Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 8. (Budapest 1957)
Szőcs, J.: New Nepticula species from Hungary
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus VIII. Series nova 1957 New Nepticula Species from Hungary By J. Szőcs, Budapest I succeeded to find two new Nepticula species in 1956, the description of which I give as follows. Nepticula elisabethella sp. n. On the 13th October 1956, I iound, in the company of my wife and dr. Gy. É h i k, nine Nepticula mines, among others, in the leaves of Sanguisorba officinalis, on the wet meadows along the rivulet Mogyoród, near Fót, Central Hungary. Three of the mines still had the larvae in them, yielding the imagos 16 April 1956 (a female) and 27 April 1956 (two males). Haiving examined the material, I came to the conclusion that none of the animals is identical with any Nepticula species known up to now. I am naming the species to honor my wife who helps my work with eager enthusiasm. Indeed, she found the first living larva of the new species. It is also my agreeable duty to express my thanks also in this place to dr. J. K 1 i m e s c h (Linz), who helped by cordially placing at my disposal the genital drawing of N. poterii Stt. which is wanting in my collection. I have also to thank dr. L. G o z m á n y, who made the necessary slides as well as the description and drawings of the genital organs of several species. Alar exp. : 4—5 mm. Fore wing finely scaled, of a metallic shine. Basic color a deep green, with a basic golden suffusion. Apex a mixed violet-blue and golden brown, shiny. No line in ciliae, their color being bluish-grey in the males, blackish grey in the females. Fascia of the male broad, straight, of a shiny silvery white with some violet tint at a certain angle of light. Fascia about 3 / 4 of fore wing. Fascia of the female decidedly narrower, scarcely to be seen in an oblique angle of light, its margins not sharp. Hind wings of both sexes grey, with ciliae also grey. Thorax of the basic color. Abdomen of the male greenish dorsally, with very small scales, leaden white laterally, with large, and ventrally with again very fine, scales. Abdominal tuft blackish above, whitish below. Female abdomen greenish violet, with a metallic shine. The distribution of the scales agrees with that of the male, but with an erect row of scales on all segments. Antennae long, reaching to middle of fascia, shorter in female, greyish brown. Head with rusty red hairs, antennái eyecaps small, yellowish white. Male genital organ. Belongs to Petersen's Group 6/B (gen. prep. 871, dr. G o z m á n y). Uncus relatively large with a deep indentation centrally, subscaphium with two anterior and two lateral appendages, both thin, long, the upper ones appressed, parallel ; valvae broadening, with two small teeth anteriorly and posteriorly, tip arched ventrally, straight and subserrated later21 Természettudományi Múzeum Évkönyve
