Bellulia basalia Fibiger 2010, new species
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(Plate 10, figure 3; male genit. plate 19, figure 5; female genit. plate 25, figure 6)
Material examined. Holotype: male, Vietnam N, 5 km E Bao Loc, Suoi Loc stream, 24.x.1988, leg. S. Mahunka, J. Oláh & T. Vásárhelvi, coll. HNHM.
Paratypes: 2 males, 1 female: same data as holotype; 2 males genit. preps 5922 and 5924, and 1 female genit. prep. 5923 M. Fibiger. Colls HNHM and MF.
Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 13–15 mm.
Forewing: purplish black.
Crosslines: black, indistinct, medial shade well marked.
Reniform stigma: distinct, round, yellowish, outlined black.
Hindwing: greyish brown, without discal spot.
Underside: unicolorous grey.
Abdomen: grey with black crest dorsally on first segment.
Male genitalia. Tegumen and fultura superior: dorsal part of tegumen weak, narrow; ventral part fused with fultura superior with a prominent, loglike process on each side, flattened at apices (apo.), right one shorter and apically broader.
Vinculum: short, loglike.
Saccus: short, V shaped.
Tergite: inconspicuous.
Valvae: slightly asymmetrical.
Sacculus: strongly asymmetrical, dorsally rounded, right one larger.
Ampulla: slightly asymmetrical, narrow medially.
Anellus: fused with juxta, forming full circle around phallus.
Phallus: broadest by ductus ejaculatorius, slightly curved clockwise, slightly tapered towards tip.
Vesica: basally with one small, triangular cornutus; subapically with row of 5 equally formed cornuti (apo.).
Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, corners rounded.
Posterior apophyses: slightly longer than ovipositor.
7 th abdominal segment: heavily sclerotised, posteriorly U shaped by postvaginal plate from 8 th segment.
Ostium: slightly displaced to left, positioned anteriorly on 7 th segment.
Ductus bursae: long, cylindrical, slightly coiled, basal half membranous, apical half heavily sclerotised (apo.).
Corpus bursae: globular, with cross-shaped signum.
Differential diagnosis. B. basalia is in size above average for species of Bellulia. Unique in that processes from fultura superior rather short and flattened at apices; vesica with one basal and 5 subapical cornuti in a row; female genitalia with ductus bursae membranous in anterior half, heavily sclerotised in apical half.
Distribution. Known only from type-locality in North Vietnam.
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Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.10094402 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10094382 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/805E84172D33FFA8FFBFF97CEF587732 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/7C67FC6F2D61FFFBFF28FA6BECE676C5 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- HNHM, MF , T, HNHM
- Event date
- 1988-10-24
- Verbatim event date
- 1988-10-24
- Scientific name authorship
- Fibiger
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Bellulia
- Species
- basalia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bellulia basalia FIBIGER, 2010