Trichocera (Trichocera) tuberculifera Alexander, 1938

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Trichocera (Trichocera) tuberculifera Alexander, 1938

( Figs. 7 , 14–17 )

Trichocera tuberculifera Alexander, 1938: 131 , Figs. 2 , 25 .

Trichocera (Trichocera) tuberculifera: Dahl & Alexander 1976: 17 .

Distribution. This species is known only from the Seren Mountains of North Korea ( Alexander 1938). Examined material ( Fig. 42 ): 1 male (pinned), Holotype #6549, 1 female, Allotype (on the same pin), N. Korea, Seren Mts., alt. 5000 ft., 0 3.10.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky (USNM).

Notes. The species is only known from type specimens, no other records exist. Based on male genitalic structures, it resembles an ordinary T. hiemalis . At the time the type material was available for us this question didn’t arise, so a more thorough re-examination of the type and comparative material is needed to revise the status of T. tuberculifera .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Wings of: 1. Trichocera (Saltrichocera) sapporensis holotype, Japan, Sapporo, Sept. 1922, male (USNM); 2. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, male (NIBR); 3. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, female (NIBR); 4. T. (S.) maculipennis pictipennis Russia, Sidemi, 0 7.10. 1897, female (ZIN); 5. T. (S.) punctipennis India, Simla Hills, 25.04. 1907, male (BMNH) (part of the abdomen is visible through the basis of the wing); 6. T. (S.) punctipennis (Brunetti, 1912); 7. T. (T.) tuberculifera allotype, N. Korea, Seren Mts., 0 3.10. 1937, female (USNM); 8. T. (S.) latipons sp. nov., paratype, S. Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Jeokmok-ri, 25.10. 2015, male (KU); Male terminalia: 9. Paracladura rasnitsyni, North Korea, Ompo, 28.05. 1938, dorsal and lateral view with long hook-like parameres (USNM). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: p—parameres.

FIGURES 10 – 19. 10. T (S.) sapporensis holotype, Japan, Sapporo, Sept. 1922, male terminalia (USNM); 11. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, male terminalia (NIBR). 12. T. (S.) punctipennis India, Naini Tal., 0 1.03. 1934, Brit. Mus. 1934 – 263, male terminalia (BMNH). 13. T. (S.) punctipennis India, Naini Tal., 15.02. 1934, Brit. Mus. 1934 – 143, female terminalia (BMNH). Trichocera (T.) tuberculifera: 14 Allotype, female terminalia, 15 – 17 Holotype # 6549 male, N. Korea, Seren Mts., 0 3.10. 1937 (USNM); 15. tarsus with a claw; 16. antenna; 17. male terminalia. 18. T. (T.) hiemalis, S. Korea, Jeollabuk-do Province, Piagol village, 27.04. 2012, male terminalia (NIBR); 19. T. (T.) major holotype, Great Britain, Shefford Beds, 17.11. 1917, male terminalia (BMNH). Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: p—parameres.

FIGURES 20 – 30. 20. T. (T.) sakaguchii North Korea, Ompo, 0 3.11. 1937, male terminalia (USNM); 21. T. (M.) latilobata, male terminalia (from Alexander, 1938). 22. T. (S.) regelationis S. Korea, Gangwon-do Province, Jeokmok-ri, 0 2.01. 2015, male terminalia (KU); 23. T. (S.) sparsa S. Korea, Odaesan NP, 30.10 – 28.11.2013, male terminalia (NIBR); 24. T. (T.) sibirica North Korea, Seren Mountains, 0 3.10. 1937, male terminalia (USNM); 25. T. (T.) mirabilis N. Korea, Ompo, 0 5.11. 1937, male terminalia (USNM). Trichocera (Saltrichocera) latipons sp. nov. paratype male, S. Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Jeokmok-ri, 25.10. 2015 (KU): 26 – 27. Male terminalia; 28. Aedeagal complex, lateral view; 29. Tarsus with a claw; 30. Antennae, basal flagellomeres. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviation: b—gonocoxal bridge.

FIGURES 31 – 42. Collecting sites of Trichoceridae in Korean Peninsula. 31. Paracladura rasnitsyni; 32. T. (M.) latilobata; 33. T. (S.) latipons sp. nov.; 34. T. (S.) regelationis; 35. T. (S.) sparsa; 36. T. (S.) maculipennis punctipennis; 37. T. (T.) hiemalis; 38. T. (T.) major; 39. T. (T.) mirabilis; 40. T. (T.) sakaguchii; 41. T. (T.) sibirica; 42. T. (T.) tuberculifera.