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Bactrianoscythris pamirica Passerin d'Entreves & Roggero 2008, comb. nov.
No full textBactrianoscythris pamirica (Passerin d’Entrèves & Roggero, 2008) comb. nov. Scythris pamirica Passerin d’Entrèves & Roggero 2008: 161 Type material. Holotype 3 (MNHB), “NO[st] Afghanistan, Khinch-e-Andarab, westl. Pamir, 3550–4000 m, 17–27 / 7 / 1957, G. Ebert leg. [genital slide 288 ZMB]. Remarks. The species is known only from the type locality. See Passerin d’Entrèves and Roggero (2008) for further details.Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
Bactrianoscythris annae D'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textBactrianoscythris annae sp. nov. (Figs 4 A, 4 B, 6 A, 6 C, 7 A) Type material. Holotype 3 (SMNK), “Z[entral]- Afghanistan, Koh-i-Baba, S-Seite, Panjao, 2650 m, 20– 22.vii. 1966, H. G. Amsel leg.” [genital slide 9426 PdE]. Paratypes: 1 3 (SMNK), same locality as holotype [genital slide 9434 PdE]; 1 3 (SMNK), “Z[entral]- Afghanistan, Koh-i-Baba Mts., Panjao, 2500 m, 26.vi– 1.vii. 1961, G. Ebert leg.” [genital slide 9435 PdE]; 1 Ƥ (SMNK), same locality as holotype [genital slide 9433 PdE]. Diagnosis. Characters that allow to identify the species (Table 2) are the bifid S 8, with apices narrow and short, and the valvae rounded. Also the well developed coecum penis has a characteristic shape, being greatly developed as in B. drepanella, and larger than in B. afghana (Fig. 6). The female can be identified by the shape of lamella antevaginalis, which is far larger than in B. afghana (Fig. 7). Description. Wingspan 18 mm. Forewing very pale brown, longitudinal line almost inconspicuous; fringe pale brown. Hindwing whitish pale brown, fringe tawny. Head and thorax brown, abdomen pale brown. Legs light brown. Antenna as long as forewing, brown. Male genitalia. Uncus very short, shaped as a large cup; gnathos proximally asymmetrical, laminar, distal part tapered. Tegumen triangular, pedunculi narrowed and elongate. Valvae with proximal third polygonal, distal two-thirds narrow and inwardly turned, apices rounded and spatular. Vinculum as long as tegumen, distal margin rounded. Phallus bisinuate, shortly narrowed near pointed apex. Juxta triangular, apex large, thick. S 8 elongate, narrowed at two-thirds, apices bifid, sharp, divergent, upturned; T 8 unmodified, membranous. Female genitalia. Apophyses anteriores triangular, connected by a bent sclerotized ridge. Lamella antevaginalis oval, more thickened on margin. Lamella postvaginalis oval, with transverse, well-sclerotized apical part. Ductus bursae wrinkled, and sclerotized in distal half. Segments VI and VII with a sclerotized ring. Variation. Specimens of both the sexes have similar external appareance, being very pale brown, with no evident line on the forewing surface. Etymology. The species was named after both Anna Passerin d’Entrèves, the daughter of PPdE, and Anna Roggero, the sister of AR. Remarks. The Koh-i-Baba Mts are in the Hindu Kush; Panjao lies at the heart of the Hazarajat, a large mountainous region in central Afghanistan.Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
Bactrianoscythris D'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009, gen. nov.
