Bioresource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Korea.
Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, CB, 28644 Korea.
Zootaxa. 2021 Jun 15;4985(3):359370. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.3.3.
A new genus Viperinus Park, gen. nov., belonging to Torodorinae (Lecithoceridae), is proposed, with descriptions of two new species, V. orbiosus Park Koo sp. nov. from Kenya and V. pyknoistus Park Koo, sp. nov. from Uganda. Furthermore, two new species of Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925, P. oculiella Park Koo, sp. nov. and P. morogorensis Park Koo, sp. nov., are described from Kenya and Tanzania, respectively. In addition, P. petiliella Park, 2020 is reported for the first time from Tanzania. The new genus, Viperinus is very similar to Protolychnis in the superficial characters, but it is separated from the latter by having unique characters in genitalia: a pair of processes arising from base of each valva in the male genitalia and a polygonal signal plate in the female genitalia. Images of adults and genitalia of the four new species are provided, and a checklist of Protolychnis Meyrick is also given.
新属 Viperinus Park，gen. nov.，隶属于 Torodorinae（Lecithoceridae），提出了两个新种，来自肯尼亚的 V. orbiosus Park Koo sp. nov. 和来自乌干达的 V. pyknoistus Park Koo，sp. nov.。此外，还描述了来自肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚的两种新的 Protolychnis Meyrick，1925，P. oculiella Park Koo，sp. nov. 和 P. morogorensis Park Koo，sp. nov.。此外，P. petiliella Park，2020 首次报道来自坦桑尼亚。新属 Viperinus 在表面特征上与 Protolychnis 非常相似，但它通过生殖器的独特特征与后者分开：一对从每个瓣的基部生出的突起在雄性生殖器和多边形信号板在雌性生殖器。提供了四个新种的成虫和生殖器的图像，并给出了 Protolychnis Meyrick 的清单。
