Gargela polyacantha W. Li 2019

Gargela polyacantha Li, 2019 Figs. 30, 89, 147. Gargela polyacantha W. Li in Yang et al., 2019, pp. 2200–2102, figs. 1, 2, 5, 6. Type locality: China, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, 21°29´N, 101°33´N MATERIAL 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/ 10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh). SIMILAR SPECIES Gargela minuta Song et al., 2009. DIAGNOSIS In Gargela polyacantha, the median line is regularly arched and predominantly ocher (Fig. 30), while it is S-shaped and dark brown in Gargela minuta and G. acutibrachium sp. n. In male genitalia (Fig. 89), the medial dorsal bump of the costal process is less pronounced than in Gargela minuta; the distal part is abutted to the valva, while it is separated from it in Gargela minuta. In female genitalia (Fig. 147), the basal half of ductus bursae is covered with dense tiny spines, and the corpus bursae is globular with two thorn-shaped signa (Yang et al., 2019). DISTRIBUTION CHINA: Guizhou, Yunnan. PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Batangas, Zambales). Collected at altitudes between 150 and 250 m. DNA BARCODING The highest intraspecific p-distance of 0.8% is found between specimens MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL09-D09 and MFNLEP-PYRALPHIL08-H05, both from Zambales mountains in Luzon. REMARKS This is the first record of this species from the Philippines.