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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FF050F36194024E0" bold="true" box="[245,366,632,658]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The forewing length is 7.0
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FC660F361C7A24E0" box="[918,1108,632,658]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">Lithosiccia bota</emphasis>
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is externally reminiscent of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FF670FD7193D24C1" box="[151,275,665,691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. takanoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FEA50FD719E524C1" box="[341,459,665,691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. juvenis</emphasis>
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but differs from them in the broader forewing, the brown subbasal area of the forewing, the large, high boot-shaped discal marking of the forewing (it is more or less reniform in the aforementioned congeners), and the larger brown spots at the costal margin postmedially and subapically. The male genital capsule of the new species is similar to
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FCBC0FB01B9C256A" box="[844,946,766,792]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. mikra</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FC1F0FB01C76256A" box="[1007,1112,766,792]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. smithi</emphasis>
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but distinguished from the former species in the medially thicker uncus, the longer cucullus, and the markedly longer distal saccular process, which nearly reaches the tip of the cucullus. The phallus of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FC2C0E0C1C1F252E" box="[988,1073,834,860]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. bota</emphasis>
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is longer than in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FAFC0E0C1D5F252E" box="[1292,1393,834,860]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. mikra</emphasis>
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(in proportion to the tegumen-vinculum complex length). Compared to
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FC490E2A1C32250C" box="[953,1052,868,894]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. mikra</emphasis>
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, the vesica of the new species is markedly longer and broader, has two subbasal diverticula (vs. one in the congener), a strongly elongate and utricular terminal diverticulum (it is short and semiglobular in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FC5A0EE91C3D25B3" box="[938,1043,935,961]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. mikra</emphasis>
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), a shorter and plate-like distal cornutus with a dentate outer margin (it is horn-shaped in the congener), and a shorter and conical distal diverticulum, which is utricular in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FDB50EA51A832277" box="[581,685,1003,1029]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. mikra</emphasis>
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. Additionally, unlike
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FC4D0EA51C082277" box="[957,1062,1003,1029]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. mikra</emphasis>
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, the vesica of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FB120EA51D142277" box="[1250,1338,1003,1029]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. bota</emphasis>
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bears a rugose and granulose cluster stretching from the base of the terminal cornutus to the base of the distal cornutus. The detailed comparison with
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FD8009601AF9223A" box="[624,727,1070,1096]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is provided below in the diagnosis of this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E43FFC8FF05091E1A3C2218" blockId="11.[151,1437,328,1366]" box="[245,530,1104,1130]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">The female is unknown.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E43FFC8FF05093C19EE22BD" blockId="11.[151,1437,328,1366]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FF05093C199622FE" bold="true" box="[245,440,1138,1164]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">Molecular data</emphasis>
.
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of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FD42093C1B2922FE" box="[690,775,1138,1164]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. bota</emphasis>
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from
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and
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diverge from each other by 3.95% while the pairwise distance between
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FCA209DD1B8922DF" box="[850,935,1171,1197]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. bota</emphasis>
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and the nearest neighbour,
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FB0609DD1D7122DF" box="[1270,1375,1171,1197]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">L. smithi</emphasis>
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is in the range of 6.567.57%.
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FF05099919A12283" bold="true" box="[245,399,1239,1265]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">Distribution</emphasis>
. The new species is currently known from
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E43FFC8FF0509B619532360" bold="true" box="[245,381,1272,1298]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek ‘μπότα’ meaning a high boot and refers to the high boot-shaped discal marking of the forewing. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.
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(
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light,
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,
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, M.,
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:
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,
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,
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,
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South West Pellokon Town
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, 5˚39'4''N, 8˚39'4''W,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
<collectorName id="B234534B3E43FFC8FD390A921B4F2184" box="[713,865,2012,2038]" pageId="11" pageNumber="35">Simonics, G.</collectorName>
leg., gen. prep.
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.