No full textBactrianoscythris gen. nov. Type species: Butalis satyrella Staudinger, 1880 Description. Medium to large size (16-20 mm); in the three species for which both the sexes are known (B. satyrella Staudinger, B. annae sp. nov. and B. afghana sp. nov.), male and female are of similar size. Species are characterized by cryptic external coloration. Head, thorax, abdomen and legs pale brown. Forewing brown or pale brown, with a lighter, longitudinal and irregular line. Hindwing very pale brown or whitish brown, glossy and translucent. Females darker than males. Male genitalia. Uncus short (except in B. ginevrae sp. nov.), and gnathos asymmetrical, with the joining arms fused and leaf-like shaped; tegumen triangular; phallus very long, bisinuate; valvae symmetrical or only slightly asymmetrical, inwardly curved, slender (except in B. ginevrae sp. nov. and B. pamirica Passerin & Roggero); vinculum long and narrow; S 8 well-developed, thick, elongate, more or less narrowed in middle, always bifid at apex; T 8 rectangular and membranous. Female genitalia. Lamella antevaginalis oval, differently proportioned in each species, lamella postvaginalis with transverse thickening distally. Ductus bursae wrinckled, sometimes sclerotized. Segment VII and VI with a sclerotized, incomplete ring. Diagnosis. External features can be used to recognize membership in the new genus, since all the species are characterized by large wingspan, forewings surface usually grayish brown of pale brown, with a longitudinal, irregular and thick line, more or less evident and variously colored, that is very reduced only in B. annae. Intraspecific variation of external features seems negligible, although females are slightly darker than males. Although members of Bactrianoscythris gen. nov. are easily identified on the basis of the external features and some genitalic characters (as the asymmetrical and leaf-like gnathos, the S 8 very sclerotized and well-developed, the phallus often bisinuate and longer than valvae), specific identification requires a careful examination of genitalia, characterized by very distinct features in both sexes of all the species. The species can be separated among themselves on the basis of the peculiar genitalic shape, and the most reliable characters are in the male valvae (Table 2). Etymology. The genus is named after the ancient Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (250 – 125 BCE), which covered northern Afghanistan and part of central Asia; today bactrian is used to indicate the whole of northern Afghanistan. Bactrianoscythris satyrella was the first species collected by Staudinger (1880) and Christoph (1885), so it is selected as the type species. Bactrianoscythris shows an endemic distribution in the region from the Caspian Sea to northeastern Afghanistan (Hindu Kush and Pamir Range), extending southward only in the Palaearctic portion of Afghanistan. Remarks. Bactrianoscythris, as defined above, includes two species previously described as Scythris (satyrella and pamirica) and five new species, all reported from eastern Palaearctic Region, and characterized by an Irano-turanian distribution. The type material of B. satyrella Staudinger is from Iran and Turkmenistan (Passerin d’Entrèves & Roggero 2007 a), but the species was reported also from Turkey and Sarepta, Russia (Bengtsson 1997); at present, we restrict the distribution of this species to central Asia until the identification of other specimens is verified. All the other species of Bactrianoscythris were collected in northeastern Afghanistan, in the socalled Turkestanian Province (Takhtajan 1986), that is close to the Armeno-iranian Province in the West and to the Central-asiatic and Northwestern Himalayan Provinces in the East. The Turkestanian Province includes the greater part of mountains of the Irano-turanian Region, and is characterized by desert (ephemeral) vegetation on foothills and low mountains, and by deciduous shrubs on mountain slopes. Steppes cover large areas of the mountains also while high mountain vegetation consists of meadows, steppe and cushionlike subshrubs (Takhtajan 1986).Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
Bactrianoscythris drepanella D'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textBactrianoscythris drepanella sp. nov. (Figs 8 B, 10 A, 10 B) Type material. Holotype 3 (SMNK), “O. Afghanistan, Kabulschlucht, 22 km östl. Kabul, 1650 m, 5– 12.vi. 1966, H. G. Amsel leg.” [genital slide 9436 PdE]. Diagnosis. The species can be easily identified (Table 2) on the basis of the genitalic features, mainly the inwardly arched valvae, with a narrowed apex, and the very short bifid projections of S 8. Description. Wingspan 16 mm. Forewing variegated very pale grayish-brown, with irregular paler line in middle; fringe pale brown. Hindwing whitish very pale brown, glossy, fringe tawny. Head, thorax and abdomen pale brown. Legs and antennae brownish-grey. Male genitalia. Uncus short, rectangular, anterior margin rounded. Gnathos asymmetrical, proximal part laminar, distal arm finger-like, apex rounded. Tegumen triangular. Phallus twice as long as tegumen, cylindrical, apex forked. Juxta almost as long as uncus, base narrow, apex broadened. Valvae two-thirds length of phallus, inwardly curved, apices asymmetrical, base quandrangular. Vinculum half as long as valvae, margin rounded. S 8 triangular, apex bifid, with the points divergent and inwardly curved, and a deep, triangular notch at proximal margin. T 8 unmodified, membranous. Variation. At present the species is known only from the male holotype. Etymology. The species was named after the Greek word drepáne (= sickle), in reference to the shape of the valvae. Remarks. The Kabul Gorge (or Tang-I-Gharoo) is located about 25 km from Kabul, on the road to Jalalabad and Peshawar.Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
