Abantiades tembyi Moore & Beaver, 2020

Moore, Michael D., Beaver, Ethan P., Velasco-Castrillón, Alejandro & Stevens, Mark I., 2020, Description of two new Australian species of Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and females of two further species with notes on their biogeography, Zootaxa 4822 (1), pp. 71-93 : 80

Abantiades tembyi Moore & Beaver , sp. nov.

Figs 2b , 4 a–d.

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FIGURE 2. Males. (a) Holotype Abantiades cephalocorvus sp. nov. SAMA, 1♂, South Australia, Eyre Pen., Goog’s Lake, 31o34’44.7”S, 135o58’51.5”E, 28th May 2016. J. Forrest. Dissected M.D. Moore. Leg taken for DNA analysis (Spec. No. 1611, sample designation M 018). SAMA No. 31-019757. (b) Holotype Abantiades tembyi sp. nov. SAMA, 1 ♂, South Australia, Eyre Pen., Ceduna, 32o07’27.5” S, 133o49’27.3” E, 28th March 2014, N. Temby. SAMA No. 31-021033.

FIGURE 4. Abantiades tembyi sp. nov. (Paratype, South Australia, Eyre Pen., Ceduna, 32o07’27.5” S, 133o49’27.3” E, 28th April 2014, N. Temby. Dissected M.D. Moore. Leg taken for DNA analysis Spec. No. S 043, DNA sample designation M032 (a) lateral view genitalia, (b) ventral view genitalia, (c) posterior view genitalia, (d) sternite VIII. Morphological structures: am: anterior margin; Brt: basal rim of the pseudotegumen; Dav: distal-posterior arm of vinculum; Dipm: disto-posterior margin; Dopc: dorso-posterior corner; Dopm: dorso-posterior margin; Dpp: disto-posterior process; pm: posterior margin; Sba: anterior margin of dorsal face of saccus; Sbf: dorsal face of saccus; Sbp: posterior margin of dorsal face of saccus; Scu: sacculus; Sfa: anterior margin of ventral face of saccus; Sff: ventral face of saccus; Sfp: posterior margin of ventral face of saccus; Tpr: dorso-distal twin processes; Va: apodemal vinculum; Vl: valva; Vpa: ventral pseudoteguminal arm; Vpm: ventro-posterior margin.