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<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E44FFCFFF670AFE1B622194" blockId="12.[151,1436,1968,2022]" pageId="12" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E44FFCFFF670AFE191921B5" bold="true" box="[151,311,1968,1991]" pageId="12" pageNumber="36">Figures 2931</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E44FFCFFEB50AFE1A2A21B5" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[325,516,1968,1991]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Lithosiccia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E44FFCFFEB50AFE1A2A21B5" box="[325,516,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="36">Lithosiccia smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(29),
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E44FFCFFDB70AFE1B1B21B5" box="[583,821,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="36">Palaeosiccia punctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(30), and
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E44FFCFFC550AFE1C0021B5" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[933,1070,1968,1991]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E44FFCFFC550AFE1C0021B5" box="[933,1070,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="36">Siccia caffra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(31): male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 29 and 30 in ANHRT; 31 in HNHM.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E45FFCEFF670AFE1C752194" blockId="13.[151,1437,1968,2022]" pageId="13" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E45FFCEFF670AFE191121B5" bold="true" box="[151,319,1968,1991]" pageId="13" pageNumber="37">Figures 3235</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E45FFCEFEA40AFE1A2821B5" box="[340,518,1968,1991]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Lithosiccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="37" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E45FFCEFEA40AFE19E421B5" box="[340,458,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="37">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
(32, 33),
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E45FFCEFD760AFE1B5221B5" box="[646,892,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="37">Palaeosiccia punctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(34), and
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E45FFCEFBF20AFE1CBC21B5" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[1026,1170,1968,1991]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="37" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E45FFCEFBF20AFE1CBC21B5" box="[1026,1170,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="37">Siccia caffra</emphasis>
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(35): female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 32 and 34 in ANHRT; 33 in GMF-B; 35 in MfN.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="57DB65163E46FFCDFF050D8A1B91225B" pageId="14" pageNumber="38" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFF050D8A194026AC" bold="true" box="[245,366,196,222]" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The forewing length is 7.0
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in males and 8.0 mm in the female.
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E46FFCDFB3B0D8A1DB326AC" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[1227,1437,196,222]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Lithosiccia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFB3B0D8A1DB326AC" box="[1227,1437,196,222]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">Lithosiccia smithi</emphasis>
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is most externally reminiscent of members of the genus
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E46FFCDFC9B0DA81C2D2772" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1900" box="[875,1027,230,256]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Palaeosiccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFC9B0DA81C2D2772" box="[875,1027,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
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rather than other congeners but distinguished by the shorter rami of the male antenna, the markedly narrower forewing with less distinct markings, and the dark brownish-grey male hindwing, which is off-white in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFB940C671CD22731" box="[1124,1276,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
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. Despite the superficial similarity to
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFE410C051A662717" box="[433,584,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
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, the male genitalia structures of the new species are typical of the genus
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFF670C23193427F5" box="[151,282,365,391]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
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and are most similar to
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFDA20C231A8427F5" box="[594,682,365,391]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">L. bota</emphasis>
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, from which, however, the male genital capsule of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFAC10C231DB227F5" box="[1329,1436,365,391]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">L. smithi</emphasis>
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differs in the medially narrower uncus, the broader vinculum, the heavily serrate anellus (it is smooth in the congener), the somewhat downcurved cucullus, and the upcurved and slightly longer distal saccular process. The phallus of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFEBE0C9C1999279E" box="[334,439,466,492]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">L. smithi</emphasis>
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is longer and distally narrower than in
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E46FFCDFC640C9C1BC7279E" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[916,1001,466,492]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Lithosiccia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bota">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E46FFCDFC640C9C1BC7279E" box="[916,1001,466,492]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="38">L. bota</emphasis>
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. Compared to
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instead, from which the new species differs in the shorter ductus bursae with a caliciform gelatinous antrum (it is absent in the congener), the elongate and sack-like corpus bursae with a membranous anterior section having a short diverticulum and a posterior section having a spinulose diverticulum postero-ventrally and a broad cluster of spines on the right side at the junction with the appendix bursae whereas in
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has an additional, second pair of lateral gelatinous pockets on the 6
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sternite.
