Sumangala badia Zelazny, 2011

Sumangala badia Zelazny View in CoL , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, about 4.0 mm long. Colour stramineous; mesonotum, pronotum, facial carinae, frons, fore femora, and fore- and middle tibiae dark reddish brown. Forewings clouded in middle, along apical cross-veins and apical margin, two light marks at R-Rs1 and M-Ms4 forks, veins stramineous to light brown. Hindwings colourless. Rostrum not reaching post trochanter. Forewings with bases of Cu and Ms1 touching but not merging; near the hindmargin, at the point where the cross-vein from Cu meets Cu1, another vein originates running towards, but not quite reaching the hind margin. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles widening towards end, which is truncated; proximal dorsal process short; distal dorsal process elongated, widening towards tip. Aedeagus with apical part short, ending in two short lobes, the right one flatter.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( badius, -a, -um = chestnut-coloured).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.0 mm), EAST MALAYSIA; labels: 1) B.N. BORNEO / Mt. Kinabalu/ Kamborangah/ 7000 ft / Mar: 30th, 1929 2) Ex F.M.S./ Museum/ B.M. 1955-354 3) Levu 4) Levu / sufflava/ Muir/ det./ R.G. Fennah ( BMNH).

Distribution. Borneo ( Sabah).

Diagnosis. Sumangala badia shows similarities to Su. delicatula Distant from Sri Lanka, but can be distinguished by the dark reddish brown colour of the mesonotum, pronotum, head and legs.