Naarda furcatella Tóth & Ronkay 2015, sp. n.
Creators: name: Tóth, Balázs
name: Ronkay, László
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Naarda
Naarda furcatella

description: Naarda furcatella sp. n.
(Figs 6, 18, 32, 35)
Holotype. m, Thailand: KanchannaburibyRiverKwaiResotel, 19–22.VII.2003, leg. M. Fibiger; slide No. TB 447m (coll. MF, ZMUC).
Paratypes. Thailand: 3 m, 2 f, withthesamedataastheholotype; slideNosTB 419m, TB422f, TB659f, TB675f (coll. MF, ZMUC and HNHM); 1 f, Prov. Chiang Mai, 500 m, Mae Suai, CharinGardenResort, 99°35’E, 19°47’N, 2.XI.2002, leg. B. Herczig & G. Ronkay; slide No. TB 682f (coll. HNHM).
Indonesia: 4 f, West- Sumatra, Bukittinggi, 980 m 00°15’30S / 100°21’13E 19.-23. II.2002. leg. M. Fibiger & K. Larsen; slide Nos TB 415f, TB650f, TB680f (coll. MF, ZMUC); 1 f, West- Sumatra, BatangPalupuh, 880 m, 7 km. N. Bukittinggi, 00°14’34S / 100°09’13E; 21.II.2002; leg. M. Fibiger & K. Larsen (coll. MF, ZMUC); 1 f, North- Sumatra, HutuPadang (Asahan), RiverSilau, 48 kmSEP. Siantar, NearSialangoman, 220 m, 13.II.2002. leg. M. Fibiger & K. Larsen; slide No. TB 417f (coll. MF, ZMUC).
Cambodia: 1 f, Mondolkiriprov.; SeimaBiodiversityConservationArea, road Seima–O’Rang; 12°15’44”N 107°03’49”E, 360 m; No. 88, 27-29.I.2006, atlight; leg. G. Csorba & G. Ronkay; slideNo. TB798f (coll. HNHM).
Taxonomy. Thisspeciesisverysimilarexternallyto N. atrata, butthemale genitaliashowconspicuoussimilaritiestocertainundescribedAfricanspecies.
Description. Wingspan 10.5–12 mm, lengthofforewing 5–6 mm. Thisisoneofthe smallest Naarda species. Antennaefiliform, ciliatewithsetae. Ciliationuniquely (slightly) moredenseinfemalethaninmale. Lengthofcilia 1.5 timesthediameterofflagellumin male, halfthediameterinfemale. Setaealsolongerinmale; 2.5 timeslongerthandiameter offlagellum, infemaleonly 1.5 timeslonger. Labialpalpsfourtimesdiameterofeyesin male, nearly 2.5 timesinfemale; 3rdsegmentsmall, itstiplight; 2ndsegmentbroad, dorsal scaleslong, theirdorsaledgeconvex, inmalenearlydomed. Scale-hoodofvertexnarrowbasedandrelativelylonginmale, broad-basedandshortinfemale. Characteristicwing patternfeatures: patternandgroundcoloursimilarinbothsexes (butthefemalespecimens areworn); forewingcostanotconcaveinmale; groundcolourdarkgrey; subterminalline hardlyvisible, sinuouswithsmall, equalstreaksdirectedinwards; postmediallinedarker thangroundcolour, moresinuousthansubterminalline, stronglyangledinwardsbelow cell; antemedialandmediallinesalsopresent. Reniformstigmaflask- orpear-shaped, brightyellow, bottomthirdwithbig, blackishdot, darkedgeofreniformfragmentedinto shortsections; orbicularstigmawell- marked, asyellowasreniformstigmaandfullyencircledwithdarkline. Groundcolourofhindwinglikethatofforewinginfemale, palerin male; tracesoffasciaepresentatinnermarginonly.
Malegenitalia (Fig. 6). Uncusrelativelylong, slightlydilatedtowardsapex, itstip abruptlypointedtoahook- likestructure. Scaphiumaslongasuncus, slightlysinuous. Vinculumaslongastegumen. Saccusnarrow-basedbutlong, slightlytapering, itstip rounded. Juxtarounded. Valvarelativelyshort, edgesofmedialhalfparallel, basalpartrelativelybroad; costalprocesslarge, biggestinthislineage, broadlytriangularwithpointed andslightlydistallycurvedtip. Apicalfusedstructureaswideascostalprocess, verylong (1/3rdofthewholevalvallength), slightlytapering, itstipslightlycurvedupwards. Sacculusverybroadatbase, apicallytapering. Aedeagusthick, straight, withwell- developed carinalprocess. Vesica (partiallyeverted) withtwo, strongandcurvedcornuti, butwithout scobination.
Femalegenitalia (Fig. 18). Ovipositorlobesrounded. Apophysesthick, especially apophysesanteriores. Apophysesposteriores 1.6 timeslongerthanapophysesanteriores. LobesofsternumA7 long, rounded. Sinuslong, itsbaseextremelynarrow, slightlydilated distally. Posteriorendofductusbursaebroad, butgraduallytaperingtowardscorpusbursae. Colliculumwelldeveloped, sclerotised, funnel- shaped, coveringposteriortwo- thirds ofductusbursae. Corpusbursaeglobular, withseveralwide, curved, denselyscobinate bands; anteriorlywithbroad, verylong, slightlycurvedcervixbursaebeingtwiceaslong asrestofthecorpusbursae.
Diagnosis. Themalegenitaliaofthisnewspeciesaresomewhatsimilar to those of N. glauculalis, but the uncus is narrower in N. furcatella than in N. glauculalis, thesaccusismuchlonger, thedistalfusedstructureofthevalva islongerandprocess- like, theaedeagusislesscurved, thevesicaisarmedby twostrongcornuti, andastrikinglylongcostalprocessispresentinthevalva.
Thefemalegenitaliaof N. furcatella arereminiscenttothoseof N. ineffectalis sensuHolloway (Figs 20–21), butinthenewspeciesthesternumA7 is longer, thecorpusbursaeislesselongate, globular, andmorescobinatethan in N. ineffectalis.
Etymology. Thespeciesnamewasinspiredbythebifurcatevalvaofthemalegenitalia.
Distribution. ThisspeciesisfoundinthecentralpartofThailand, inCambodiaand onSumatraIsland.
description: Published as part of Tóth, Balázs & Ronkay, László, 2015, Revision Of The Palaearctic And Oriental Species Of The Genus Naarda (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae) Part 2. Description Of Ten New Species From Asia, pp. 3-23 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 61 (1) on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.17109/AZH.61.1.3.2015, http://zenodo.org/record/5734508