Rooiklipia michaelmeyi, Mey & Léger, 2021

Mey, Wolfram & Léger, Théo, 2021, Description of a new endemic genus of the Namib Desert and adjacent biomes in Namibia (Tineoidea: Tineidae: Hapsiferinae), Metamorphosis 32 (1), pp. 36-42 : 40

Rooiklipia michaelmeyi spec. nov. ( Figs 2 , 4 , 6 , 9B–C )

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Holotype ♂: Namibia, Kunene, Outjo District, Otjikondo, Holstein Farm , 1200 m, 19°45′S 15°30′ E, 13.iii.2005, LF, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 57/19, DNA Voucher MFNLEP417 , (no molecular data) ( MFN).

Paratypes: 1♂, same data as holotype, genitalia slide Mey 03/21, DNA Voucher MFNLEP418 , (no molecular data) ( MFN) ; 1♀, Namibia, Kunene, Palmwag Lodge , 12.iii.2005, LF, leg. W. Mey, genitalia in glycerine vial ( MfN) ; 1♀, Namibia, Otjozondjupa, Okahandja District, Erichsfelde Farm , BIOTA observatory, 1349 m, 21°35.447′S 16°56.174′E, 2.iii.2003, LF, leg. K. Vohland, genitalia slide Mey 7/21, DNA Voucher MFNLEP421 , (BOLD process ID TINEI007-21 , Genbank accession number MZ334981 ), ( MFN) ; 2♀, same locality, 19– 21.iii.2003, leg. W. Mey, genitalia slide Mey 14/21 ( MFN) .

Male facies ( Fig. 2 ): Forewing length 9 mm (♂) – 10 mm (♀), wingspan 19–21 mm. External characters as in generic description; wing venation in Fig. 4 .

Male genitalia ( Fig. 6 ): Vinculum with long, triangular saccus, pointed at caudal tip; valvae truncate at apex, costal ridge elongated and separated by weak fold from broad sacculus on median side; phallus slightly longer than valvae, broad at base becoming narrower and slightly curved distally in horizontal plain, apex pointed, genital opening subapically on right side.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 9 B-C): Ostium as flat opening in the middle of sternum VIII near basal margin, antrum of elongate, asymmetrically triangular form acute towards ductus bursae, surface of inner side of antrum with granulated structure. Apophyses anteriores not divided apically; papillae analis elongate, with short sensillae.

Etymology: The species is dedicated to Michael Mey, brother of the first author, on occasion of his 60 th birthday. He was the driver of the expedition team that camped at the Holstein farm in 2005, where the new species was discovered.

Figures

Figure 2 – Rooiklipia michaelmeyi spec. nov., male holotype, Holstein guest farm.

Figure 4 – Rooiklipia michaelmeyi spec. nov., wing venation.

Figure 6 – Rooiklipia michaelmeyi spec. nov., male genitalia, A: lateral, B: ventral, C: dorsal.

Figure 9 – Rooiklipia spec., female genitalia, A: R. mirabib, ventral; B–C: R. michaelmeyi spec. nov., B: ventral, C: lateral.