S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 53. (Budapest, 1992)

Figs 1-3. Coniopteryx topali sp.n. 1 = male terminalia, lateral view, 2 = paramere and penis, lateral view, 3 = male internal genitalia, ventral view ches there is a membraneous structure. Paramere strongly widened caudally. Processus apicalis bifurcate with two dorsal hooks. Penis consists of two broad rods. Their rather wide apices hooked downwards. Because of the same structure of styli and of the similarities in the structure of gonarcus and paramares, C. topali is rather close to the Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) pembertoni Kimmins, 1953. The main distinctive characteristics of the new species: - The caudal margin of hypandrium between the processus terminales (i.e. the anterior margin of the very broad and shallow median incision) stright, while in the case of C. pembertoni there is a small, U-shaped median apical incision (Meinander 1972). - Paramere is swollen beefore the inner hook of processus apicalis. - Apical part of penis relatively wide. Remarks: Meinander (1972, 1981) listed the Hawaiian C. pembertoni in the C. (X.) maculithorax-group - because of the forked stylus. However, in the case of C. topali sp.n. and C. pembertoni the flagellar segments of antenna very broad, the caudal end of paramer strongly widened and the outer branch of styli directed upwards, while in the Australian species of the C. (X.) maculithorax-group the flagellar segments are rather narrow, the caudal end of the paramere only moderately widened and the outer branch of styli directed downwards. Consequently, it seems to be questionable, that these two kinds of species may be included in the same monophyletic species group.