Bactrianoscythris khinjani D'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textBactrianoscythris khinjani sp. nov. (Figs 3 A, 3 B, 3 C) Type material. Holotype 3 (SMNK), “O[st]- Afghanistan, Salang-Pass, N-Seite, Khinjan, 2100 m, 5– 11.vii. 1966, H. G. Amsel leg.” [genital slide 9425 PdE]. Diagnosis. The species is well-differentiated from the others (Table 2) and can be easily identified on the basis of the characteristic shape of the valvae, which are slim, much longer than in all the other species and arched at apex. Also the S 8 has very distinctive features, with a bifid apex and laterally narrowed in the middle. Description. Wingspan 19 mm. Forewing pale brown, with a golden hue, with a thick, grayish white line half as long as the wing, and an irregular, grayish white dot near termen; pale brown fringe. Hindwing evenly brown, glossy fringe brown. Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown. Legs brown. Antenna brown. Male genitalia. Uncus very short, cordiform; proximal part of gnathos largely laminar and asymmetrical, distal part narrow, downturned and sharp at apex. Tegumen triangular, elongate, with long and slender pedunculi. Valvae symmetrical, proximal fourth enlarged, distal part evenly slim, carrying at the half of the inner margin a small rounded protrusion, apices inwardly turned, slightly spatulate, with a perpendicular lamina at distal third. Vinculum as long as tegumen, narrow, distal margin rounded. Phallus sigmoid, almost as long as the valvae, narrowed at apex, which is sharp and curved; juxta pyriform. S 8 thick, well-sclerotized, asymmetrical, elongate, triangular-shaped, narrowed in middle, apex bifid with each extremity inwardly bent, and deep triangular notch at proximal margin; S 8 proximal half left margin with a laminar projection and distal half right margin with another laminar projection. T 8 unmodified, membranous, subrectangular. Variation. The species is known only from the male holotype. Etymology. The species is named after the type locality. Remarks. Located in the very heart of the Hindu Kush Mountains, Khinjan is at the base of the Salang Pass (or Kotal-e Salang), which connects northern Afghanistan to the Kabul Province, and beyond to southern Afghanistan and Pakistan.Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
Bactrianoscythris ginevrae D'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Bactrianoscythris ginevrae</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs 8 A, 9A, 9B)</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype 3 (SMNK), Z[entral]- Afghanistan, Koh-i-Baba Mts., S-Seite, Panjao, 2650 m, 26.vi–1.vii.1961, G. Ebert leg.” [genital slide 9428 PdE]. Paratype: 1 3 (SMNK), Z-Afghanistan, Koh-i-Baba, S-Seite, Panjao, 2650 m, 20–22.vii.1966, H. G. Amsel leg.”[genital slide 9444 PdE].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. The species can be easily identified (Table 2) by the Y-shaped and elongate uncus, which is peculiar to this species, by the large, rectilinear and distally expanded valvae and by the outwardly directed projections of the bifid S8.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Wingspan 18 mm. Forewing pale brownish, with thick, whitish, zigzag line; fringe brown. Hindwing and fringe pale brown. Head and thorax cream-coloured, abdomen pale brown. Legs creamcoloured. Antenna pale brown.</p> <p>Male genitalia. Uncus Y-shaped, well-developed, base twice long as apices; gnathos asymmetrical, proximal arms laminar, distal arm narrow, sharp at apex, downcurved. Tegumen triangular. Valvae symmetrical, rectilinear, apices rounded, with sharp projection at inner distal margin. Juxta base large, narrowed toward joint with phallus. Phallus very elongate, almost twice longer than valvae, narrow, downcurved, apical third rectilinear. Vinculum as long as tegumen, narrow, margin rounded. S8 triangularshaped, apex bifid, with points divergent and a deep, triangular notch at proximal margin; T8 oval, with large triangular notch at proximal margin.</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> The specimens examined showed no noticeable variation.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species was named after the granddaughter of PPdE, one of the authors.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> See <i>B. annae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> for further information about the Koh-i-Baba Mts. and Panjao.</p>Published as part of <i>D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263</i> on page 12, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/190774">10.5281/zenodo.190774</a>
Tibiodrepanus tagliaferrii Barbero, Palestrini & Roggero, sp. nov.
