Adelpherupa aethiopicalis, Maes, 2002

Maes, K. V. N., 2002, Revision of the genus Adelpherupa Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Schoenobiinae) with the description of ve new species, Journal of Natural History 36 (14), pp. 1707-1724 : 1722

Adelpherupa aethiopicalis sp.n.

( figures 1a , 2e , 3h , 4g )

Diagnosis. Slender fore wings, strongly resembling A. elongalis but apex of fore wings more rounded. Male genitalia with rectangular valva, tube-shaped aedeagus without narrow distal part as in A. elongalis . Female genitalia with the ostium bursae, ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous. Tympanal organs: zona glabra with a median dagger-shaped sclerotization.

Description. Forewing narrow elongated with rounded apex in female, more rectangular in male; ground colour brownish yellow in female, brown in male; hind wings pale yellow, almost transparent.

Male genitalia. Uncus shorter than in A. elongalis ; valva rectangular; tube-shaped aedeagus, without the narrow distal part as in A. elongalis ; vesica with a single, plate-shape d cornutus.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales with short and long setae; apophyses posteriores and anteriores of about equal length; ostium bursae, ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous.

Tympanal organs. Zona glabra tympani medially with a dagger-shape d sclerotization.

Wing span. 20 mm.

Distribution. Ethiopia.

Life cycle. Unknown.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: 1: Djimma S.W.Abyssinia 26 May 1925 O. Neumann, Pyr.Brit.Mus. Slide No. 20027 ( BMNH) ; PARATYPE: 1: Djimma, S. W. Abyssinia, 12 May 1925, O. Neumann; Rothschild Bequest, B.M.1939-1; Pyr.Brit.Mus. Slide No. 13327 ( BMNH) .

Figures

FIG. 1. Adult moths: (a) Adelpherupa aethiopicalis sp.n. HOLOTYPE Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20027; (b) A. albescens Hampson Paralectotype, Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20038; (c) A. costipunctalis sp.n. GPKM 774; (d) A. typicota (Meyrick) GPKM 777; (e) A. lialuiensis sp.n. HOLOTYPE Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20044; (f) A. pontica sp.n.

FIG. 2. Male genitalia: (a) Adelpherupa typicota (Meyrick) Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20034/aedeagus GPKM 14113; (b) A. costipunctalis sp.n. PARATYPE GPKM 519; (c) A. pontica sp.n. GPKM 14120: (d) A. elongalis sp.n. GPKM 14117; (e) A. aethiopicalis sp.n. HOLOTYPE Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20027; (f) A. lialuiensis sp.n. HOLOTYPE Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20044; (g) A. flavescens Hampson Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20036; (h) A. albescens Hampson Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20014; (i) A. terreus (Zeller) Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20025.

FIG. 3. Female genitalia: (a) Adelpherupa flavescens Hampson Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20041; (b) A. costipunctalis sp.n. PARATYPE GPKM 552; (c) A. typicota (Meyrick) GPKM 14111.

FIG. 4. Tympanal organs: (a) Adelpherupa albescens Hampson Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20033; (b) A. flavescens Hampson Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20036: (c) A. terreus (Zeller) Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20025; (d) A. typicota (Meyrick) Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20034; (e) A. pontica sp.n. HOLOTYPE GPKM 776: (f) A. lialuiensis sp.n. HOLOTYPE Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20044; (g) A. aethiopicalis sp.n. HOLOTYPE Pyr.Br.Mus. Slide No. 20027; (h) A. elongalis sp.n. GPKM 14117; (i) A. costipunctalis sp.n. Holotype GPKM 774.