Afroarabiella namaquensis
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Cossidae
Genus: Afroarabiella
Name
Afroarabiella namaquensis Yakovlev – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Afroarabiella namaquensis Yakovlev, Roman V., 2014, Zootaxa 3793: 297-297.
Materials Examined
Type. Holotype: male, Republic of South Africa, Northern Cape, 100 km W Upington, Augrabies N.[ational] P.[ark], Orange River, S 28 º 34 ’ 60 ”; E 20 º 15 ’ 57 ”, 05.01.2008, leg. V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin. Deposited in the Zoological Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia.
Description
Description. Antennae bipectinate; pecten long, 5 X longer than diameter of bar. Thorax and abdomen densely covered with pale yellow hairs. Forewing length, 11 mm. Forewing light-grey, with wavy pattern. Costal edge of forewing and basal portion darker; middle of discal area with a thin wavy band, two thin bands situated on edge of postdiscal and discal areas (divergent at angle from one point on costal edge); one band extended to middle third of lower edge of wing (reaching cell M 3 -CuA 1), second band extended to the tornal angle (reaching vein M 3); thin transverse band in submarginal area from costal edge to vein M 1; edge of wing with thin light band; fringe long, grey. Hindwing lightgrey, without pattern, with thin light band on edge, fringe long, grey. Male genitalia. Uncus rather long, conical, with slightly pointed apex. Tegumen medium-sized. Branches of gnathos thick, medium-sized. Gnathos stout, very thickly covered by small spicules. Valva rather narrow, nearly parallel-sided, with nearly smooth edges, with indictinct transition zone between sclerotized basal portion and membranous, slightly narrowed distal portion; apex semispherical, broad. Transtilla rather stout, strongly sclerotized, processes rather slender, short, with broad base and pointed apex. Juxta medium-sized with very broad (1.5 X broader than basal portion of processes of transtilla) lobe-like lateral processes, divergent at 180 º. Saccus poorly developed, semispherical. Aedeagus shorter than valva, thick, even over all length, slightly arcuate in middle ⅓, with slightly pointed apex. Aperture of vesica in dorso-apical position, 1 / 5 length of aedeagus. Vesica without cornuti. Female unknown.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. The new species differs from all other members of the genus by the male genital characters: transtilla with weakly pointed, nearly straight processes; juxta with very broad, lobe-like lateral processes; and nearly parallelsided valvae.
Etymology
Etymology. Toponymic name. Namaqualand refers to the deserts in the southwestern Republic of South Africa.
Taxon Treatment
- Yakovlev, Roman V.; 2014: A new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the Republic of South Africa, including a world catalogue of the genus, Zootaxa 3793: 297-297. doi
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