Meleonoma magnifica, Zhu & Wang, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9DDDC67B-5DAB-4045-996D-F2B3C4308896 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15562129 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/30635100-E116-365B-2FAB-BD95FCBEFCB0 |
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Plazi |
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Meleonoma magnifica |
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sp. nov. |
Meleonoma magnifica sp. nov.
( Figs 12 View FIGURES 9−16 , 34 View FIGURES 29−34 )
Type material. CHINA, Hubei: Holotype ♂, Shuangping (31.57°N, 109.87°E), Zhuxi County, 1201 m, 5.VII.2017, leg. WD Qi et al., slide No. ZML17558 . GoogleMaps
Diagnosis. The new species is similar to M. malacognatha Li & Wang, 2002 in features of the male genitalia. It can be distinguished by the lanceolate uncus, the saccus as long as the uncus, and the phallus with two cornuti. In M. malacognatha , the uncus is clavate, the saccus is shorter than the uncus, and the phallus lacks a cornutus ( Li & Wang 2002: 232, fig. 3). It is also similar to M. oxydonta sp. nov., and the differences between them can be found in the diagnosis of the latter species.
Description. Adult ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 9−16 ). Forewing length 5.5 mm.
Head with whitish yellow scales (worn). Labial palpus whitish yellow; first segment dark brown on outer surface; second segment with sparse dark brown scales on outer surface, dark brown at apex; third segment approximately 2/3 length of second segment. Antenna whitish yellow; flagellum annulated with dark brown on dorsal surface except several basal flagellomeres yellow.
Thorax whitish yellow; tegula dark brown, whitish yellow distally. Legs yellowish white, with exceptions on ventral surface: foreleg greyish brown except tarsus yellowish white at base of basal tarsomere and at apices of basal two tarsomeres, tibia of midleg greyish brown, tarsus greyish brown except yellowish white at base of basal tarsomere and apices of basal two tarsomeres and yellowish white at apical one tarsomere, hindleg with scattered greyish brown scales on tibia and tarsus. Forewing with costal margin arched, apex rounded; ground colour whitish yellow, with scattered dark brown scales; costal margin with dark brown scales along basal 1/3, forming a diffused stripe; costal spot dark brown, diffused posteriorly to crossing anterior margin of cell; apical patch (worn) dark brown; plical spot black, at middle of cell; discal and discocellular spots black, discocellular spots placed one above the other, spot at anterior angle of cell touching with costal spot; fringe dark brown, yellowish white along basal line. Hindwing and fringe pale greyish brown.
Abdomen. Male genitalia ( Fig.34 View FIGURES 29−34 ). Uncus lanceolate, acute at apex, triangularly produced near apex laterally. Tegumen arched in broad U shape, slightly wider medially. Costal part of valva large, uniformly wide except narrowed at base, rounded at apex, setose; ventral margin concave at base, forming a 90° angle near base; costal band reaching tip of costal margin; transtilla short, blunt at apex. Sacculus relatively small, quadrangular. Saccus triangular, as long as uncus, pointed at apex. Juxta broadly C-shaped. Phallus 3/4 length of costal part of valva, tubular; two cornuti different in size: larger one concave apically, forming a shorter dorsal lobe and a longer ventral lobe, with dense small spines; smaller one spine-shaped.
Female unknown.
Distribution. China (Hubei).
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin magnus (large) and the suffix - icus (denoting a state or condition), referring to the large costal part of the valva.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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