Taxonomic revision of the genus Delorhachis Karsch 1896 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
Author
Taberer, Tabitha R.
Author
Fiebig, Ralf
Author
Giusti, Alessandro
Author
László, Gyula M.
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Delorhachis kilosa
West, 1940
(
Figures 34–36
,
82
,
113–114
,
153
)
Delorachis
[
sic]
kilosa
West, 1940
,
Annals and
Magazine of Natural History
,
6
(11): 122, pl.3,
Figure 9
. Type locality: [
Tanzania
], Tanganyika Territory, Kilosa.
Holotype
male, gen. slide no.
Limacodidae 1325
J (
NHMUK
),
Paratypes
,
2 males
(
NHMUK
)
.
Type material examined
Holotype
.
Male: red circle label ′HOLO- | TYPE̍|| handwritten ′
Delorhachis
| kilosa | West. |
Holotype
J̍ || ′
Tanganyika Territory
̍. | handwritten ′Kilosa 16.XII.25̍ | ′
N. C. E. Miller
̍. | handwritten ′at light̍. || ′Pres. By | Imp. Bur.Ent. | Brit.Mus | 1927–503̍. || ′
Limacodidae
| Brit. Mus. slide | No. 1325̍ || QR code label with unique ID
NHMUK 010894382
(
NHMUK
)
.
Paratype
.
Male: yellow circle label ′Para- | type̍ || handwritten ′
Delorhachis
| kilosa | West |
Paratype
J̍ | ′
Tanganyika Territory
̍. | handwritten ′
Kilosa
16
.XII.25̍ | ′N. C. E. Miller̍. | handwritten ′at light̍. || ′Pres. by | Imp.Bur.Ent. | Brit.Mus. | 1927–503̍.
|| ′SLIDE/
NHMUK 010317406
̍ || QR code label with unique ID
NHMUK 010894379
(
NHMUK
)
.
Paratype
.
Male: yellow circle label ′Para- | type̍ || handwritten ′
Delorhachis
| kilosa | West |
Paratype
J̍ | ′
Tanganyika Territory
̍. | handwritten ′
Kilosa
16
.XII.25̍ | ′N. C. E. Miller̍. | handwritten ′at light̍. || ′Pres. by | Imp.Bur.Ent. | Brit.Mus. | 1927–503̍. (
NHMUK
).
Additional material examined
Malawi
.
2 males
,
Maiwale
,
12 miles
E
.
of
Ft
.
Johnston
[=
Mangochi
],
3280 ft
,
3 January 1929
,
Lamborn, W
.A
. leg., gen. slide nos. LG 5730, TT 079 (
OUNHM
).
Tanzania
.
1 male
,
Mpanda District
,
Nkungwe
,
22 November 1958
,
Kielland, J
. leg
., gen. slide no. 4149J
Delorhachis
(RCAB)
.