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Scopula
9012, 18442
Scopula tenuispersata Fuchs
sensu Holloway, 1976: 65.
No precise match for these specimens could be made. The bursa is
elongate pyriform, basally with a short zone of sclerotisation where it is
narrow. The ductus is very short, narrow, the ostium sclerotised into an angular
process within, a setose ring in the lamellae vaginalis. Amongst species of
similar facies such as S. tenuimedia Prout (N.E. Himalaya), S. sauteri
Prout (Taiwan) and S. attentata Walker (Burma), the setose ring and
short ductus are present in the first, but the base of the bursa is not
sclerotised and the signum is narrow, elongate of even width; the other two
species are a closer match in these features. The identity of tenuispersata Fuchs
(Sumatra) and the location of the original material is unclear.
There are several specimens: from 1050m at Kundasan and 600m at Poring
on the southern slopes of G. Kinabalu; from 150m in mixed dipterocarp forest at
the foot of G. Mulu; from secondary forest and cocoa plantation near Kota
Kinabalu and Tuaran. A male taken (1997) in the cocoa plantation has genitalia
consistent with relationship to tenuimedia, but the cerata are slightly
different, within a setose ring in the lamellae vaginalis. Amongst species of
similar facies such as S. tenuimedia Prout (N.E. Himalaya), S. sauteri
Prout (Taiwan) and S. attentata Walker (Burma), the setose ring and
short ductus are present in the first, but the base of the bursa is not
sclerotised and the signum is narrow, elongate of even width; the other two
species are a closer match in these features. The identity of tenuispersata Fuchs
(Sumatra) and the location of the original material is unclear.
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