Tolpia indiai, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 15-16

Tolpia indiai Fibiger, new species

( Plate 1 , figure 8; male genit. plate 12, figure 5)

Material examined.

Holotype: male, [ India S], Nilgiri Hills , 3500 ft., -.xi.[19]09, 1026, leg. B. L. Andrewes, 212-1935 B. L. Andrewes,- see diary for data, genit. prep. 4090 M. Fibiger. Coll. UMO.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 15 mm.

Transverse lines: indistinct, brown; basal, antemedial, and postmedial lines marked with a black spot by costa. Reniform: brownish.

Hindwing: dark brown.

Underside: unicolorous brown.

Abdomen: brown, with a black crest on the first segment; male with a long black and brown anal tufts.

Male genitalia.

Saccus: short, slightly rounded.

Vinculum: short.

Tegumen: extremely long.

Fultura superior: fused with tegumen by a triangular process on left side.

Tergite and sternite: indistinct.

Sacculus: short, heavily sclerotised, cone-like processes apically on both valves.

Ampulla: slightly asymmetrical, golfclub-like, smoothly rounded apically; a small, narrow, inwardly projecting, spine-like process at base of ampulla.

Pollex : small, triangular, with long hair-like setae.

Digitus: symmetrical; long, narrow, curved, tapered to pointed apex.

Juxta: higher than wide.

Anellus: fused with juxta, most heavily sclerotised on left side.

Phallus: long, broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, coiling clock-wise, U-shaped, sharply bent, slightly tapered towards apex; coecum short and pointed.

Differential diagnosis.

The male genitalia resemble those of the two species, T. unguis and T. bhutani , but differ from these in having: a longer, narrower, lateral, free process of the fultura superior; an inwardly pointed process at the base of the ampulla; a smaller pollex. The phallus is broader than in T. unguis, and more strongly bent than in T. bhutani .

Figures

PLATE 1. Figures 1–8. Tolpia species, adults. 1, 2, T. odor, male holotype, Thailand N, Mae Hong Son, and male paratype, with same data; 3, T. fyani, female holotype, Vietnam, Fyan; 4, 5, T. unguis, male holotype, Thailand mid W, Kanchannaburi, and lateral view of same; 6, T. sikkimi, male holotype, India, Sikkim; 7, T. bhutani, male holotype, Bhutan; 8, T. indiai, male holotype, India S, Nilgiri Hills.