marcopoloia svetlanae Yakovlev & Korshunov, 2022

Yakovlev, Roman V., Korshunov, Alexey V. & Zolotuhin, Vadim V., 2022, Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. IX. Description of Marcopoloia svetlanae sp. n. from the Central Thailand, Ecologica Montenegrina 53, pp. 35-37 : 36-37

Marcopoloia svetlanae Yakovlev & Korshunov , sp. n.

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Material. Holotype (male), Thailand, Nachon Ratchasima Province , Nong Bun Mak District, near Nong Bunnak village, N 14º40′51.8′′, E 102º27′08.3′′, leaf- falling gallery forest, 9−25.iii.2020, leg. A. Korshunov ( ZISP). 1 males, 2 females (paratypes), same locality and data ( RYB).

Description. Male ( Fig. 1 ). Length of fore wing 9−10 mm (holotype – 9 mm). Antenna short (slightly shorter than half of fore wing in length), bipectinate, setae twice longer than antenna rod diameter. Fore wing brown with poorly noticeable blurred pattern, marginal area and fringe mottled (brown at veins, ocher between veins). Hind wing light-grey, anal area light-brown, marginal area and fringe mottled (brown at veins, ocher between veins).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 2 ). Uncus relatively long, slightly extended apically, with deep semi-oval notch on top; subscaphium long, funnel-like, significantly extended in medium third; gnathos arms thin, long; gnathos lamellar; valve short semicircular, with bundle of long setae on transtilla, saccular margin sclerotized, curved in distal third, small mastoid harpe on outer margin of valve; juxta ring-shaped, small; saccus poorly expressed; phallus very short with strongly extended coecum, robust finger-like cornutus in vesica.

Female ( Fig. 3 ). Length of fore wing 11−13 mm. Antenna short (slightly shorter than half of fore wing in length), bipectinate, setae equal to antenna rod diameter. Fore wing grey-brown, with reticulated pattern, round grey spot with light-brown rim at top of discal cell, marginal area and fringe mottled (brown at veins, ocher between veins). Hind wing grey, fringe grey unicolorous.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 4 ). Ovipositor very short, papillae anales lobe-like, wide, anterior apophyses very short, twice shorter than posterior apophyses, ostium cup-like, ductus basally sclerotized, distally membranous, bursa shaped as elongated bag.

Diagnosis. The new species clearly differs from the known species of the genus in the reduced pattern on the male fore wing. In the male genital structure, it mostly resembles M. thaica Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021 , from which it differs in the very deep semi-oval notch on the uncus apically (in M. thaica the apical notch on the uncus is small, semicircular), in the poorly curved saccular margin of the valve (in M. thaica the saccular margin is more curved throughout its length) and in the poorly developed harpe on the outer margin of the valve (in M. thaica the harpe is significantly larger).

Habitat and flight period. Collected by light in leaf-falling gallery forest, flight period – March.

Etymology. The new species is named after Svetlana Oplachko (Kemerovo, Russia), the wife of the second author of this message.

Figures

Figures 1−4. Marcopoloia svetlanae Yakovlev & Korshunov, sp. n. adult specimens and genitalia: 1. Male, holotype (ZISP); 2. Male genitalia (holotype); 3. Female, paratype (RYB); 4. Female genitalia (paratype).