Meleonoma species

Wang, Shuxia, Zhu, Xiaoju & Tao, Zhulin, 2021, Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (III), with descriptions of eighteen new species, Zootaxa 4995 (2), pp. 303-333 : 315

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.5

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Meleonoma species
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Key to Meleonoma species of the fasciptera -group in China

(except M. argometra )

1 Uncus with spines distally.............................................................................. 2

- Uncus without spines distally........................................................................... 4

2 Uncus elongate rectangular, ventral margin of valva with a wide band produced to a free sickle-like process directed dorsad ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 33‒38 )........................................................................... M. tetrodonta sp. nov.

- Uncus trapezoidal, ventral margin of valva without above-mentioned band....................................... 3

3 Valva with a slightly curved clavate process at base ( Wang 2004: Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3−8 ).............................. M. denticulata

- Valva with a straight spine-shaped process at base ( Wang 2006a: Fig. 263)............................ M. zeloxantha

4 Sacculus with a clavate process at base on dorsal margin...................................................... 5

- Sacculus without a clavate process at base on dorsal margin................................................... 6

5 Valva with apex shallow concave below dorsoapical corner, aedeagus with cornuti ( Wang 2006b: Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3−8 ). M. falsitorophanes

- Valva with apex smoothly oblique, aedeagus without cornutus ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 33‒38 )........................ M. tenuiclavata sp. nov.

6 Valva with a curved, slender process from near base extending dorsad ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 33‒38 )............... M. ventrisinuata sp. nov.

- Valva without such a process............................................................................ 7

7 Valva with a spine on ventral surface..................................................................... 8

- Valva without a spine on ventral surface................................................................... 9

8 Valva with a spine beyond middle, sacculus triangular ( Wang 2004: Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )........................ M. proximideflecta

- Valva with a spine before middle, sacculus parallel from base to middle, then suddenly narrowed to apex ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 33‒38 ).......................................................................................... M. medispinea sp. nov.

9 Valva with a curved process at base on ventral margin....................................................... 10

- Valva without a process at base on ventral margin.......................................................... 11

10 Valva with a dorsoapical spine, basal process on ventral margin reaching before middle of valva ( Wang 2003: Fig. 15 View FIGURES 15‒20 )............................................................................................. M. stictifascia

- Valva without a dorsoapical spine, basal process on ventral margin exceeding apex of valva ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 33‒38 )................................................................................................... M. sinuaclavata sp. nov.

11 Transtilla with a roundly dilated hairy process at base ( Wang 2004: Fig. 7 View FIGURES 3−8 )............................. M. latifascia

- Transtilla without such a process at base.................................................................. 12

12 Costa deeply concave in U shape at preapex ( Wang 2004: Fig. 11 View FIGURES 9‒14 )................................. M. concaviuscula

- Costa not concave at preapex.......................................................................... 13

13 Uncus with an elongate clavate process at middle on dorsal surface ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33‒38 ).................. M. grandivalvula sp. nov.

- Uncus without such a process.......................................................................... 14

14 Sacculus with a slender medioapical process longer than sacculus ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 27‒32 )................... M. graciliclavata sp. nov.

- Sacculus without such a process medioapically............................................................ 15

15 Sacculus shorter than saccus ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 27‒32 )................................................ M. dilatifasciata sp. nov.

- Sacculus longer than saccus........................................................................... 16

16 Valva almost evenly wide ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 27‒32 )................................................... M. curvitaeniana sp. nov.

- Valva widened distally or narrowed distally............................................................... 17

17 Valva widened distally................................................................................ 18

- Valva narrowed or uniform distally...................................................................... 19

18 Sacculus elongate triangular, pointed at apex ( Wang 2004: Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3−8 ).................................. M. solifasciaria

- Sacculus sub-quadrate basally, produced to a short thumb-shaped process distally ( Wang 2004: Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 )........ M. muscosa

19 Valva uniform in width distally ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 27‒32 )................................................ M. arcivalvata sp. nov.

- Valva narrowed distally............................................................................... 20

20 Sacculus quadrangular basally, produced to a process distally................................................. 21

- Sacculus triangular, narrowed distally ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 27‒32 )............................................ M. fasciptera sp. nov.

21 Sacculus produced to a sub-rectangular process dorsoapically ( Zhu et al. 2020: Fig. 32 View FIGURES 27‒32 ).............. M. apicirectangula

- Sacculus produced to a triangular or a clavate process dorsoapically............................................ 22

22 Sacculus produced to a triangular dorsoapical process directed obliquely downward ( Wang 2003: Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9‒14 )... M. neargometra

- Sacculus produced to a clavate process dorsoapically....................................................... 23

23 Median height of tegumen before furcation longer than uncus ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 27‒32 )..................... M. chongqingensis sp. nov.

- Median height of tegumen before furcation shorter than uncus................................................ 24

24 Valva elongate triangular, relatively narrower ( Wang 2004: Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3−8 )..................................... M. spinifera

- Valva irregular quadrangular, relatively broad ( Wang 2003: Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3−8 )................................. M. kangxianensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Cosmopterigidae

Genus

Meleonoma

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Cosmopterigidae

Genus

Meleonoma

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