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Neurothaumasia cretica sp. nov. Figs 2, 4, 6–7 Type material. Holotype ♁, Greece, Kreta, Kapsodasos, 0.8 km NNE, 35°12′40′′N, 24°14′24′′E, 930 m, 3.v.2022, leg. Huemer; genitalia slide P. Huemer TIN 99 ♁; DNA barcode ID TLMF _ Lep _34672 (TLMF). Paratypes: 1 ♁, 1 ♀, same data as holotype, genitalia slide P. Huemer TIN 101 ♀; DNA barcode IDs TLMF _ Lep _34671, TLMF Lep 32051 (TLMF); Greece, 2 ♁, Crete, Chania Prov., Imbros, 35.2203°N, 24.1629°E, 570 m, 13.ix.2012, leg. L.Aarvik (NHMO); 2 ♁, ditto, but 11.vi.2013, leg. L. Aarvik (NHMO); 1 ♀, ditto, but 15.6.2014, leg. L. Aarvik (NHMO); 1 ♀, ditto, but 20.6.2014 (NHMO); Greece, 1 ♁, Crete, Chania Prov., Chora Sfakion, 35.1966°N, 24.1481°E, 40 m., 20–30.viii.2018, leg. L. Aarvik (NHMO). Diagnosis. Neurothaumasia cretica sp. nov. differs from the similar N. ankerella by the complete absence of a white dorsobasal patch of the forewing; furthermore, the costal spot at three-quarters is pure white, without a small black intersection; finally, the thorax is entirely black without white mesothoracal spot (Figs 2, 3). Despite of some individual variation of N. ankerella, particularly the overlay of white pattern with brown scales (see Gaedike 2015) these characters are highly diagnostic. The new species is furthermore similar to N. fasciata from the Middle East, which however, is readily distinguished by the distally evenly broad valva, the phallus without basal lobes, and the white fringes of the forewings (Petersen 1959). Male genitalia (Figs 4, 5) differ from N. ankerella by the broader outer lobes and the denticulate inner lobes of the uncus, and the basally slender gnathos arms, whereas female genitalia (Figs 6, 7) show no diagnostic features. All other species of Neurothaumasia are easily distinguished by strongly deviating phenotypic appearance with different pattern and colour and furthermore several genitalia structures. Description. Adult (Fig. 2). Forewing length 6.5–7.5 mm; head brush cream-white, laterally and below palpi dark brown scales with a small brush of black scales above compound eye; scapus dark brown coloured, with pecten, flagellum brown-grey; labial palpus dark brown, inner side and apex lighter brown, second segment apically with some bristles; thorax and entirely tegulae black. Forewing black, with clearly defined white pattern; a transverse white fascia at one-third, broader at dorsum and narrowing towards costa; two large, well separated white spots at three-quarters, dorsal one larger and broadly subtriangular, costal subquadrangular; two white and well separated subapical spots, costal one larger; dark brown fringes with some light mottling basally, light greyish-brown distal part separated by dark fringe line; hindwing light greyish-brown with concolourous fringes. First abdominal segment (Fig. 8). Long apodemes of sternum, typical for the genus, well developed. Male genitalia (Fig. 4). Uncus bilobed, medially separated by deep incision, inner lobe subtriangular, smaller with apical tooth; outer lobe about three-times width of inner lobe, suboval, with rounded broadly convex outer edge, widely separated from inner lobe by broad excavation; gnathos arms curved, basally slender, distally weakly constricted with subapical connections; vinculum band-like, saccus shorter than valva, basally weakly widened, distal three-quarters rod-like; valva with broad base, gradually narrowing distally, medial portion oval, setose area extended to apex, inner edge subrectangular, apical sixth abruptly tapered, digitate, setose; anellus with pair of apodemes; phallus about lenght of valva, basally with broadly rounded lateral lobes, medial part bulged, distal third slender. Female genitalia (Fig. 6). Papilla analis oblong, small, ca. 0.14x 0.9 mm; apophysis posterioris extremely long, ca. 3.4 mm; apophysis anterioris ca. 1.65 mm long, posteriorly furcated, ventral branch medially fused to small sclerotized band, with convex lateral and concave medial edges, dorsal branch ending in sclerotized zone; sternum VIII densely covered with microplates, posterior edge with setae; ostium bursae cup-shaped, weakly sclerotized, lateral of ostium bursae edge with few setae; ductus and corpus bursae membranous, entire length ca. 2.60 mm, narrow ductus bursae with small sclerite at entrance of ductus seminalis, sack-like corpus bursae irregularly expanded, signum absent. Biology. Adults have been collected in early May to June and in August and September at light. Host-plant and early stages are unknown. Similar to N. ankerella which was recently described from the bark of dead Quercus suber (Huertas Dionisio 2022) but also bred from dead branches of Tilia (Huemer unpubl.), the new species may feed on dead wood. Distribution. Crete (Greece). The related N. ankerella is published from mainland Greece but unknown from Crete (Gaedike 2015). Etymology. The new species name is a feminine adjective in the nominative singular and refers to the currently known distribution.

