Perissomastix (Perissomastix) biskraella (REBEL, 1901)

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2014, On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2), pp. 193-219 : 200-201

Perissomastix (Perissomastix) biskraella (REBEL, 1901)

Yemen: 7 , 15 km se Taizz, 1350 m, 19.xi.1996, 13°28'N, 44°09'E , leg. H. Hacker, ZMHB; SDEI :

First country records. Hitherto known from Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Turkey.

Perrissomastix (Perissomastix) nigriceps WARREN & ROTHSCHILD, 1905

Saudi Arabia: PETERSEN, 1961a (under the name Catabola intermediella ); PETERSEN & GAEDIKE, 1982.

Yemen: 1 , Prov. Al Hudaydah, Jabel, Burra , 25 km SE Bajil, 600 m, 23.-24.iv.1998, leg. M. Fibiger et al., ZMUC; 3 , Prov. Sana’a, 15°18'12"N, 44°16'48"E, mountains SW Sana’a, Jabal ‘ Ayban , Bait Na’arna , 2700 m, 18.iv.1998, leg. M. Fibiger et al., ZMUC; SDEI, coll. Derra; 1 , Prov , Ibb, 5 km NON Al Qa’idah, 1840-1900 m, 28.iv.1998, leg. H. Hacker et al., coll. Derra:

First country records.

Sudan: GOZMÁNY & VÁRI, 1973.

Hitherto known from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Sudan.

Perissomastix (Perissomastix) taeniaecornis ( WALSINGHAM, 1896)

Saudi Arabia: PETERSEN & GAEDIKE, 1982.

Oman: 5, Prov. Batinah, Al-Jabal al Ahdar Mts , Wadi Bani , 430 m, 23°20'0,13"N, 57°29°23,5"E, 19.-20.xii. 2009, leg. L. Lehmann et al., coll. Stübner; SDEI; 2 , Prov. Dhofar, ca. 10 km N Salalah, 350 m, Wadi hahiz, Trockenwald, 17°10'52,5"N, 54°04'47"E, 22.xii.2009, leg. L. Lehmann et al., coll. Stübner; SDEI; 2, Prov. Al-Dakhilliyah, Passhöhe 1810 m, N Birkat Al Sharaf, Al Alamayn, 23°10'09,7"N, 57°25'82,4"E, 21.xii.2009, leg. L. Lehmann et al., coll. Stübner; SDEI; 7, Prov. Dhofar, 8 km W Al-Mughasayl, 80-100 m, 16°51'99,3"N, 53°42'91,1"E, 23.-24.xii.2009, leg. L. Lehmann et al., coll. Stübner; SDEI: First country records .

Yemen: 2 , Bajil Khamis Bani Sa’d, 750 m, 15°,11'/43°,32', 3.xi.1996, leg. H. Hacker, ZMHB ; 3 , Al Quidah, Mahal al Houm , 1800 m, 13°,45'/44°,10', 6.xi.1996, leg. H. Hacker, ZMHB ; 4 , 15 km se Taizz, 1350 m, 13°,28'/44°,09', 19.xi.1996, leg. H. Hacker, ZMHB ; 1 , Ta’izz, 22.-23.iii. 1992, leg. R. Linnavuori, FNMH ; 1 , 50 km ne Aden, 80 m, 13°,09'/45°,19', 16.xi.1996, leg. H. Hacker, ZMHB ; 19 , Ibb, 1,5 km w Jiblah , 2100 m, 13°57'/43°,57', 7.xi. 1996, leg. H. Hacker, ZMHB; SDEI ; 1 , Prov. Ibb, 5 km NE Al Qa’jdah, 1850 m, 28.iv.1998, leg. M. Fibiger et al., ZMUC ; 2 , Prov. Ibb, Wadi Malhama, Village Walhama , 20 km non Ibb, 1650 m, 6.v.1998, leg. Hacker et al., coll. Derra ; 2 , Prov. Sana’a, 60 km SW Makaban, Naqil Manakhah , 1730 m, 21.iv.1998, leg. M. Fibiger et al., ZMUC ; coll. Derra; 2 , Abyan, Al Mahfid, 16.iv.1992, leg. R. Linnavuori, FNMH; SDEI ; 1 , Hudaydah, Zabid , 20.v.1992, leg. R. Linnavuori, FNMH :

First country records.

Sudan: GOZMÁNY & VÁRI, 1973.

New records: 1 , Sudan, Ed Damer Hudeiba , 2.iii.1962, leg. R. Remane; ZSM ; 2 , Sudan, Sinkat , 28.x.1962, leg. S. Panelius; FMNH ; 1 , 1 , Sudan, Wadi Halfa , 24., 26.ix.1962, leg. S. Panelius; FMNH .

Hitherto known only from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.

As the series contains females, it is possible to describe the female genitalia for the first time ( Fig. 49 ): Anterior apophysae forked, ventral branches connected through a broad band-shaped plate, surrounding the ostium area; dorsal branches ending in more or less triangular connected plates; apical parts of the plates covered with minute bristles.

Perissomastix (Perissomastix) asiriella PETERSEN & GAEDIKE, 1982

Saudi Arabia: PETERSEN & GAEDIKE, 1982.

Yemen: 2 , Al Quidah, Mahal al Houm , 1800 m, 13°,45'/44°,10', 6.xi.1996, leg. H. Hacker , ZMHB; 4 , Ta’izz, Vill. Lagius , 750 m, 13°,33'/43°,49', 18.xi.1996, leg. H. Hacker , ZMHB; SDEI; 1 , Sana’a, Sana’a, May 1992, leg. R. Linnavuori , FNMH; 3 , Prov. Sana’a, 60 km SW Makaban, Naqil Manakhah , 21.iv. 1998, 1730 m, leg. M. Fibiger et al., ZMUC; SDEI; 1 , Prov. Ibb, 5 km NON AlQa’idah, 1840-1900 m, 28.iv.1998, leg. Hacker et al., coll. Derra:

First country records. Hitherto known only from Saudi Arabia (type locality) .

Figures

Figs 46-51. 46: Hyperbola sexspinosa, ; 47-48: Perissomastix (Perissomastix) wadimaidaq,  (47 - Papillae anales; 48 - ostium area); 49: Perissomastix (Perissomastix) taeniaecornis, ; 50-51: Perissomastix (Perissomastix) jemenitica,  (50 - Uncus-tegumen-phallus; 51 - valva).