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. The intraspecific variability of COI-5P sequences of the species is in the range of 3.133.29% between the populations from West Africa and
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. The pairwise distance between
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from
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is 0.46%.
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by 6.376.71% and 7.227.89%, respectively.
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. The new species is currently known from
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. The new species is dedicated to Mr Richard Smith, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ANHRT, who, through organising and undertaking numerous entomological expeditions to Sub-Saharan Africa has enabled the discovery of numerous species new to science. The name is a noun in the genitive case.
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The new genus is hereby assigned to the tribe
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and its species (
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(
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species:
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FCEC0E261C0B25F0" box="[796,1061,872,898]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Palaeosiccia punctata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7B504B6C3E4AFFC1FBDF0E261CC325F0" author="Hampson, G. F." box="[1071,1261,872,898]" pageId="2" pageNumber="26" refId="ref7289" refString="Hampson, G. F. (1900) Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Vol. 2. Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 1 - 590." type="book" year="1900">Hampson, 1900</bibRefCitation>
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) (
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) due to their relatively broad forewing and the bipectinate male antenna but are distinguished by the brown or ochreous forewing ground colour (it is off-white or pale greyish in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FC2C0EE21C5D25B4" box="[988,1139,940,966]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
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), and the dark, greyish-brown or grey hindwing ground colour in males, which is markedly paler, off-white or slightly suffused with grey in the similar genus. Compared to another
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genus occurring in the Afrotropics,
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FAFF0EA11D78227B" box="[1295,1366,1007,1033]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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species:
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FF0C095F19BF2259" box="[252,401,1041,1067]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Siccia caffra</emphasis>
Walker, 1854
</taxonomicName>
) (
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FDA2095F1AF72259" box="[594,729,1041,1067]" captionStart="Figures 1119" captionStartId="6.[151,237,1965,1988]" captionTargetBox="[160,1431,200,1911]" captionTargetId="figure-9@6.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figures 1119. Lithosiccia smithi (1115), Palaeosiccia punctata (16, 17), and Siccia caffra (18, 19): adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1113 and 17 in ANHRT; 14 and 15 in GMF-B; 16 and 19 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 18 in MfN." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246324" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13246324/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Figs 18, 19</figureCitation>
), species of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FC9B095F1BC02259" box="[875,1006,1041,1067]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
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have a relatively broader and darker coloured forewing, but the reliable generic identification requires the examination of the copulatory organs. The male genital capsule of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FE1D091B1A5E221D" box="[493,624,1109,1135]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FD72091B1B24221D" box="[642,778,1109,1135]" captionStart-0="Figures 2022" captionStart-1="Figures 2325" captionStart-2="Figures 2628" captionStart-3="Figures 2931" captionStartId-0="8.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionStartId-1="9.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionStartId-2="10.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionStartId-3="12.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox-0="[164,1365,198,1906]" captionTargetBox-1="[164,1411,192,1906]" captionTargetBox-2="[158,1419,221,1906]" captionTargetBox-3="[182,1404,204,1906]" captionTargetId-0="figure-9@8.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetId-1="figure-8@9.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetId-2="figure-9@10.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetId-3="figure-9@12.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId-0="8" captionTargetPageId-1="9" captionTargetPageId-2="10" captionTargetPageId-3="12" captionText-0="Figures 2022. Lithosiccia juvenis: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 20 in ANHRT; 21 in GMF- B; 22 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK)." captionText-1="Figures 2325. Lithosiccia spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 23 in ANHRT; 24 and 25 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK)." captionText-2="Figures 2628. Lithosiccia spp.: male genitalia. The specimens dissected are deposited in ANHRT." captionText-3="Figures 2931. Lithosiccia smithi (29), Palaeosiccia punctata (30), and Siccia caffra (31): male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 29 and 30 in ANHRT; 31 in HNHM." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246326" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246328" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246331" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246335" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13246326/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13246328/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/13246331/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/13246335/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Figs 2029</figureCitation>
