Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Kovtunovich, V. N. & Streltzov, A. N., 2020, Two new species and new records of many-plumed moths of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa with corld catalogue of the genus, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 423-427 : 427

Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Figs 5–7 .

Microschismus premnias Meyrick 1913: 269 . Type locality: KwaZulu-Natal: Pinetown. Type material (lectotype, designated here) in TMSA, examined.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀, ( CUK, gen. pr. Nr. 318), SOUTH AFRICA: Free State, Golden Gate Highlands Nat. Park , 28°30´S, 28°34´E, h 1870 m, 26.ii–04.iii.2018, Kovtunovich V., Udovichenko P., Yakovlev R. leg.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales long, narrow. Posterior apophyses slightly shorter than anterior ones. Antrum wide, goblet-like. Ductus very short, immediately turning into oval bursa copulatrix. Signum round, sclerotized, well expressed, located in center of bursa.

DISTRIBUTION. Rep.S. Africa:KwaZulu Natal, Free State .

REMARKS. Syntype (male from Pinetown, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal: South Africa]) designated here as lectotype of M. premnias Meyrick, 1913 . Second syntype (female from Three Sisters, 6.iii.1911, A.J.T. Janse [Northern Cape, South Africa]) designated here as paralectotype, refers to the previously described M. antennatus Fletcher, 1909 . Recorded for Free State for the first time.

Figures

Figs 5–7. Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913: 5 — adult (Lectotype, TMSA); 6 — male genitalia (Lectotype, TMSA gen.pr. Nr. 15966); 7 — female genitalia (CUK, gen.pr. Nr. 318). Рис. 5–7. Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913: 5 — имаго (лектотип, TMSA); 6 — гениталии самца (лектотип, TMSA gen.pr. Nr. 15966); 7 — гениталии самки (CUK, gen.pr. Nr. 318).