Prays inconspicua Yu et Li, 2004

Prays inconspicua Yu et Li, 2004

( Figs. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 22 , 35 View FIGURES 35 – 38 , 45 View FIGURES 44 – 48 )

Prays inconspicua Yu et Li, 2004: 16 . TL: China (Henan). TD: NKU.

Type material. CHINA: Holotype ♂, Henan Province: Ganshan [ 34.70°N, 111.10°E], Shan County, 1100 m, 1.VI.2000, coll. Meicai Wei, genitalia slide No. YHL00259. GoogleMaps

Other material. Hebei Province: 3 ♂, 3 ♀, Mt. Wuling, Xilong , 1000 m, 15–17.VI.2014, coll. Shurong Liu et al., genitalia slide Nos. CPX15146 ♀ , CPX15158♂; Liaoning Province: 1 ♂, Heshangmaozi, Benxi , 25.VI.2010, coll. Jiayu Liu and Yanpeng Cai, genitalia slide No. CPX16022.

Diagnosis. Adul ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 22 ) with wingspan 12.0–14.0 mm. The male genitalia of P. inconspicua are close to those of P. acinacea sp. nov. and P. gamma Moriuti, 1977 by having a pair of incurved socii with thorn-shaped distal part. Prays inconspicua can be distinguished from P. acinacea sp. nov. by the relatively narrow valva, and the aedeagus almost as long as the valva ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 35 – 38 ), while in P. acinacea sp. nov., the valva is broad and the aedeagus is approximately 1.5 times the length of the valva; from P. gamma by the tegumen with the lateral band oblique outwards anteriorly, which is more or less oblique inwards in P. gamma ( Moriuti, 1977: Plate XXII, fig. 250). In appearance, P. inconspicua is similar to P. dorsiprotrusa sp. nov., P. helanshana sp. nov. and P. delta Moriuti, 1977 , and the differences are stated respectively under each of the latter three species.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 44 – 48 ): Apophyses posteriores about three times length of apophyses anteriores. Lamella postvaginalis being a pair of adjacent triangular processes bearing long setae. Ostium bursae large and rounded.

Ductus bursae 2/5 length of corpus bursae, evenly sclerotized; ductus seminalis arising from connection between ductus bursae and corpus bursae. Corpus bursae nearly oviform; signum large, sub-quadrate, edged with denticles, placed close to posterior margin.

Distribution. China ( Hebei, Henan, Liaoning).

Notes. The female is described for the first time.