Euclasta varii Popescu-Gori & Constantinescu, 1973

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Euclasta varii Popescu-Gori & Constantinescu, 1973

Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 . Popescu-Gorj and Constantinescu (1973): 393 –397. Type locality: Malawi, Mt. Mulanje

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 24 KSMA 003 ; recordedBy: Al Dhafer, H., Fadl, H., Abd Eldayem, M., El Torky, A., El Gharbawy, A., Soliman, A.; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: KSMA; otherCatalogNumbers: 24 KSMA 004; occurrenceID: FD6C2549-1BD7-532E-9461-DB6A59DB17A1; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; stateProvince: Al Baha; locality: Shada Al Ala ; verbatimElevation: 1610 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 50 ' 24.66 ’ '; verbatimLongitude: 41 ° 18 ' 41.46 ''; Event: eventDate: 27 - VII- 2015

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 25 KSMA 001 ; recordedBy: Al Dhafer, H., Fadl, H., Abd Eldayem, M., El Torky, A., El Gharbawy, A., Soliman, A.; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: KSMA; occurrenceID: 25953493-712B-5523-8ED9-0B67B4B070C6; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; stateProvince: Asir; locality: Raydah ; verbatimElevation: 2820 m; verbatimLatitude: 18 ° 11 ' 53.04 ''; verbatimLongitude: 42 ° 24 ' 26.1 ''; Event: eventDate: 12 - XII- 2014

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 25 KSMA 002 ; recordedBy: Al Dhafer, H., Fadl, H., Abd Eldayem, M., El Torky, A., El Gharbawy, A., Soliman, A.; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: KSMA; occurrenceID: 0F4E1E66-2E1E-5FF4-BE28-567B14092831; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; stateProvince: Asir; locality: Raydah ; verbatimElevation: 1850 m; verbatimLatitude: 18 ° 11 ' 40.74 ''; verbatimLongitude: 42 ° 24 ' 41.46 ''; Event: eventDate: 05 - III- 2015

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 25 KSMA 004 ; recordedBy: Al Dhafer, H., Fadl, H., Abd Eldayem, M., El Torky, A., El Gharbawy, A., Soliman, A.; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: KSMA; occurrenceID: C5D01033-84C6-501E-83BA-A71D6F9BDC5F; Location: country: Saudi Arabia; stateProvince: Asir; locality: Raydah ; verbatimElevation: 1850 m; verbatimLatitude: 18 ° 11 ' 40.74 ''; verbatimLongitude: 42 ° 24 ' 41.46 ''; Event: eventDate: 31 - VII- 2015

Diagnosis

Wingspan 29.7–32.1 mm. Fore-wing length 14.8–15.3 mm (n = 5). Labial palpus short, medially widened, acuminate in the third segment. Fore-wing ground light brown. Cell divided into two halves by an uninterrupted darkish-brown line, the upper half brownish scaled, the inferior half white scaled. Ductus bursae in the female genitalia with the anterior half widened and sclerotised, posterior half tapered, membranous, slightly dilated near the distal end. Length of the colliculum relative to the antrum 60 % (n = 5). Antrum with a plate-shaped sclerotisation medially. Uncus in the male genitalia elongate, apex pointed. Tuba analis strongly exceeding the uncus, subscaphium present. Vesica with an elongate, slender cornutus ( Popescu-Gorj and Constantinescu (1973), Figs 1 c , 6 a , b ).

Distribution

Palaearctic – Southern Europe, Northern Africa. Afrotropical – Angola, Botswana, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe. For the Arabian Peninsula, the species has been recorded from Yemen ( Popescu-Gorj and Constantinescu 1973). New to Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figure 1 c. E. varii, slide no. 25 KSMA 001;

Figure 6 a. E. varii, slide no 24 KSMA 03;

Figure 6 b. E. varii, slide no 24 KSMA 03, close-up posterior ductus bursae;