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Gozmány, L.: Ergebnisse der zoologischen Forschungen von Dr. Z. Kaszab in der Mongolei 31. A new symmocid genus and species from Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Symmocidae)

Male genital organ (Fig. 2) : uncus and gnathos strong, valvae rather weak, elongated, transtillae two large, flap-like lobes, their surface arachnoid, firmly connected in middle and with valvae, sacculus small, short, dactyloid, simple, anellus strong, spade-like, elongate, medially constricted to a narrow tube, saccus medium; aedoeagus simple, straight, tubular, with one row of smaller cornuti. Fig. 1. A: Venation of Cornusymmoca gen. n. — B: Head, laterosuperiorly of Cornusymmoca mongolica sp. n. —Fig. 2. Male genital organ of Cornusymmoca mongolica sp. n., ventrally, aedoeagus removed, gen. prep. 2076; X 20 Holotype male: „Mongólia, Südgobi aimak, Gurban sajchan ul, 30 km S v. somon Bulgan, 1700 m, Exp. DR. Z. KASZAB, 1964 (Nr. 155), 19. VI. 1964 + gen. prep. 2076"; deposited in the Zoological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. The new species and genus fit well among the eremophilous taxa of the elevated Central Asiatic plateaus, characterized by the Mylothra MEYR. species in the West (Iran, Afghanistan, SW Soviet Union, Beluchistan) and the Kertomesis GOZM. taxa in the south (India). Due to its striking appearance, it cannot be confused with any known species of the family. The family Symmocidae was hitherto known mainly from the wider Mediterranean area, but the later investigations had considerably extended its range over the Near and Middle East, with one known representative penetrating even into China (Irenidora MEYRICK, 1938, Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 52, p. 7). I am confident that scores of yet undescribed Symmocid species will be found in South and Central Asia, especially in the arid localities, and DR. KASZAB'S further investigations in Mongolia will in this respect be of special significance.