Taophila (Lapita)

TAOPHILA (LAPITA) APHRODITA GÓMEZ-ZURITA, 2014

The original description of T. aphrodita noted the torsion of the penis of the single male available for analysis and it was interpreted as a possible anomaly ( Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2014). However, the study of a larger number of specimens for the current work has shown that this is a constant, diagnostic trait for the species ( Fig. 9), making these males easily distinguishable from any other known species, including the closely allied T. atlantis , which shows only a slight lateral torsion of the penis. Newly available data also helped to recognize a larger area of distribution of the species in central Grande Terre relative to our previous knowledge ( Fig. 6). Material examined: Province Sud: (1) one female, Col d’Amieu , top of hill, 21°37’S 165°49’E, 450 m, 9 February 2004, ad lucem, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (2) GoogleMaps two females, Col d’Amieu , 3 km from gate, loc. 2, 21°35.1’S 165°47.8’E, 500 m, 6 January 2007, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (3) GoogleMaps two females and two males, Col d’Amieu , 3.5 km from gate, loc. 3, 21°35.1’S, 165°4[...’E], 490 m, 6 Janury 2007, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (4) three females and one male, Col d’Amieu , 6.5–7.0 km to gate, -21.5868 165.7738, 450 m, 14 November 2008 (one female) and 15 November 2008 (two females, male), leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (5) GoogleMaps one male, Col d’Amieu , 7.6 km to gate, -21.57993 165.77128, 600 m, 15 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (6) GoogleMaps two females and one male, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Camp de la Houe , -21.61176 165.75406, 400 m, 13 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (7) GoogleMaps three males, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Aire des Araucarias , -21.61859 165.7557, 400 m, 14 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (8) GoogleMaps three females and two males, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères , track and forest N of Pic Vincent, -21.59929 165.77519, 670 m, 17 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (9) GoogleMaps six females and five males, Parc des Grandes Fougères , N of Pic Vincent, -21.5962 165.7765, 650 m at night (two females, two males), 650–680 m (four females, three males), 5 November 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (10) GoogleMaps one female and two males, Parc des Grandes Fougères , N of Pic Vincent, -21.6006 165.7749, 680 m, 5 November 2010, at light, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (11) GoogleMaps one male (IBE-JGZ-3938), Parc des Grandes Fougères , N of Pic Vincent, -21.6006 165.7749, 680 m, 5 November 2010, at light, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( IBE-JGZ); (12) GoogleMaps three females, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Aire des Carpolepis , -21.6152 165.7736, 550 m, 5 November 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (13) GoogleMaps six females and four males, Parc des Grandes Fougères , N of Pic Vincent, -21.5918 165.7745, 600–680 m, 6 November 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (14) GoogleMaps four females and one male (IBE-JGZ-3946), Parc des Grandes Fougères , N of Aire des Carpolepis, -21.6108 165.7753, 550–600 m, 6 November 2010, night beating, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (15) GoogleMaps three females and one male, Parc des Grandes Fougères , N of Aire des Carpolepis, -21.6095 165.7747, 550–600 m, 7 November 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (16) GoogleMaps nine females and four males, Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Pic Vincent track, -21.60948 165.77459, 640 m (one female), 600–670 m (eight females, four males), 17 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (17) GoogleMaps one female (IBE-JGZ-3942) and one male (IBE-JGZ-3939), Farino, Parc des Grandes Fougères, Pic Vincent track, -21.60948 165.77459, 600–670 m, 17 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( IBE-JGZ) GoogleMaps . Province Nord: (1) one female and one male, Col des Roussettes , rainforest E of river, -21.4080 165.5302, 520 m, 2 December 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (2) GoogleMaps one female, Aoupinié , road to sawmill, 21°09’S 165°19’E, 420–530 m, 7 February 2004, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (3) GoogleMaps one female, Aoupinié , gate, -21.18144 165.28785, 900 m, 27 November 2008, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (4) GoogleMaps one male, Aoupinié , refuge, -21.14890 165.32348, 400 m, 29 November 2008, beating rainforest, leg. M. Wanat ( MNHW); (5) GoogleMaps two females and one male (one with: IBE-JGZ-3963), Aoupinié, Goipin rd jct to gate, -21.18140 165.28790, 850–900 m, 20 November 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( MNHW); (6) GoogleMaps one male (IBE-JGZ-3963), Aoupinié, Goipin rd jct to gate, -21.18140 165.28790, 850–900 m, 20 November 2010, leg. M. Wanat and R. Ruta ( IBE-JGZ) GoogleMaps .