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

description: <i>Glyphidocera coturnicis</i>, new species (Figs. 237–239, 366, Map 43) Diagnosis.— <i>Glyphidocera coturnicis</i>, <i>G. l u x u r i a e</i>, and <i>G. ambrosiae</i> share sex scales between abdominal terga 2–3 in the male, a dorsal strut of tegumen wide basally, a valval cucullus with a broadly rounded apicoventral margin, and costal furcae of valva divergent. However, <i>G. coturnicis</i> differs from the latter two species by having straight costal furcae of the valva and an elongate and narrow cornutus of the aedeagal vesica. Description.— Head: Scales of vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; outer surface of labial palpus dark brown or brown intermixed with pale­brown scales to apical margin of segment II, inner surface pale brown intermixed with few brown scales; scape of antenna brown intermixed with few pale­brown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and pale­brown scales; male 4 th flagellomere not protuberant, 5 th and 6 th flagellomeres slightly excavated; proboscis brown. Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum with brown scales tipped with pale brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale­brown scales to apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig. 366): Length 5.0– 6.1 mm (n = 16), pale brown intermixed with brown scales; one short, dark­brown median streak near base; cell with 2 large, dark­brown oblique spots, 1 spot near middle, 1 spot near distal end [rubbed specimens with spots faint or missing]. Undersurface brown intermixed with pale­brown scales along costa. Hindwing: Pale brown. Abdomen (Fig. 237): Male with 3 transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga 2–3. Male Genitalia (Figs. 238–239): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted near ½, widely rounded apically, apex narrowly rounded and setose; gnathos setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing near 2 / 3 length, extending dorsally to base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from a shallow depression beyond a slanted, basal, digitate process to a slightly upturned dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate; furcae widely divergent, dorsal furca longer than ventral furca; sacculus twisted apically near midlength, widening distoventrally, forming a broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing an elongate and narrow, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened near 1 / 3 length, exposing a hollow, basal cavity. Female Genitalia: Unknown. Holotype, ɗ, “Quepos, 140 m, P[arque] N[acional] Manuel Antonio, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas], COSTA RICA, G. Varela &amp; R. Zuniga, Oct. 1990, L­S­371500, 449450”, “ INBio: COSTA RICA: CRI 000, 223005 ” [bar code label], “ INBio, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 612 ” [yellow label]. Paratypes (14 ɗ, 1 Ψ): 1 ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, Fca. de R. Rojas, 150 m, Prov. Limón, COSTA RICA, E. Rojas, Ene. 1992, L­N­ 286000, 567500 ”, “ CRI 000, 333010 ”, “Slide No. 701 ”; 1 ɗ, “ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150 m, 10 ° 26 'N, 84 °01'W, June 1994, INBio­OET”, “ 29 Junio 1994, Bosque primario, L/01/ 109 ”, “ CRI 001, 243845 ”, “Slide No. 901 ”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Bijagual, 500 m, Res. Biol. Carara, Prov. San José, COSTA RICA, Ene. 1991, R. Zuniga, L­N­ 191250, 474760”, “ CRI 000, 452515 ”, “Slide No. 808 ”; 11 ɗ, 1 Ψ, “Est. Sirena, 0–100 m, P. N. Corcovado, Prov. Punt.,, COSTA RICA, G. Fonseca, Jun. 1991, L­S­ 270500, 508300 ”, “ CRI 000, 646473 ”, “Slide No. 804 ”; “Mar.”, “ CRI 000, 447807 ”, “Slide No. 803 ”; “Set.”, “ CRI 000, 357742 ”; “ CRI 000, 357486 ”; “Jun.”, “ CRI 000, 646541 ”; “May”, “ CRI 000, 588113 ”; “ CRI 000, 563473 ”, “Slide No. 806 ”; “Jun.”, “ CRI 000, 646450 ”, “Slide No. 1030 ”, “ PARATYPE, <i>Glyphidocera guaroa</i> Adamski ”; “ Feb. 1992 ”, “ CRI 000, 621674 ”, “Slide No. 1091 ”; “ Jun. 1992 ”, “ CRI 000, 708208 ”, “Slide No. 1032 ”,; “Dic.”, “ CRI 000, 783807 ”, “Slide No. 1087 ”; “ Nov. 1990 ”, “ CRI 000, 183251 ”, “Slide No. 1085 ”, (8 in INBio, 6 in USNM). Distribution (Map 43): <i>Glyphidocera coturnicis</i> is known throughout north­central and south­central Costa Rica, east to a coastal site within the Corcovado National Park. Etymology: The species epithet <i>coturnicis</i> is derived from the Latin word for quail ­ coturnix.
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 136-137, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170793