No full textTibiodrepanus tagliaferrii, Barbero, Palestrini & Roggero, sp. nov. (Figs. 32–34) Type material. Holotype of Tibiodrepanus tagliaferri (here designated): Ƥ, “ NAMIBIA: Sovo area, Mile 46 Agric. Station 18 ° 15 ’ 52 ” 19 ° 15 ’ 18 ”, 25.iii. 2002, ex cattle dung coll. Mann, Marais & Kasch OUMNH 2006 -094” (OUMNH). Paratypes of Tibiodrepanus tagliaferrii (here designated): 2 Ƥ, same locality and collector as the holotype (OUMNH); 1 Ƥ. CAMEROON: Adamaoua, Ngaoundaba, iv. 1976, Nicolas & Nicolas leg. (MHNL). Diagnosis. This species is similar to T. setosus, differing mainly by the humped metasternal disc and by its Afrotropical distribution. Description. Body entirely light brown; antennae pale yellow, antennal club dark brown. Anterior edge of epistoma very widely but rather deeply notched; notch toothed at sides, teeth sharpened, raised and gently directed outward; lateral edges oblique, concave, obviously toothed before the genae; genal sutures prolonged backwards; genae oblique, rather strongly toothed distally; clypeogenal angles strongly notched; epistomal surface hollowed anteriorly in the middle; head on the whole finely and not densely punctate. Pronotum: anterior angles blunt, lateral edges evenly curved, feebly crenulate in the anterior half; pronotal disc with a longitudinal, medial hollow in the basal two thirds, a circular hollow in the apical third, and two longitudinal lateral hollows; punctures evenly very dense, wide, rather superficial, rounded or elliptical; setae light, scale-like, more or less thickened, and bordering the discal depressions. Elytra dull on the whole, except for the juxtasutural interstriae, the edges of the striae and a spread, shiny microgranulation; scutellum small and triangular; elytral striae wide, not deep and not punctate; striae IV and V noticeably sinuate in the distal half; interstria VII strongly depressed in the distal two third. Setae pale white, thick, erect, scale-like, placed along the entire V and VII interstriae and at the apex of the remaining interstriae. Protibiae: distal tooth narrow, curved, sharpened, inserted on the anterior edge of tibia. First three teeth normally perpendicular to the longitudinal tibial axis; basal tooth obviously smaller than the second and the third ones; basal half of the outer edge crenulated; inner edge curved. Ventral side of femura strongly and densely punctate and clothed with white, dense, short and very fine setae. Prosternum bearing an anterior, longitudinal carina. Mesosternum superficially punctate. Metasternum longitudinally gibbose in the anterior half; punctures very dense, wide in the anterior half, smaller in the posterior half and on the sides. Surface of punctures microreticulate. Abdominal segments superficially punctate, almost smooth medially; setae light, thickened. Etymology. The species was named after the entomologist A. Tagliaferri, who died suddenly in June 2010. Distribution. Cameroon and Namibia. Remarks. On the basis of the morphological traits (mainly, the shape of the protibia) this Afrotropical species appears to be more closely related to the Oriental species than to T. sulcicollis, the only other Afrotropical species included at present in the genus. At present the species shows a west Afrotropical disjunct distribution.Published as part of Barbero, Enrico, Palestrini, Claudia & Roggero, Angela, 2011, Tibiodrepanus tagliaferrii — a new Afrotropical Drepanocerina species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Oniticellini), with notes on phylogeny and distribution of the genus, pp. 27-47 in Zootaxa 2923 on pages 43-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20280
