The Jordanian Coleophoridae, with description of two new species: Coleophora iordanica Baldizzone, sp. nov. and C. ratamensis Baldizzone, sp. nov. Contribution to the knowledge of Coleophoridae CLIV (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)

The publication deals with the Coleophoridae known for Jordan, a country of which very few species of this family are known. The study of undetermined specimens preserved in the NHMUK allowed the discovery of two new species, which are described in the publication: Coleophora iordanica Baldizzone, sp. nov. and C. ratamensis Baldizzone, sp. nov. Furthermore, on the basis of the examination of the male genitalia of the holotype of C. ghorella Amsel, 1955 it is hypothesized that it is probably a junior synonym of C. hospitiella Chrétien, 1915


Introduction
The current knowledge on the Coleophoridae of Jordan is very limited, as well as the material present in the museums. There are few reports of entomological expeditions in that region and all dating back to the twentieth century and not in recent years. There are also few publications dealing with Jordanian species (Amsel, 1935(Amsel, , 1955Baldizzone, 1994) and only two species have been described from that country: C. jordanella Amsel, 1935 (junior synonym of C. serinipennella Christoph, 1872) and C. ghorella Amsel, 1955. The following publication aims to present the annotated list of known species for Jordan and the description of two new species: Coleophora iordanica Baldizzone, sp. nov. and C. ratamensis Baldizzone, sp. nov. based on specimens found in the undetermined material of the NHMUK. Following the study of the holotype of C. ghorella Amsel, 1955 preserved in the RBINS, it is hypothesized that it is probably a junior synonym of C. hospitiella Chrétien, 1915, but the conditions of the genital preparation made by Amsel do not allow to establish it with certainty. In all, therefore, the species of Coleophoridae known for Jordan are only 13, a very low number compared to its faunal potential. It is hoped that new research in the field will finally make it possible to increase the knowledge.

Material and methods
The Euparal slide mounts of dissected genitalia of the new species were photographed with a Bresser 5.0 camera attached to a Bresser BioScienze 40-1000x trinocular microscope, using a Leitz PL Fluotar 6.3 / 0.20 objective. The slide of the male genitalia of C. incultella Toll, was photographed with an old Miranda camera body fitted with an adaptor tube to an old "Galileo" microscope equipped with Aus Jena 3:1-0.10 and 6.3:1-0.18 objectives. Black-and-white Ilford PAN F film was used to obtain images with high contrast between the structures and the background. Film negatives were digitized with a scanner. The images were edited in Corel PaintShop Pro. The habitus of the two new species was photographed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital camera equipped with a Canon MP-E 65 mm objective, with lighting provided by two circular neon lamps OSRAM L 32W / 8400 C (cool white).
The species are listed in alphabetical order. In the geographical distribution, after the word "Jordan" the bibliographic reference relating to the citation of its presence in the country is indicated. Morphological terms follow Baldizzone (2019).
Note: Under the name of C. dubiella there is probably a complex of species (Tabell com. pers.) which it is hoped to be able to clarify with genetic and morphological studies, restoring the status of bona species to some species considered junior synonyms in the World Catalogue of Coleophoridae (Baldizzone et al. 2006). Falkovitsh, 1970 Distribution: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Jordan (Baldizzone, 1994), Pakistan. The species was described by Amsel from a single male specimen collected in Ain Etturaba near the Dead Sea. The description is rather short and not complete according to the current standard. The adult is not represented in the publication in which there is only a schematic drawing of the genitalia. Thanks to the kind collaboration of Willy de Prins and Stefan Kerkhof, curator of the RBINS, I was able to study the specimen through some good photographs of the adult ( Figure 1) and the genitalia slide that was sent to me. The specimen is in fair condition, while the genitalia were not perfectly prepared, with the abdomen full of opaque organic substance and the vesica is missing (Figures 2, 5-6). Amsel in the original description had written that his new species was close to C. asiaeminoris Toll, 1952, a species known only from Turkey, which belongs to the group of C. fringillella Zeller, 1839. The examination of the genitalia however revealed that the species is most probably a junior synonym of C. hospitiella Chrétien, 1915, species known from Canary Islands, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan (Baldizzone & Tabell, 2005). The genitalia of both sexes of C. hospitiella were first published by Baldizzone (1979) and subsequently by Nel (2001) and by Baldizzone & Tabell (2005). In an attempt to obtain a more adequate view of the genital preparation of the holotype of C. ghorella, I rearranged the photo with a photo editing program ( Figure 5) and inserted it on a plate below the photo of the male genitalia of a specimen of C. hospitiella Chrétien, 1915 from Tunisia ( Figure 3). The analogies are evident, but out of prudence I do not proceed to establish the new synonymy, hoping that in the future we can obtain other material of this species recently collected in Jordan, which will allow to obtain a definitive answer. Toll, 1942 Distribution: Spain, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Jordan (Baldizzone, 1996), Iran, Algeria, Morocco, Oman, United Arab Emirates. Meyrick, 1891 Distribution: Romania, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Russia (Lower Volga), Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), Transbaikalia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Jordan (Baldizzone, 1994), Mongolia, U.S.A. (introduced).

