A revision of the genus Deltote RL and its allied genera from Japan ...
A revision of the genus Deltote RL and its allied genera from Japan ...
A revision of the genus Deltote RL and its allied genera from Japan ...
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112 Kyoichiro Ueda<br />
5. Tegumen moderately large; uncus long, slender falciform <strong>and</strong><br />
strongly sclerotized; fenestrula more or less distinguished <strong>from</strong><br />
adjoiningsclerites by distinctive suture or distinctly concaved when<br />
this suture is absent; ventral portion <strong>of</strong> tegumen enlarged; base <strong>of</strong><br />
costa strongly produced dorsally 6<br />
— Tegumen very long <strong>and</strong> slender; uncus short <strong>and</strong> thin; fenestrula<br />
not recognizable; ventral portion <strong>of</strong> tegumen not enlarged; base <strong>of</strong><br />
costa notproduced dorsally<br />
Sugia gen. nov.<br />
6. Cucullus4-harpe long; process <strong>of</strong> sacculus small or absent, <strong>and</strong> if<br />
it is present, this process is situated on distal corner <strong>of</strong> sacculus with<br />
irregular dentations on <strong>its</strong> tip 7<br />
— Cucullus+harpe short; process <strong>of</strong>sacculus verylarge<strong>and</strong> broad, <strong>and</strong><br />
present on <strong>the</strong> middle portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dorsal margin <strong>of</strong> sacculus<br />
Protodeltote gen. nov.<br />
7. Hairs <strong>of</strong> male antenna long; sacculus very large <strong>and</strong> swollen at<br />
middle; phallus with cornuti<br />
Koyaga gen. nov.<br />
— Antenna <strong>of</strong> male minutely ciliated; sacculus moderately large <strong>and</strong><br />
not swollen at middle; phallus without cornuti <strong>Deltote</strong> R. L.<br />
8. Dorsal margin <strong>of</strong> cucullus4-harpe smooth; inner margin <strong>of</strong><br />
cucullus4-harpe concaved; reniform <strong>and</strong> claviform stigmata<br />
entirely absent<br />
Micardia Butler<br />
— Dorsal margin <strong>of</strong> cucullus+harpe irregularly rugged; inner wall <strong>of</strong><br />
cucullus+harpe not concaved; reniform, orbicular <strong>and</strong> claviform<br />
stigmata present<br />
Pseudodeltote gen. nov.<br />
5. Descriptions <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> <strong>genera</strong><br />
Type-species:<br />
5-1. Genus Protodeltote gen. nov.<br />
(Figs. 9, 10)<br />
Phalaena pygarga Hufnaoel, 1766 (Berl. Mag. 3: 408, by present designation.)<br />
Frons smooth without prominences; labial palpus upturned, <strong>its</strong> tip reaching<br />
to vertex <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2nd fringed with scales in front; antenna ventrally minutely<br />
ciliated in male, <strong>and</strong> more sparsely <strong>and</strong> shorter ciliated in female. The<br />
number<strong>of</strong>dorsal crests <strong>of</strong>abdomen varied <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> basal one to four amongeach<br />
species. Fore wing with rounded apex; termen excurved at vein 4; 9 <strong>and</strong> 10<br />
anastomosing with 8 formingan areole. Hind wing with veins3 <strong>and</strong> 4 not stalked<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>from</strong> lower angle <strong>of</strong> cell; 5 well developed <strong>and</strong> <strong>from</strong> below middle <strong>of</strong> discocellulars.<br />
Wing pattern various <strong>from</strong> typical noctudis form to much modified<br />
one.
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