Groenendaelia kinabaluensis (Gaede, 1933)

Groenendaelia kinabaluensis (Gaede, 1933) View in CoL

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Cossus kinabaluensis Gaede, 1933 , Indo-Austr. Spinn. Schw.: 809, fg. 93i.

Type locality: Kina Balu [Borneo].

Type material: holotype (male) in MfN, examined.

Material examined. Malaysia: Holotype, male, Kina Balu , 12–1500 m, N. O. Borneo, 1893, Waterstradt, coll. Staudinger ( MfN); 1 male, Malaysia, Cameron Highland, SW Ringlet, 14.02.2001 ( MSW); 6 males, Borneo sept., Mt. Trus Madi, 1150−1200 m, 1− 7.04.1997, leg. B. & K. Martini (MWM, Gentalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 9276); 1 female, Borneo sept., Mt. Trus Madi, 1150−1200 m, 4− 24.04.2002, leg. Martini (MWM, Gentalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 33.231). Thailand: 1 male, Thailand, Changwat Nan, 5 km N of Bo Luang, 1000 m, 12.11.1999., leg. Marton Hreblay (MWM, Gentalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 9278); 1 male, Thailand, Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao Hill R., 20.07.2001, leg. Hentschel & Petrányi (MWM, Gentalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 33.235). Laos: 1 male, Laos, Phu-Soai Dao, 07.1996, Stumpe Felix ( MSW). Mynmar: 1 male, S-Burma, Tenasserim, Davna, 3 sept. 1995, leg. Steincke & Lehmann ( MWM); 7 males, SBurma, Tenasserim, Khao-Vai, 1000 m, 04-06.1996, 99.30E; 13.14N, leg. Steincke & Lehmann (MWM, Gentalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 9277). Indonesia: 1 male, Indonesien, Borneo, Kalimantan, Selatan Prv., 30 km E Kandangan, 800 m, 15 km NE Loksado, 09.1997, rainforest, leg. Jakl ( MWM); 2 males, Sumatra, NW Aceh, Mt. Silawa , 600 m, 84 km ostlich Banda-Aceh, 23− 28.3.1993, leg. Dr. R. Brechlin ( MWM); 1 male, North Sumatra, Huta Padang, 310 m, 99º11′E, 2º28′N; 15.03.1993, leg. Dr. R. Brechlin ( MWM); 2 males, Indonesia, Western Sumatra, Mt. Sanggul , env. Laudai, H – 1200−1450 m, leg. S. Jakl ( MWM). GoogleMaps

Description of female ( Fig. 3 View Figures 1−5 ). Length of fore wing 40 mm. Antenna simple, not pectinate. Wing pattern resembles that of male. Fore wing slightly wider than in male. Wing mottled: wide dark-brown portion discally from costal edge to medial trunk, light-brown portion with bright dark-brown stroke between CuA 2 and A 1+2 from medial trunk to rear edge of wing, wide dark-brown portion postdiscally, light-creamy portion with dense reticulated brown pattern submarginally and apically. Hind wing grey without pattern. Fringe on all wings mottled: brown at veins, creamy between veins.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 6 View Figures 6−8 ). Ovipositor long, with transverse notches on lateral surfaces; papillae anales cylindrical; apophyses posteriores twice longer than apophyses anteriores; VII sternum strongly sclerotized, consisting of two semicircular parts; ostium poorly submerged; antrum funnel-shaped, strongly sclerotized; ductus bursae copulatrix wide, relatively short, membranous; bursa copulatrix bag-like, elongated, without signa.

Distribution. Southern Myanmar ( Tanintharyi Province), Northern Thailand ( Nan and Chiang Mai Provinces), Laos ( Sainyabuli Province), Malaysia (Malayan Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia ( Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra). New record for Laos.

Composition. Monotypic genus.

Taxonomic position. Morphologically, the genus Groenendaelia Yakovlev, 2004 is most close to the neotropical genus Miacora Dyar, 1905 ( Type species: Cossus tropicalis Schaus, 1904 ) ( Figs 5 View Figures 1−5 , 8 View Figures 6−8 ). Their similarity was already discussed by us ( Yakovlev 2014: 58). In the present study, we unite the two genera into one tribe.