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Mniothripa
argenteopurpurea
Gaede
Mniothripa lichenigera ab.
argenteopurpurea
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 82.
Mniothripa lichenigera
argenteopurpurea
Gaede, 1937, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 390.
Mniothripa
argenteopurpurea
Fletcher, 1957, Nat. Hist. Rennell Isl., 2: 15, 44.
Mniothripa argenteopurpurea
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Diagnosis. The forewings tend to have a purplish tinge. The valve has the
spatulate apex dorsally falcate, with fine and coarse setae distributed as in
lichenigera, but relatively more of the coarser ones. Those on the sacculus
are much finer and less dense than in lichenigera. The aedeagus vesica
has a cluster of granular cornuti, but these are larger than in lichenigera.
The female genitalia are characterised by an elongate, ellipitcal patch of
slightly scobinate sclerotisation where the ductus expands gradually into the
narrow corpus bursae.
Taxonomic note. This species should be attributed to Gaede rather than
Fletcher according to Nielsen et al. (1996;).
Geographical range. Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, ?New Guinea
(slide 811; Arfak Mts).
Habitat preference. A single male has been taken in hill dipterocarp forest
at 945m on G. Monkobo in Sabah.
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