Dichotropis brevis Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 32-33

Dichotropis brevis Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewing length about 4.1 mm. Colour stramineous, margins of facial carinae light brown; forewings colourless. Facial carinae clearly separated. Male anal segment with short lateral processes. Genital styles with apex truncate, dorsal processes slender, at the inside near the base a small rounded process, about twice as long as wide, its tip bearing short bristles. Apical part of aedeagus flat, with a dorsal longitudinal impression, the left side slightly longer apically; without lobes or processes.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( brevis , -is, -e = short).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.1 mm), INDONESIA: PAPUA, labels: 1) NEW GUINEA: NETH./ Cyclops Mts.: Ifar / 300 m, VI.21.1959 2) T. C. Maa / Collector / BISHOP ( BPBM).

Distribution. New Guinea.

Diagnosis. Dichotropis brevis is indistinguishable externally from D. nivea sp. nov., D. straatmani sp. nov., and D. peregrina sp. nov., all three also found in New Guinea. The males can be recognized by the short process on the inside of the genital styles.