Coleophora parthenica
Coleophora serinipennella Christoph, 1872 (= Coleophora jordanella Amsel, 1935) Distribution: Portugal, Spain, France, Southern and Central Europe, Romania, Balkans, Caucasus, North Africa, Jordan (Baldizzone, 1994) to Japan, Australia. Waters, 1929 Distribution: Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Caucasus, Jordan (Baldizzone, 1994), Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russian Far East, China. Diagnosis: Due to the structure of the male genitalia, C. iordanica is close to C. incultella Toll, 1952, a species known only from Algeria and to C. hinnula Baldizzone, 1995, species described from Morocco. Of both species only the male is known. In the original description of C. incultella, in French, Toll illustrated the male genitalia with a drawing, while in his posthumous volume of 1962 written in German, the head, the forewing and the abdominal structures were illustrated in addition to the male genitalia.

Coleophora tamesis
C. iordanica is a medium-sized species, with overall appearance brownish grey, with brown streaked veins. As for the differences with C. incultella, the difference in the habitus of the adult is evident: C. iordanica (Figure 7) is much darker than C. incultella (Figure 8) which has an overall white appearance, with white forewing streaked light ochre along the veins. In the abdominal structures the difference is evident in the transverse strut, which in C. iordanica ( Figure 12) is much thicker and more curved, with the distal edge narrower and thicker than that of C. incultella (Figure 15), which is straight and wider. In the male genitalia of C. iordanica (Figures 10-11) the gnathos knob is more rounded, compared to those of C. incultella (Figures 13-14) the tegumen is a little shorter and robust, less constricted medially, the valvula is larger without a characteristic blunt triangular protuberance at the apex on the outer edge of C. incultella, the cucullus is more curved and robust, while that of. C. incultella is straight and thinner, the sacculus has a more curved ventral edge, the phallotheca is shorter than that of C. incultella, of which the apex extends beyond the upper edge of the valve. As for the differences with C. hinnula the most evident are the following: in C. hinnula the general colour is white and not brown; in the male genital the transtilla is shorter and more robust than that of C. iordanica, the cucullus is shorter and curved, the outer edge of the valvula is much more inclined in the part above the cucullus and more prominent at the base of the cucullus, the sacculus is wider and sharper.
Description (Figure 7): Wingspan 15 mm. Head dirty white, brown suffused on the dorsum. Antenna: scape white, ochre suffused on the outside, brown on the inner side, with a short tuft of erect scales; flagellum dirty white, brown ringed. Labial palpus brown, dirty white suffused dorsally; the second segment is about twice the length of the third. Proboscis of normal shape. Thorax and tegula brown. Forewing brownish grey, veins streaked with brown, cilia brownish grey. Hindwing light grey, cilia grey. Abdomen brown.
Abdominal structures (Figure 12): No posterior lateral struts. Transverse strut very thick, curved, more sclerified on the distal edge. Tergal discs (3 rd tergite) length about 4.5 times their width, covered with about 45 conical spines. The abdomen was partially destroyed by parasites.
