Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay 1998
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay in Hreblay et al. 1998: 135. Type species: Himalaea unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, by original designation. Diagnosis. Adult males have bipectinate antennae and brownish-grey coloration. The main diagnostic feature in the clasping apparatus is an enlarged outgrown ampulla (digitus sensu Saldaitis et al. 2022), whereas the ampulla of other Psaphidini, if present, is smaller and does not rise above the surface of the valva. The vesica has anterior and posterior elasmas at the base of the vesica ejaculatorius, which are flat, sclerotized plates or raised, volumetric, sclerotized plates with serrated surfaces. Elasma occur in some other genera of Psaphidini: Valeria Stephens, 1829, Meganephria Hübner, 1820, Benedekia Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010, and Allophyes Tams, 1942; however, the combination of robust ampulla and both anterior and posterior elasmas are unique within the tribe. Taxonomic synopsis Subgenus Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 Himalaea (Himalaea) unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 Subgenus Macrohimalaea subgen. nov. Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) batanga Saldaitis, Benedek & Volynkin, 2022, stat. nov. Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) silvana sp. nov.
Authors: Chen, Enyong, Prozorov, Alexey M., Saldaitis, Aidas, Yakovlev, Roman V., Müller, Günter C., Zhou, Yonghong
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930730218
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