) is distinguished from both
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FBAF091B1CD9221D" box="[1119,1271,1109,1135]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FAF9091B1D4F221D" box="[1289,1377,1109,1135]" captionStart="Figures 2931" captionStartId="12.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[182,1404,204,1906]" captionTargetId="figure-9@12.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figures 2931. Lithosiccia smithi (29), Palaeosiccia punctata (30), and Siccia caffra (31): male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 29 and 30 in ANHRT; 31 in HNHM." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246335" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13246335/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E4AFFC1FF67093818F122E2" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[151,223,1142,1168]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FF67093818F122E2" box="[151,223,1142,1168]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FF000938196622E2" box="[240,328,1142,1168]" captionStart="Figures 2931" captionStartId="12.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[182,1404,204,1906]" captionTargetId="figure-9@12.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figures 2931. Lithosiccia smithi (29), Palaeosiccia punctata (30), and Siccia caffra (31): male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 29 and 30 in ANHRT; 31 in HNHM." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246335" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13246335/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Fig. 31</figureCitation>
, see also Volynkin (2023)) by the structure of the valva, which is clearly subdivided into the broad and long sacculus with an elongate and narrow distal process, and the costa extended distally into a narrow sclerotised process (called the cucullus herein). Additionally, the tegumen of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FB6F09F41D0F22A6" box="[1183,1313,1210,1236]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
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has broad but weakly sclerotised lobes anteriorly, which protrude into the intersegmental membrane connecting the genitalia with the abdomen cuticle, the feature characteristic of the genus. Another feature characteristic of the genus is the ductus ejaculatorius opening on the ventral side of the phallus whereas in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FB0D08511DBB234B" box="[1277,1429,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E4AFFC1FF67080F18F12329" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[151,223,1345,1371]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FF67080F18F12329" box="[151,223,1345,1371]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Siccia</emphasis>
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and other related genera, it opens dorsally. The female genitalia of the new genus (
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FB2B080F1D482329" box="[1243,1382,1345,1371]" captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="13.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[214,1379,197,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-8@13.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figures 3235. Lithosiccia spp. (32, 33), Palaeosiccia punctata (34), and Siccia caffra (35): female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 32 and 34 in ANHRT; 33 in GMF-B; 35 in MfN." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246337" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13246337/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Figs 32, 33</figureCitation>
) are distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E4AFFC1FE8C082C1A3A230E" authorityName="Hampson" authorityYear="1900" box="[380,532,1378,1404]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Palaeosiccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FE8C082C1A3A230E" box="[380,532,1378,1404]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FDD5082C1A54230E" box="[549,634,1378,1404]" captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="13.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[214,1379,197,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-8@13.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figures 3235. Lithosiccia spp. (32, 33), Palaeosiccia punctata (34), and Siccia caffra (35): female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 32 and 34 in ANHRT; 33 in GMF-B; 35 in MfN." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246337" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13246337/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
) by the lack of the antevaginal plate and the lateral subostial plates, the corpus bursae bearing broad and dense clusters of robust spines, and the well-developed appendix bursae situated laterally or postero-laterally whereas it is reduced and situated postero-ventrally in the aforementioned genus. Compared to