Huemer, Peter, Aarvik, Leif, Berggren, Kai (2023): A new species of Neurothaumasia Le Marchand (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Crete, Greece. Zootaxa 5318 (3): 401-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.5

Genus Neurothaumasia Le Marchand, 1934 Neurothaumasia Le Marchand, 1934. Type species: Neurothaumasia burdigalensis Le Marchand, 1934, by original designation. Gallura Amsel, 1952. Type species: Gallura tirsella Amsel, 1952, by original designation. Neurothaumasia ankerella (Mann, 1867) Tinea ankerella Mann, 1867 Neurothaumasia burdigalensis Le Marchand, 1934 Gallura tirsella Amsel, 1952 Neurothaumasia cretica sp. nov. Neurothaumasia ragusaella (Wocke, 1889) Tinea ragusaella Wocke, 1889 Tinea bifasciatella Turati, 1924 Tinea roeweri Amsel, 1939 Neurothaumasia africana Gozmány, 1960 Neurothaumasia betancuriacola Gaedike & Falck, 2019 Neurothaumasia macedonica Petersen, 1962 Neurothaumasia inornata Petersen, 1966 Neurothaumasia fasciata Petersen, 1959 Neurothaumasia maculata Petersen & Gaedike, 1996 Neurothaumasia tenuipennella Gaedike, 2011 Neurothaumasia tunesiella Gaedike, 2011 Neurothaumasia hackeri Gaedike, 2021 Neurothaumasia kaschmirella Gaedike, 2021 Remarks. For details of the original descriptions of the taxa see Petersen & Gaedike (1996), Gaedike (2011, 2021), and Gaedike & Falck (2019). Generic descriptions were published by Petersen & Gaedike (1996) and Gaedike (2015) and are not repeated herein. Intrageneric relationships are poorly resolved, as most species lack diagnostic analysis and are predominantly based on isolated descriptions. Hence, the systematic arrangement of species is mainly based on superficial morphological resemblance of wing pattern and genitalia structures., Published as part of Huemer, Peter, Aarvik, Leif & Berggren, Kai, 2023, A new species of Neurothaumasia Le Marchand (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Crete, Greece, pp. 401-410 in Zootaxa 5318 (3) on pages 402-403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8166982, {"references":["Le Marchand, S. (1934) Un nouveau Tineide de France: Neurothaumasia burdigalensis. L´Amateur de Papillons, 7 (2 / 3), 22 - 28.","Amsel, H. G. (1952) Parte III. Descrizioni di specie nuove ed osservazioni sistematiche di carattere generale. In: Hartig, F. & Amsel, H. G. (Eds.), Lepidoptera Sardinica. Fragmenta Entomologica, 1 (1), pp. 101 - 152.","Mann, J. J. (1867) Schmetterlinge gesammelt im J. 1866 um Josefsthal in der croat. Militargrenze. Verhandlungen der kaiserlichkoniglichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 17, 63 - 76.","Wocke, M. F. (1889) Lepidotteri nuovi dell Sicilia. Il Naturalista Siciliano, 9 (1), 1 - 3.","Turati, E. (1924) Spedizione Lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921 - 1922. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 63, 16 - 191.","Amsel, H. G. (1939) Descrizioni del dott. H. G. Amsel. In: Hartig, F. & Amsel, H. G. (Eds.), Contributo alla conoscenza della Fauna entomologica della Sardegna. Nuove forme di Lepidotteri. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 17 (1), pp. 70 - 84, pls. iii - iv.","Gozmany, L. (1960) New and rare Tineids from the Palearctic Region and from Ethiopia (Lepidopt.) Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 6 (1 / 2), 103 - 115.","Gaedike, R. & Falck, P. (2019) Tineoidea (Meessiidae, Tineidae) and Glyphipterigidae: Acrolepiinae from the Canary Islands, Spain (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 47 (187), 507 - 517.","Petersen, G. (1962) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der sudeuropaischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera, Tineidae). Beitrage zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Sudwestdeutschland, 21 (2), 205 - 220.","Petersen, G. (1966) Die Microlepidopteren der Brandt´schen Iran-Ausbeute. 6. Teil: Tineidae. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 87 (1 / 2), 23 - 29.","Petersen, G. (1959) Tineiden aus Afghanistan mit einer Revision der palaarktischen Scardiinen (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 9 (5 / 6), 558 - 579, pl. 32.","Petersen, G. & Gaedike, R. (1996) Revision der Gattung Neurothaumasia Le Marchand, 1934 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen, Dresden, 57, 283 - 294.","Gaedike, R. (2011) New and poorly known Tineidae from the Western Palaearctic (Lepidoptera). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 61 (2), 357 - 370. https: // doi. org / 10.21248 / contrib. entomol. 61.2.357 - 370","Gaedike, R. (2021) New species and new records of Palaearctic Meessiidae and Tineidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 49 (196), 627 - 637. https: // doi. org / 10.57065 / shilap. 224","Kumar, S., Stecher, G. & Tamura, K. (2016) MEGA 7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis version 7.0 for bigger datasets. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33, 1870 - 1874. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / molbev / msw 054","Ratnasingham, S. (2018) BOLD Barcode of Life Data System. Version 4. Available from: http: // www. boldsystems. org (accessed 23 March 2023)","Gaedike, R. (2015) Tineidae I (Dryadaulinae, Hapsiferinae, Euplocamiane, Scardiinae, Nemapogoninae and Messiinae). In: Karsholt, O., Mutanen, M. & Nuss, M. (Eds.), Microlepidoptera of Europe. Vol. 7. Brill, Leiden & Boston, pp. 1 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004289161 _ 002"]}