Saridoscelis kodamai Moriuti, 1961

Saridoscelis kodamai Moriuti, 1961 View in CoL

( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1‒6 , 10 View FIGURES 7‒11 , 13 View FIGURES 12‒14 )

Saridoscelis kodamai Moriuti, 1961: 65 View in CoL . TL: Japan. TD: OPU.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1‒6 ). Wingspan 13.0‒ 15.5 mm. Saridoscelis kodamai can be distinguished by the socii with 5‒7 sclerotized plates of fringed sensillae, the tegumen with a pair of conical processes, the spherical ventral plate of the gnathos, and the valva widened medially in the male genitalia ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 7‒11 ); the large lamella postvaginalis widened medially, and the long, oval corpus bursae in the female genitalia ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 12‒14 ). It is similar to S. baoshana Wang , sp. nov. in the male genitalia, and the differences between them are stated in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Material examined. CHINA, Guangxi: 1♁, Mt. Daming , 1250 m, 24.V.2011, leg. LL Yang & YH Mou, slide No. LHY21763 ; Guizhou: 1♀, Jinding, Mt. Fanjing , 2100 m, 31.VII.2001, leg. HH Li & XP Wang, slide No. JQ07347.

Distribution. China ( Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan), Japan, Korea, Russia.

Remarks. According to Moriuti (1961), the socii of S. kodamai have 5‒6 sclerotized plates. In this study, we found the socii of an individual have 7 sclerotized plates.