Rhotana miles Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 101-102

Rhotana miles Zelazny , sp. nov.

(Figs. 73, 247)

Description. Forewings 1.7 times longer than wide, length about 3.7 mm. Abdomen and dorsal parts of head and thorax dark reddish-brown; ventral parts of head and thorax, and legs stramineous. Forewings dark brown, apical margin lighter; a few lighter dots in and near clavus; a black mark around last subcostal sector; all veins bright red. Hindwings lightly infuscated; some veins faintly tinted with red. Facial carinae contiguous at their bases; rostrum reaching hind coxae; subantennal processes and lateral carinae of pronotum poorly developed. Forewings with apical part of Sc slightly sinuate; Sc+R fork just distad of basal third of wing; Ms1 branched in its basal third; Ms1b merging for a short section with apical part of Cu1, a small triangle at base of Ms1. Pygofer of male genitalia with very large lateral projections, reaching end of anal segment. Genital styles elongated, slightly pointed at the tip; proximal dorsal process short, distal dorsal process elongated, a slight hump between both processes. Aedeagus large; stem with a prominent, dorsal, flat process near junction with apical part, at its anterior dorsal corner a small pointed tip; apical part flat and long, ending in three prominent and pointed processes, all directed forward.

Note. I n one paratype apical margin of forewings with conspicuous white stripes.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin noun ( miles = a soldier) used in apposition.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.7 mm, body 2.4 mm), MALAYSIA: NORTH BORNEO; labels: 1) NORTH BORNEO ( SE)/ Forest Camp , 19 km / N. of Kalabakan / 18.X.1962 2) Y. Hirashima / Collector / BISHOP ( BPBM) . Paratypes. NORTH BORNEO: SABAH, Bettotan, nr. Sandakan , 31.7.1927, 1 ♂ (fw. 3.6) ( BMNH). PHILIPPINE ISL.: N. Palawan, Binaluan , XI–XII.1913, 1 ♀ (fw. 3.7), G. Boettcher ( MMBC) .

Distribution. North Borneo, Philippines (Palawan).

Diagnosis. Rhotana miles is characterized by the dark forewings, the red forewing veins, and the three pointed processes on the apical part of the male aedeagus.