Male genitalia (Figures 10-11): Gnathos knob globular. Tegumen medially constricted, pedunculus slightly expanded externally. Transtilla straight, rather short, wider at the base. Valvula large suboval, with a narrow recurved fold on the outer edge that does not cross the valva margin. Cucullus robust, more expanded ventrally in the middle, slightly narrowed at the base. Sacculus narrow, its apex expands to about the middle of the cucullus, thick and slightly curved ventral edge and subtriangular dorsal angle with a small rounded tooth-like protuberance. Phallotheca short, conical, completely sclerified in basal half and only dorsally in distal half. Vesica long and narrow, without cornuti.
Bionomy: Unknown. Distribution: Jordan. The locality indicated in the original label is "Zerqa, Jordan R. Colony", whose geographical location was indicated in a drawing by Amsel inserted in his 1955 publication as "Zerqa river colony" (op. cit.). The current name is Zarqa.
Etymology: The name derives from the Latin iordanicus (-a, -um) which indicates the correlation with the Jordan River.
Diagnosis: The new species belongs to the group of C. involucrella Chrétien, 1905 and due to the habitus and structure of the male genitalia, C. ratamensis is close to C. celsa Baldizzone, 1994, a slightly smaller (wingspan 15 mm) species known only from Iran. In the male genitalia C. ratamensis (Figures 16-18), compared to those of C. celsa (Figures 20-21), the transtilla is more robust, the lateral edge of the valvula, covering the base of the cucullus, is shorter in the area between the lower edge of the cucullus and the dorsal edge of the sacculus. The sacculus is more inclined and longer on the outer edge, where it ends in the dorsal angle with a small tooth, smaller than that of C. celsa, and the ventral edge is thicker than that of C. celsa with a deeper incision. The cornuti are less numerous than in C. celsa and the claw-like structure in which they are gathered is inserted on a laminar base absent in C. celsa.
Description ( Figure 9): Wingspan 17-18 mm. Head glossy white. Antenna glossy white, scape with long tuft of erect scales, slightly yellow-tinged. Labial palpus short, completely glossy white, the second segment is about twice the length of the third. Proboscis of normal shape. Thorax glossy white, yellow-tinged in middle. Tegula white, yellow-tinged on internal side. Forewing with four glossy white stripes: the widest along the costa, a short and slightly curved one on the lower edge of the cell, a thin one along the anal fold, and a short and thin one along the dorsum; the colour between the costal and anal stria is ochre, which becomes yellowish in the direction of the anal stria, and even lighter in the part between the anal and dorsal stria; costal cilia white, ochre at the apex, dorsal cilia yellowish grey. Hindwing grey, yellowish grey cilia. Abdomen white.
Abdomen ( Figure 19): Posterior lateral struts about 2/3 length of the anterior. Transverse strut thick, straight on the proximal edge, with a small sclerified line only in the middle and slightly curved on the distal edge, which is thicker and more sclerified. Tergal discs (3 rd tergite) length about 3 times their width, covered with about 50 small conical spines.
Male genitalia (Figures 16-18): Gnathos knob globular. Tegumen large and squat, pedunculus short. Transtilla curved and elongated, wider at the base. Valvula with rounded ventral edge and curved outer edge, protruding between the base of the cucullus and the dorsal part of the sacculus. Cucullus short, narrower at the base in the shape of an ear. Sacculus curved, very hollow on the inner side of the ventral edge, ends with a small triangular tooth-like protuberance in the dorsal corner. Phallotheca conical, more sclerified in the basal part. About 10 cornuti shaped like spines of different length, gathered in a claw-like formation inserted on an irregular base of laminar shape.