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Scythropiodes elasmatus Park et Wu 1997

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Scythropiodes elasmatus Park et Wu, 1997

Figs 12, 27, 39

Scythropiodes elasmatus Park et Wu, 1997: 34. TL: China (Sichuan: Mt. Emei). TD: IZCAS.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. lividula in the forewing pattern. Scythropiodes elasmatus can be separated in the male genitalia by the transtilla with a pair of subtriangular lateral lobes and the juxta with two horn-shaped lateral lobes posteriorly (Fig. 27). In S. lividula, the transtilla has a pair of slender digitate lateral lobes, and the juxta possesses two rod-shaped lateral lobes posteriorly (Clarke 1955: Pl. 235, Figs 3–3 b).

Female genitalia (Fig. 39). Papillae anales rectangular, setose. Apophyses posteriores about twice length of apophyses anteriores, anterior apophyses curved at 2/3. Antrum weakly sclerotized, subtrapezoidal, with dense granules on inner surface. Ductus bursae membranous, about 1.5 times length of corpus bursae, weakly sclerotized from anterior 1/3 to 5/12. Corpus bursae elliptical; with two subelliptical signa bearing dense denticles.

Material examined. CHINA: Hubei Province: 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, 1000 m, 10– 12.VII.1999, coll. Houhun Li et al ..

Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan).

Notes. The female of this species is described for the first time.

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Qingyun & Li, Houhun, 2016, Review of the genus Scythropiodes Matsumura, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Oditinae) from China, with a checklist of the world, pp. 301-329 in Zootaxa 4132 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258365

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Park et Wu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lecithoceridae
Genus
Scythropiodes
Species
elasmatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Scythropiodes elasmatus et, 1997 sec. Wang & Li, 2016

References

  • Park, K. T. & Wu, C. S. (1997) Genus Scythropiodes Matsumura in China and Korea (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with description of seven new species. Insecta Koreana, 14, 29 - 42.
  • Clarke, J. F. G. (1955) Xyloryctidae. In: Clarke, J. F. G. (Ed.), Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 2. Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 397 - 506.