[Entomology • 2024] Pacifimusotima kosrena • New Genus and Species of the Musotiminae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Federated States of Micronesia, including two newly combined species

Pacifimusotima kosrena Ko & Solis,  

in Ko, Solis, Lees et Dasari, 2024. 

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.6 

 Researchgate.net/publication/383291654

Abstract

Pacifimusotima kosrena Ko & Solis, gen. nov. & sp. nov., is described from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). We newly combine Parthenodes eugethes (Tams, 1935), comb. nov. and Parthenodes rectangulalis (Kenrick, 1907), comb. nov. in Pacifimusotima Ko & Solis. Illustrations of adults, genitalia, and brief remarks on related species are provided.

Lepidoptera, new genus, new species, new combination, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean

 1−8. Adults of Pacifimusotima and Parthenodes spp.
 1a. Pacifimusotima kosrena Ko & Solis, sp. nov., holotype, male, Kosrae, Micronesia; 1b. Pacifimusotima kosrena Ko & Solis, sp. nov., paratype, female, Kosrae, Micronesia; 2. Pacifimusotima rectangulalis comb. nov., male, Chuuk, Micronesia, USNMENT01894106, USNM genitalia slide no. 116393; 3. Pacifimusotima eugethes, comb. nov., male, Apia, Samoa, USNMENT01894135;
4. Parthenodes hydrocampalis (co-type), NHMUK015666233; 5. Parthenodes parallelalis (= P. paralleloidalis), holotype, Chanchamayo, Peru, NHMUK015666232; 6. Parthenodes bisangulata, holotype, Sikkim, India, NHMUK013699575;
7. Pacifimusotima rectangulalis, comb. nov., syntype, Ekeikei, Papua New Guinea, NHMUK010919370; 8. Parthenodes nigriplaga, syntype, Khasia Hill, Meghalaya, India, NHMUK013699595.

 Head of Pacifimusotima kosrena Ko & Solis, sp. nov. 
9. Dorsal view; 10. Lateral view.   

Distribution. Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae), Samoa, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Borneo.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the prefix " Pacifi," from "Pacific Ocean," and the suffix " Musotima ," from the type genus " Musotima ". Gender is feminine.

Jae-Ho Ko, M. Alma Solis, David C. Lees, Austin Albert Dasari. 2024. Pacifimusotima Ko & Solis, New Genus and Species of the Musotiminae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Federated States of Micronesia, including two newly combined species.  Zootaxa. 5497(1); 111-122. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.6

  Researchgate.net/publication/383291654_Pacifimusotima_new_genus_and_species_from_F_S_Micronesia

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