A taxonomic revision of the genus Deltophora Janse, 1950 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) K. Sattler Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD Contents Synopsis ............. 263 Introduction 263 Abbreviations of museums and institutions ....... 264 Acknowledgements ........... 264 Remarks on the suprageneric classification of the Gelechiidae and the tribe Metzneriini Piskunov, 1975 265 The structure of the first abdominal segments in the Gelechiidae .... 268 The systematic position of Deltophora ........ 268 Deltophora Janse, 1950 269 Key to the species of Deltophora : males ........ 274 Key to the species of Deltophora : females 275 Check-list of the species of Deltophora ........ 275 The peltosema-group ........... 276 The maculata-group ........... 283 The stictella-group ............ 288 The korbi-group ............ 291 The glandiferella-group ........... 293 The flavocincta-group ........... 300 Bibliography 305 Index 322 Synopsis The genus Deltophora Janse with species on all continents is revised. The primary types of all but one of the discussed species have been examined. Nineteen species and two subspecies are regarded as valid. Thirteen new species and one new subspecies are described; one new synonym in the family group is established; one species is reduced to subspecies rank; one species is recalled from synonymy and six new generic combinations are introduced. Aspects of the suprageneric classification of the Gelechiidae and the systematic position of Deltophora are discussed. Keys to the species are provided and all species and their genitalia are described and illustrated. The tribe Metzneriini Piskunov, 1975, is synonymized with Aristoteliinae Heslop, 1938. Introduction The genus Deltophora was proposed by Janse in 1950 for a South African species; further species, including a number of undescribed ones, from the tropical to temperate zones of Africa, Europe, Asia, America and Australia now also have to be included in this genus. I have examined the primary types of all nominal species included in this paper, with the exception of peltosema Lower of which I have seen only a photograph. The literature on the subject was considered as completely as possible and about fifty publica-tions dealing with Deltophora species are listed in the Bibliography (pp. 305-307). A complete bibliography for each species is recorded in my card index from which detailed information will be made available on request. Bibliographic references in the systematic part of this paper are confined to publications from which unchecked information was extracted for the present study or which contain taxonomic changes and other important information. Misidentifications which Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 38 (6) : 263-322 Issued 31 May 1979 263
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