Glyphidocera gemmae ADAMSKI, 2005, new species
Creators: name: DAVID ADAMSKI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Symmocidae
Glyphidocera
Glyphidocera gemmae

description: <i>Glyphidocera gemmae</i>, new species (Figs. 30–32, 303, Map 6) Diagnosis.— <i>Glyphidocera gemmae</i> is similar to <i>G. eminetiae</i> but differs from the latter by having a straight apical furca of the valval costa, a less angular distal part of the valva, and a larger apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica Description.— Head: Scales of vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; scape pale brown, flagellum pale brown; male 4 th flagellomere not protuberant, 5 th and 6 th flagellomeres slightly excavated; proboscis pale brown. Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale­brown scales to apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig. 303): Length 5.3– 5.8 mm (n = 2), costa and distal 1 / 3 brown intermixed with pale­brown scales; cell and surrounding areas of cell paler than marginal areas; cell with 2 brown spots, 1 near middle, 1 near distal end, CuP with a small brown spot slightly basal and posterior to midcell spot [one specimen with wing spots absent]. Undersurface pale brown. Hindwing: Pale brown. Abdomen (Fig. 30): Male with 4 transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental area between segments 2–3, and with two elliptical­shaped clusters of sex scales, formed by 3–4 short, irregular rows of scales, on intersegmental area between terga 3–4. Male Genitalia (Figs. 31–32): Uncus elongate, broadly constricted above a widened base, broadly rounded medially, gradually tapering to an acuminate and setose apex; gnathos setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms fusing medially, dorsally atrophied; costa of valva nearly straight from a shallow depression beyond a slightly downturned, basal digitate process to apical furca; furca slightly upturned, nearly as long as width distal valva; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva before midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing a large, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened near midlength, exposing a hollow, basal cavity. Female Genitalia: Unknown. Holotype, ɗ, “Est[ación] Sirena, 0–100 m, P[arque] N[acional] Corcovado, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas], COSTA RICA, G. Fonseca, Set. 1991, L­S­ 270500, 508300 ”, “ COSTA RICA: CRI 000, 357448 ” [bar code label], “ INBio, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 1079 ” [yellow label], “ PARATYPE, <i>Glyphidocera guaroa</i>, Adamski ” [blue label]. Paratype 1 ɗ, “P. N. Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Prov. Punta., COSTA RICA, 80 m, Ago. 1993, G. Varela, L­S­ 370900, 448800, # 2307 ”, “ CRI 001, 656012 ”, “ PARATYPE, <i>Glyphidocera guaroa</i>, Adamski ”, “Slide No. 1009.” Distribution (Map 6): <i>Glyphidocera gemmae</i> is known from two coastal collecting sites along the Pacific Ocean in south­eastern Costa Rica. Etymology: The species epithet <i>gemmae</i> is derived from the Latin “gemma,” meaning jewel.
description: Published as part of <i>DAVID ADAMSKI, 2005, Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae), pp. 1-158 in Zootaxa 858</i> on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170793