Promalactis
Creators: name: Du, Zhaohui
name: Li, Houhun
name: Wang, Shuxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Oecophoridae
Promalactis

description: Key to species of Promalactis from Hainan Province based on male genitalia
1 Aedeagus with an apical spine or apical process............................................................. 2
- Aedeagus without apical spine or apical process............................................................ 6
2 Aedeagus without cornutus.............................................................................. 3
- Aedeagus with cornutus............................................................................... 4
3 Gnathos tongue-shaped (fig. 20)........................................................... P. c a r i n a t a sp. nov.
- Gnathos hooked (fig. 22)............................................................. P. uncignatha sp. nov.
4 Gnathos with a small apical process (fig. 21).................................................. P. serrata sp. nov.
- Gnathos without apical process.......................................................................... 5
5 Valva with a oxhorn-shaped dorsoapical process (fig. 17)..................................... P. tauricornis sp. nov.
- Valva with a spine-like dorsoapical process (fig. 13)........................................ P. rostriformis sp. nov.
6 Uncus concave at middle on posterior margin............................................................... 7
- Uncus tapering to apex................................................................................ 8
7 Saccus broad, semicircular, with a papillary process anteriorly (fig. 16)........................ P. hainanensis sp. nov.
- Saccus slender, club-shaped, without process anteriorly (Wang et al. 2009, fig. 19)................ P. semantris (Meyrick)
8 Aedeagus without cornutus............................................................................ 9
- Aedeagus with cornutus.............................................................................. 11
9 Costa with a large thorn-like spine near base (fig. 15)...................................... P. apicisetifera sp. nov.
- Costa without thorn-like spine near base................................................................. 10
10 Juxta with a large ovate cluster of fine spines on distal 1/3 (fig. 14)............................ P. fascispinata sp. nov.
- Juxta without ovate cluster of fine spines (Wang 2006, fig. 51)............................... P. jezonica (Matsumura)
11 Juxta slender, with lateral lobes tapering distally............................................................ 12
- Juxta very broad, without lateral lobes; or slender, with lateral lobes bifurcate distally.............................. 14
12 Gnathos with an apical process (Lvovsky 2000, fig. 28).................................. P. multimaculella Lvovsky
- Gnathos without apical process......................................................................... 13
13 Cornutus very small (fig. 18).............................................................. P. clavata sp. nov.
- Cornutus long, about 2/5 length of aedeagus (fig. 19)......................................... P. lunularis sp. nov.
14 Juxta slender, with lateral lobes bifurcate distally (Wang et al. 2009, fig. 12)..... P. similinfulata Wang, Kendrick & Sterling
- Juxta very broad, without lateral lobes (Wang 2006, Fig. 92)...................................... P. simplex Wang
description: Published as part of Du, Zhaohui, Li, Houhun & Wang, Shuxia, 2011, Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Hainan Province, China, pp. 49-64 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200914