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Review of the African golden-spotted genera Haplopacha and Dasychirinula (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Poecilocampinae)

Authors :
Tesfu Fekensa Tujuba
Roman V. Yakovlev
Aidas Saldaitis
Harald Sulak
Leif Aarvik
Raymond J. Murphy
Julia S. Volkova
Mohamed M. Traore
Edita E. Revay
Günter C. Müller
Tatiana A. Prozorova
Alexey M. Prozorov
Source :
Acta Biologica Sibirica, Vol 10, Pp 693–730-693–730 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Altai State University, 2024.

Abstract

African golden-spotted lappet moths from the genera Haplopacha Aurivillius, 1905 and Dasychirinula Hering, 1926 are reviewed. Antennae, heads and legs are investigated in addition to the traditional comparison of habitus, genitalia, and distribution areas. Two new genera are established and four new species are described as a result: Eudoumbia gen. n. with the type-species Eudoumbia thorogood sp. n. from Angola, Namibia, and Botswana; Auripluvia gen. n. with the type species Auripluvia sophia sp. n. from Ethiopia; Haplopacha mason sp. n. from Tanzania; and Dasychirinula julia sp. n. from Ethiopia. One species is reattributed to the new genus as Eudoumbia ndoumoi (Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016) stat. n. One new synonymy is established for two Tanzanian species: Dasychirinula chrysogramma Hering, 1926 = Haplopacha lunata Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016 syn. n.; and one potential synonymy is remarked between Haplopacha tangani Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016 from Tanzania and Malawi and Haplopacha riftensis Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016 from Malawi. Photos of the related material stored in the main collections of Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, RSA) and Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) are showed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24121908
Volume :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Acta Biologica Sibirica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.00383f631fd54a37bbe12671b5247787
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12787215