Scythris farsi D'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Scythris farsi</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs 11 A, 11B, 11C, 11D)</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype 3 (NHRM), “ Iran, Fars, 1937, Strasse Kazeroun-Bouchir Tchouroum 1000 m, leg. Brandt” [genital slide 9424 PdE]. Paratype: 1 3 (NHRM), “ Iran, Fars, Strasse Ardekan, Talochoaroe, Com, 2600 m, 1937, leg. Brandt [genital slide 9423 PdE].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. The species has male genitalia well differentiated from any other known scythridid species, and is easily identified on the basis of the characteristic shape of the subrectangular uncus with a notch at distal margin and the rectilinear valvae with apices abruptly inwardly turned. Also the external features of the species, with the ovalar dots on forewings, are different from features of the other species on the Iranoturanian region.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Wingspan 22 mm. Forewing pale brown, carrying on proximal three-fifths a cream-coloured line, and two cream-coloured oval spots, one at four-fifth and one at apex; fringe brown. Hindwing glossy brown, fringe brown. Head, thorax and abdomen brown. Legs pale brown. Antenna brown.</p> <p>Male genitalia. Uncus well-developed, bifid, with deep incision and two rounded projections at distal third, base with two arms apically downturned and joined to middle of proximal arms of gnathos. Gnathos proximal arms semi-crescentic, distal arm narrow, sinuate, downturned, sharp at apex. Tegumen globular, as long as wide. Valvae symmetrical, rectilinear, narrow, with inwardly turned rounded apices. Vinculum almost as long as valvae, with margin rounded. Phallus downcurved and small, one third length of valvae, apex sharp; juxta half as long as phallus. S8 elongate, narrow, hind margin bifid, fore margin with deep oval notch; T8 elongate, as long as S8, narrower in distal third, apex with broad and short notch, proximal margin with deep triangular notch.</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> The white line and spots on the forewing are very pale brown in some specimens.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named after the region of Fars (Iran), where the species was collected in 1937.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. The species does not belong to any known species-group.</p> <p> <b>Note about the type localities.</b> The type localities as indicated on the labels are somewhat imprecise. Kazeroun [= Kazerun] is situated in the Fars Province in southwestern Iran, on a plain among high limestone ridges. It is situated 250 km from Bouchir [= Bushehr], which is the administrative centre of the Bushehr Province in southern Iran, bordering the Persian Gulf. Tchouroum [= Tchouran = Cherum], formerly in Fars province, is now in Kohkilouyeh Boyerahmad Province. Ardekan [= Ardakan] is the second major city of Yazd Province, and it is known also as Sepidan. “Talochoaroe is a misprint on label. The correct name for the site is Tal-e-Khosro, which is a historical mound in Kohkilouyet Boyerahmad Province. Com [= Kommeh] is now Komehr in the Fars Province.</p>Published as part of <i>D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263</i> on page 15, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/190774">10.5281/zenodo.190774</a>
FIGURE 5 in Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species
No full textFIGURE 5. Bactrianoscythris afghana sp. nov. A—Male. B—Female.Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
FIGURE 4 in Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species
No full textFIGURE 4. Bactrianoscythris annae sp. nov. A—Male. B—Female.Published as part of D'Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2263 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19077
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