Meleonoma species
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D0E87CF-560F-FFC5-FF3F-F8812CF273C6 |
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Meleonoma species |
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Key to Meleonoma species of the dentivalvata -group in China
1 Forewing with a median costal spot and a distal spot......................................................... 2
- Forewing with a median fascia and a distal spot............................................................. 8
2 Transtilla with a large dorsal spine at each side directed obliquely upward ( Wang 2003: Fig. 11 View FIGURES 9‒14 )....... M. paranthaedeaga
- Transtilla without a dorsal spine......................................................................... 3
3 Tip of costa extended outward ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3−8 )........................................... M. rectimarginalis
- Tip of costa not extended outward apically................................................................. 4
4 Valva with a narrow dentate plate running from near base to about 2/5 above ventral margin ( Wang 2003: Fig. 21 View FIGURES 21‒26 )................................................................................................ M. anthaedeaga
- Valva without such a dentate plate....................................................................... 5
5 Valva with a few tiny teeth and a spine at apex ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 21‒26 )..................................... M. globoidea sp. nov.
- Valva with a spine at apex but without tiny teeth............................................................ 6
6 Sacculus elliptically dilated distally ( Wang 2003: Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3−8 )............................................... M. zhengi
- Sacculus not dilated distally............................................................................ 7
7 Cornuti consisting of a pile of short spines and a large spine with several denticles ( Wang 2003: Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3−8 )... M. falsivespertina
- Cornuti consisting of a pile of spines ( Wang 2003: Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21‒26 )............................................... M. gei
8 Forewing with a lineate median fascia ( Wang 2003: Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )............................................ M. deflecta
- Forewing with a broadly banded median fascia............................................................. 9
9 Valva with a large carina bifurcate distally ( Wang 2004: Fig. 6 View FIGURES 3−8 )...................................... M. furcellata
- Valva without such a carina............................................................................ 10
10 Sacculus concave medially at apex, forming two apical lobes ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9‒14 )................... M. similifloralis
- Sacculus narrowed distally, not concave medially at apex.................................................... 11
11 Valva concave inward medioapically or concave near apex ventrally........................................... 12
- Valva neither concave inward apically nor concave near apex ventrally......................................... 14
12 Valva concave inward medioapically, sacculus with a hook-shaped process distally ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3−8 )................................................................................................... M. proximihamatilis
- Valva concave inward near apex ventrally, sacculus without a process distally.................................... 13
13 Valva with a shallow sub-rectangular apical emargination ( Wang 2003: Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21‒26 )...................... M. varifascirupta
- Valva with a deep semicircular apical emargination ( Wang 2003: Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9‒14 ).............................. M. fascirupta
14 Sacculus with an apical spine directed obliquely dorsad ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3−8 )........................... M. luniformis
- Sacculus without an apical spine........................................................................ 15
15 Ventral margin of valva with a preapical spine ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 21‒26 ).................................... M. proapicalis sp. nov.
- Ventral margin of valva without a preapical spine.......................................................... 16
16 Valva with a ventroapical spine or a ventroapical denticle.................................................... 17
- Valva with an apical spine above ventral angle............................................................. 20
17 Valva with a ventroapical spine......................................................................... 18
- Valva with a ventroapical denticle ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21‒26 )............................................ M. ventridentata sp. nov.
18 Cornuti being a row of spines from before middle to before apex.............................................. 19
- Cornutus being a large spine ( Wang 2006a: Fig. 224).............................................. M. menglana
19 Valva without a long banded ridge, sacculus with a narrow process apically ( Wang 2006a: Fig. 256)........ M. torophanes
- Valva with a long banded ridge, sacculus without such a process apically ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21‒26 )............. M. raphidacantha sp. nov.
20 Aedeagus curved in S shape in distal half ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 21‒26 )......................................... M. curvativa sp. nov.
- Aedeagus not distinctly curved distally ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21‒26 ).............................................. M. lunata sp. nov.
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