Callima libanotica, Berggren & Aarvik, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.61698/nje/71-1-003 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087EB-FFE1-0B09-0837-29DBFCF79120 |
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Felipe |
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Callima libanotica |
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sp. nov. |
Callima libanotica sp. n.
Figure 2 View FIGURE 2 , 5 View FIGURES 4–10 , 12 View FIGURES 11–14 , 18 View FIGURES 17–20
HOLOTYPE ♀, LEBANON: Batroun , 200 m. a.s.l., Tel Ras Nhascl, 1.VI.2012, leg. J. Kullberg & T. Lievonen, GP KBE 15226 , coll. MZH.
PARATYPES, LEBANON: Batroun , 200 m. a.s.l., Tel Ras Nhascl, 1. VI .2012, 7♂♂ 3♀♀, GP KBE ♂ 15227 + ♀ 15231 + ♂ 15232, coll. MZH ; Kesrouan: Ghbele , 885 m. a.s.l., 5–6. VI .2012, 1♂, leg. J. Kullberg & T . Lievonen , coll. MZH ; Beirut, 1893, 2♂♂ 2♀♀, collector unknown, GP KBE ♀ 15223 + GP KBE ♂ 15224, coll. NHMW ; Beirut, no date, 1♂, collector unknown, coll. NHMW ; Beirut, 1915, 1♂, leg. Kohlenberg, coll. NHMW ; Beirut, 1869, 1♂, leg. Lederer, coll. NHMW ; Beirut, Syrien , 1898, 2♂♂, «Cremona», GP KBE 15220 , coll. NHMW; ISRAEL: N. Distr., Dan, 10–11. VI .1986, 5♂♂; leg. R . Linnavuori , GP KBE 1230 + GP Lvovsky 126, coll. MZH ; SYRIA, no date, 1♂, leg. Staudinger, coll. MZH ; TURKEY, Amasia, no date, 1♂, collector unknown, GP KBE 15222 , coll. NHMW.
Diagnosis ( Figure 5 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Callima libanotica sp.
n. is externally close to C. icterinella , differing from that species by the triangular dorsal dark blotch in the forewing (in C. icterinella the dorsal dark blotch is broad at the dorsal margin giving it a trapezoidal shape). C. libanotica sp. n. differs from C. cretensis sp. n. in the lighter pattern of the forewing. In the male genitalia differing from C. icterinella and C. cretensis sp. n. by the parallelside valva with less sclerotized dorso-basal margin. In the female genitalia the antrum extends just beyond the anterior margin of segment 7.
Description. Wingspan 11–15 mm. Head brownish above, frons lighter; labial palp ( Figure 2 View FIGURE 2 ) with segment 2 mottled dark grey on outside, inside white in basal half, becoming grey in terminal half, segment 3 basally and terminally white; flagellum ringed black and white, segment 5–8 with much white, rings become less distinct in the middle and more distinct towards the tip. Thorax yellow, with some brownish scales in middle. Forewing dark pattern blackish with patches of ochreous brown; costal suffusion blackish along wing margin, brownish, below and connected with dorsal dark blotch with thin blackish line; dorsal dark blotch triangular, dorsally narrow; median yellow blotch isolated from basal yellow blotch by narrow dark line, sometimes connected; underside dark greyish brown, with contrasting yellow cilia. Hindwing with cilia dark grey. Fore- and hindleg blackish
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FIGURES 21–22. Female genitalia of Callima . Signa in separate frames. 21. Holotype C. klimeschi sp. n. GP
KBE 15135. 22. Holotype C. kos sp. n. GP KBE 15390 .
brown, tarsi with white rings; hindleg brown, underside lighter than upperside, whitish spots on tarsi.
Male genitalia ( Figure 12 View FIGURES 11–14 ). Valva parallelsided in basal half, slightly narrowed terminally, dorsal edge of base relatively weak; sacculus with subapical, dorsally directed convexity; juxta lobes nearly straight; phallus longer than juxta lobes, ratio 1.12-1.26 (n = 6), average 1.21.
Female genitalia ( Figure 18 View FIGURES 17–20 ). Antrum extending beyond to – or slightly beyond – anterior margin of segment 7, hardly widened at anterior termination, posterior part demarcated, funnel-shaped; ductus bursae posteriorly with small sclerite; signum an irregular, relatively large sclerite.
Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Turkey. The specimen labelled « Syria » could also originate from present day Lebanon or Israel. Material from Israel deposited in Helsinki (MZH) was examined by A.L. Lvovsky and identified by him as C. icterinella (Lvovsky et al. 2016) . We consider these specimens as belonging to C. libanotica sp. n.
Etymology. Named after the country where the holotype and several paratypes were collected, Lebanon.
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