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FD9108891A862393" box="[609,680,1479,1505]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="87FA2A183E4AFFC1FD4E08891B352393" box="[702,795,1479,1505]" captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="13.[151,237,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[214,1379,197,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-8@13.[151,1436,189,1928]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figures 3235. Lithosiccia spp. (32, 33), Palaeosiccia punctata (34), and Siccia caffra (35): female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 32 and 34 in ANHRT; 33 in GMF-B; 35 in MfN." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13246337" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13246337/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Fig. 35</figureCitation>
, see also Volynkin (2023)), the female genitalia of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FF6708A719342071" box="[151,282,1513,1539]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
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lack the lateral subostial lobes. Additionally, the 8
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and the 7
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abdominal sternites of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FAEA08A71DB22071" box="[1306,1436,1513,1539]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Lithosiccia</emphasis>
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bear lateral gelatinous pockets which are not found in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FCE40B451B822057" box="[788,940,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Palaeosiccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FC230B451C352057" box="[979,1051,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FF050B6319A82035" bold="true" box="[245,390,1581,1607]" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Description</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FE6B0B631B022035" bold="true" box="[411,812,1581,1607]" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">External morphology of adults</emphasis>
. Male antenna shortly bipectinate, female antenna setose-serrulate. Body brown. Forewing ground colour from pale ochreous brown to deep brown. Forewing markings dark brown or blackish. Transverse lines irregularly zigzagged or sinuous, indistinct in certain species. Proximal cellular spot small, dot-shaped. Discal spot large and various in shape. Hindwing brown or greyish-brown, discal spot diffuse.
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4AFFC1FDC70BFA1AC420BC" bold="true" box="[567,746,1716,1742]" pageId="2" pageNumber="26">Male genitalia</emphasis>
. Uncus elongate and slender, medially dilated and distally tapered, with tiny claw-shaped tip. Tuba analis weakly setose. Arms of tegumen fused in dorsal third and anteriorly tapered, with broad but weakly sclerotised lobes anteriorly protruding into the intersegmental membrane. Vinculum shorter than tegumen, more or less U-shaped. Valva clearly subdivied into dorsal and ventral (saccular) parts. Dorsal part of valva distally narrow and well-sclerotised, downcurved in certain species. Sacculus broad, with setose or spinulose dorsal margin. Distal saccular process elongate and narrow, almost straight. Juxta weakly sclerotised, trapezoidal, in certain species with two short and serrulate apical processes. Phallus large, cylindrical, almost straight or slightly upcurved distally. Ductus ejaculatorius originates anterio-ventrally. Vesica broad, sack-like, with short diverticula of various shapes, and large horn- or plate-like distal cornutus; in certain species with additional proximal plate-like cornutus or cluster of spines.
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4BFFC0FF080D8A19E126AC" bold="true" box="[248,463,196,222]" pageId="3" pageNumber="27">Female genitalia</emphasis>
. Papilla analis broad, trapezoidal, weakly setose. Apophyses long and thin. Postvaginal area with scobinated cluster. Ostium bursae broad. Ductus bursae short and broad, weakly sclerotised, with short gelatinous antrum in certain species. Corpus bursae with sclerotised posterior and membranous anterior sections, former bearing clusters of numerous robust spines protruding into anterior section laterally in certain species. Appendix bursae short, situated postero-ventrally or laterally, basally spinulose in certain species. 7
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(and 6
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in certain species) abdominal sternite(s) with lateral gelatinous pockets.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E4BFFC0FF050CFE1C052423" blockId="3.[151,1437,196,728]" pageId="3" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4BFFC0FF050CFE199827B8" bold="true" box="[245,438,432,458]" pageId="3" pageNumber="27">Molecular data</emphasis>
.
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The pairwise distances between morphospecies are in the range of 4.118.77%. At the current stage it is impossible to evaluate the intrapopulational divergences due to the limited number of specimens sampled, the only example available being
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of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4BFFC0FC090CBA1C42247C" box="[1017,1132,500,526]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="27">L. juvenis</emphasis>
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from
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which have identical COI sequences.
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intraspecific divergences between different populations of the same species vary significantly with pairwise distances in the range of 0.463.95% (
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. Species of the genus are distributed in rainforests of West and Central Africa.
