Saccharodite solitaria Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 174

Saccharodite solitaria Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings broad, 1.8 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.3 mm. Colour stramineous; fore and middle femora with longitudinal red stripes, fore and middle tibiae tinted with red, on hind legs junction of femora and tibiae with a red mark; abdomen stramineous to light brown. Forewings glassy, very faintly yellowish grey from apex of Cu to base of Ms1, around base of Ms2, and along apical crossveins; veins stramineous, but most parts of costal margin orange-red; base of Sc+R without dark spots. In profile junction of vertex and face rounded; subantennal processes not connected to margins of facial carinae; rostrum reaching hind coxae. Forewings with Sc+R fork distad of middle of wing; basal median cell broad, about 2x wider than basal cell between Sc+R and M; a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles oval; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long. Apical part of aedeagus short and simple, slightly curved ventrad at the tip, and with a shallow dorsal impression.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (solitarius, -a, -um = solitary).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.3 mm), INDONESIA: PAPUA; labels: 1) NEW GUINEA: NETH./ Bodem , 100m, 11 km / SE of Oerberfaren / July 7–17,1959 2) T. C. Maa / Collector / BISHOP ( BPBM).

Distribution. Island of New Guinea.

Diagnosis. Saccharodite solitaria resembles closely Sa. lutea Zelazny from the Philippines. It can be distinguished by the red stripes on fore and middle femora, and by the costal margin of the forewings being nearly completely orange-red.