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Promalactis clavata Du, Li et Wang 2011

Description

Promalactis clavata Du, Li et Wang, 2011

(Figs. 5, 23)

Promalactis clavata Du, Li et Wang, 2011: 55. TL: China (Hainan). TD: NKU.

Material examined. CHINA: Hainan Island: 3Ƌ, 1♀, 13-17.VII.2015, coll. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li and Mengting Chen, genitalia slide Nos. HS15179Ƌ, HS15205♀, HS15223Ƌ, 5Ƌ, 4♀, 16.I.2016, coll. Kaijian Teng, Xia Bai and Mengting Chen, genitalia slide Nos. HS16014Ƌ, HS16015♀, HS16018Ƌ, Tianchi (18.44°N, 108.52°E), Jianfengling, 787 m; 4♀, Core area (18.74°N, 108.84°E), Jianfenfgling Nature Reserves, 1050 m, 27.IV.2014, coll. Tengteng Liu, Wei Guan and Xuemei Hu, genitalia slide No. HS14070; 4♀, 14–17.VII.2014, coll. Peixin Cong, Linjie Liu and Sha Hu, genitalia slide Nos. HS14142, HS14143, 4♀, 5.VI.2015, coll. Peixin Cong, Wei Guan and Sha Hu, Jianfenfgling Nature Reserves (18.44°N, 108.52°E), 770 m; 1♀, Diaoluoshan Nature Reserves (18.43°N, 109.52°E), 922 m, 27.V.2014, coll. Peixin Cong, Wei Guan and Sha Hu, genitalia slide No. HS15156.

Description. Adult (Fig. 5) with forewing expanse 9.0 mm.

Female genitalia (Fig. 23): Apophysis anterioris about 5/7 length of apophysis posterioris. Lamella postvaginalis broadly U shaped, concave at middle on posterior margin; lamella antevaginalis triangular, produced laterally, bearing dense spines. Ductus bursae with basal 5/6 sclerotized, distal 1/6 membranous, two sclerotized processes and 3–4 tiny denticles situated between sclerotized and membranous parts. Corpus bursae ovate; two large elliptic signa, each with a small heavily sclerotized plate bearing several denticles posteriorly.

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Remarks. Promalactis clavata Du, Li et Wang was described from males only. Here we describe the female for the first time.

Notes

Published as part of Hu, Sha & Wang, Shuxia, 2016, Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Hainan Island, China (II), pp. 35-48 in Zootaxa 4136 (3) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/271925

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Biodiversity

Family
Oecophoridae
Genus
Promalactis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Du, Li et Wang
Species
clavata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Promalactis clavata Du, 2011 sec. Hu & Wang, 2016

References

  • Du, Z. H., Li, H. H. & Wang, S. X. (2011) Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Hainan Province, China. Zootaxa, 3044, 49 - 64.