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. The genus name is an aggregate of the genus-group names
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4CFFC7FF050B4819992052" bold="true" box="[245,439,1542,1568]" pageId="4" pageNumber="28">Molecular data</emphasis>
. As only a single specimen was sequenced, the intraspecific variability of COI-5P sequences of this species could not be calculated. The divergence from
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. The new species is currently known only from its
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locality in south-eastern
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. The new species is dedicated to the knowledgeable entomologist Dr Hitoshi Takano, Collections Manager, ANHRT, organiser and participant of several entomological expeditions in Africa and one of the collectors of the
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. The name is a noun in the genitive case.
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.
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FBE308721CCA2324" box="[1043,1252,1340,1366]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">Lithosiccia mikra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the smallest known species in the genus. It is externally vaguely reminiscent of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FC5C08101C30230A" box="[940,1054,1374,1400]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">L. juvenis</emphasis>
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but distinguished by the smaller size, the more rounded forewing apex, the dark brown forewing ground colour (it is pale brown in the congener), the indistinct forewing markings (except the relatively large discal marking), and the dark brown hindwing ground colour, which is pale greyish-brown in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FCA4088D1BE423AF" box="[852,970,1475,1501]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">L. juvenis</emphasis>
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. The male genital capsule of the new species is most similar to
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E4FFFC4FE2408AB1A60238D" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[468,590,1509,1535]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Lithosiccia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="takanoi">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FE2408AB1A60238D" box="[468,590,1509,1535]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">L. takanoi</emphasis>
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but differs in the longer uncus, the shorter, narrower, distally tapered and less downcurved cucullus (it is subapically dilated in the congener), the markedly shorter and thinner setae of the sacculus, and the shorter, narrower and apically tapered distal saccular process, which is apically rounded in
<taxonomicName id="D8C14D1E3E4FFFC4FEEF0B0419B92016" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[287,407,1610,1636]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Lithosiccia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="takanoi">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FEEF0B0419B92016" box="[287,407,1610,1636]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">L. takanoi</emphasis>
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. The phallus of
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FDAC0B041AEE2016" box="[604,704,1610,1636]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">L. mikra</emphasis>
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is broader than in
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<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FC510B041C372016" box="[929,1049,1610,1636]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">L. takanoi</emphasis>
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. In the vesica structure, the new species differs from its congeners in the lack of the rugose stripe, the longer distal cornutus, which is more protruding from the vesica surface, and the longer and utricular distal diverticulum which is conical in other species in the genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E4FFFC4FF050B9F1A3C2099" blockId="7.[151,1437,1205,1906]" box="[245,530,1745,1771]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">The female is unknown.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E4FFFC4FF050BBC1BAF217E" blockId="7.[151,1437,1205,1906]" box="[245,897,1778,1804]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FF050BBC199B217E" bold="true" box="[245,437,1778,1804]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">Molecular data</emphasis>
. Currently unavailable for this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="57DB65163E4FFFC4FF050A5A1D48215C" box="[245,1382,1812,1838]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E4FFFC4FF050A5A1D48215C" blockId="7.[151,1437,1205,1906]" box="[245,1382,1812,1838]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FF050A5A19A1215C" bold="true" box="[245,399,1812,1838]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">Distribution</emphasis>
. The new species is currently known only from its
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locality in western
<collectingCountry id="67D6760D3E4FFFC4FAF30A5A1D4C215C" box="[1283,1378,1812,1838]" name="Uganda" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">Uganda</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="57DB65163E4FFFC4FF050A781D192100" pageId="7" pageNumber="31" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="1F7E369D3E4FFFC4FF050A781D192100" blockId="7.[151,1437,1205,1906]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="2DB5EA8F3E4FFFC4FF050A7819532122" bold="true" box="[245,381,1846,1872]" pageId="7" pageNumber="31">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek ‘μικρό’ meaning small and refers to the relatively small size of the new species. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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