Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsges.m.b.H.; Natural History Collections; Krajnc-Str. 1; A-6060 Hall in Tirol; Austria.
Natural History Museum; University of Oslo; P.O. Box 1172 Blindern; NO-0318 Oslo; Norway.
Zootaxa. 2023 Jul 20;5318(3):401-410. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.5.
A new species of fungus moths (Tineidae), Neurothaumasia cretica sp. nov., is described from specimens collected on Crete isl. (Greece). It differs from congeneric taxa by the characteristic black and white forewing pattern which is only shared with N. fasciata Petersen, 1959 from the Middle East, and the widespread western Palaearctic N. ankerella (Mann, 1867). However, the new species differs strongly from the former by several characters of male and female genitalia, and from the latter species particularly from external appearance and by the highly divergent DNA barcode (cytochrome c-oxidase subunit 1) (unknown for N. fasciata). Adult and genitalia of N. cretica sp. nov. and the only similar European species N. ankerella are shown for comparison. Finally, a complete checklist of the genus is added.
一种新的真菌蛾类(麦蛾科),Neurothaumasia cretica sp. nov.,是根据在克里特岛(希腊)采集的标本描述的。它与同属的其他种不同,其特征是黑白相间的前翅图案,这与仅在中东发现的 N. fasciata Petersen, 1959 以及分布广泛的西古北界 N. ankerella (Mann, 1867) 共有。然而,该新种在雄性和雌性生殖器的几个特征上与前者有很大的不同,并且与后者在外部形态上也有很大的不同,并且 DNA 条码(细胞色素 c-氧化酶亚基 1)高度分化(N. fasciata 未知)。为了进行比较,展示了新种 N. cretica sp. nov. 的成虫和生殖器以及唯一类似的欧洲种 N. ankerella 的成虫和生殖器。最后,添加了该属的完整清单。