The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini)
Author
Sciarretta, Andrea
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences-University of Molise-Via De Sanctis, I- 86100 Campobasso, Italy SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung M ̹ nchen, M ̹ nchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 M ̹ nchen, Germany
Author
Hausmann, Axel
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-10
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journal article
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Zamarada eurygnathus
Fletcher, 1974
(
Figs 3, 4
,
35
,
55
)
Zamarada eurygnathus
Fletcher, 1974: 32
, text-figs 21,22, pl. 96 fig. 852.
Locus
typicus:
Kenya
:
Nairobi
,
Ngong
,
vii.1954
(
Fowler
&
Coulson
) (
Holotype
Ƌ in NHMUK).
Examined material.
1Ƌ
3♀
:
ÄTHIOPIEN
,
Arba Minch
,
Gamo Gofa Region
,
06°0’N
37°33’E
,
1400 m
, 14.4–
2.5.2001
, leg.
G. Riedel
&
R
.
Beck
(
ZSM
G 20599/ Ƌ / BC
ZSM
Lep
13775, failure); 2Ƌ
5♀
: S.
ETHIOPIA
,
Arba Minch
,
Reg. Omo
,
Prov. Gemu Gofa
,
1350–1450m
,
6°0′N
37°33′E
14.IV.–2.V.2001
, leg.
R
.
Beck
, leg.
G. Riedel
(
ZSM
G
20208 /
♀
/
BC
ZSM
Lep
13776;
BC
ZSM
Lep
13773); 1Ƌ
2♀
: S.
ETHIOPIA
,
Arba Minch
,
Reg. Omo
,
Prov. Gemu Gofa
,
1350–1450m
,
6°0′N
37°33′E
,
24.V.–4.VI.1999
, leg.
Beck
/
Hiermeier
(
ZSM
G
20209 /
♀
/ LEP-SS-00517);
1Ƌ:
ÄTHIOPIEN
,
Arba Minch
,
Reg.Omo
,
Prov. Gemu Gofa
,
06°00.196′N
/
037°33.043′E
,
3100m
,
14.–23.V.1999
, leg.
R
.
Beck
& M.
Hiermeier
(
ZSM
G 20300 /
Ƌ
/ LEP-SS-00518 failure)
;
1♀
:
ÄTHIOPIEN
, Os-tafrikanischer
Graben
,
Prov. Gamu Gofa
,
Arba Minch
12 km
NNO,
1620 m
,
06°08.311ʹN
,
37°34.963ʹO
,
22.v.2012
,
Dietl M.
+ S. &
R
.
Beck
;
1♀
: S
ETHIOPIA
SN,
Jinga
,
Mago NP
, mainroad
6km
WSW Jinka
,
1437m
,
05°47‘35‘‘ N
36°28‘24‘‘E
24.II.2012
leg.
Hacker
&
Schreier
(
ZSM
G 20808 /
♀
);
1Ƌ:
ÄTHIOPIEN
,
Reg.Sidamo
/
Oromia
,
Bale Mts.
,
Prov. Bale
,
Goba
to
Sof Omar
,
1640 m
,
06°58′N
,
40°34′O
,
12.v.2012
,
Dietl M.
+ S. &
R
Beck
(
ƋBC
ZSM
Lep
109449)
.
Description.
Adult
♀
(
Fig. 4
): forewing length
10–11 mm
. Antennae filiform. Hyaline area of wings creamy, variably irrorated with yellowish-brown and dark brown; basal and medial fascia in fore- and hindwing poorly
defined; costa of forewing yellowish-brown, irrorated with black; discal spot on forewing grey, black-ringed; punctiform discal spot on hindwings black. Extended non-hyaline terminal area of fore- and hind wings grey, irrorated with brown and black scales between M1 and M3, proximally black-bordered.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 55
). Antrum symmetrical, anterior part sclerotized, posterior margin deeply incised and medially dentate. Ductus seminalis dilated forming a globular sac. Corpus bursae ribbed in the proximal part, the single signum rounded with edges serrate.
Differential diagnosis.
Female genitalia differ from those of the related
Z. townsendi
Fletcher, 1974
and
Z. anacantha
Fletcher,
1974
in the different shape of the posterior margin of ostium bursae.
Genetic data.
BIN: BOLD:AAH8465 (n=3 from
Ethiopia
; maximum variation 0.4%). Nearest species:
Z. cinnamomata
Fletcher, 1978
(2.4%).
Distribution.
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
(
Fletcher 1974
; Aarvik. & Bjørnstad 2007;
De Prins & De Prins 2019
). New for the fauna of
Ethiopia
.
Remarks.
Some slight differences in male genitalia when compared with the figure in
Fletcher (1974)
, supposedly based on the
type
material: Uncus longer, larger at base, gnathos scobinate and divided into two lobes, lateral cornutus of aedeagus not pointed, fulcrum not visible.