Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) Author Volynkin, Anton V. 0000-0001-9447-4925 The African Natural History Research Trust (ANHRT), Street Court Leominster, Kingsland, HR 6 9 QA, UK. E-mail: anton @ anhrt. org. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925 & Altai State University, Lenina Avenue 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. text Ecologica Montenegrina 2023 2023-07-07 64 1 184 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.64.1 journal article 10.37828/em.2023.64.1 2336-9744 13248512 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ED4A9B48-70C2-4B8D-B8F1-513B217A439B Siccia lubumbashia sp. n. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 17FD40D0-7B03-40BC-91E4-71CF9FDBFF42 ( Figs 218, 219 , 422 ) Type material . Holotype ( Figs 218 , 422 ): male, [ DRC , Katanga Province , Lubumbashi ] “Musée du Congo | Elisabethville | 16-III-1937 | Ch. Seydel ” / “Slide | AV7026 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( RMCA ). Paratypes : DRC : 1 male , same data as holotype but 3.iii.1935 , gen. prep. No.: AV7025 ( RMCA ) ; 1 male , same locality as previous but 14.iii.1934 , Dr Bourguignon, gen. prep. No.: AV7027 ( RMCA ) . Diagnosis . The forewing length is 10.0 mm in males. Siccia lubumbashia is externally reminiscent of S. overlaeti but differs in the larger size and broader forewing. The male genital capsule of the new species is similar to S. overlaeti but distinguished by the broader valva with a markedly broader costal lobe, more asymmetrical and apically rounded cuculli (they are apically trapezoidal in the congener), and a markedly shorter spinulose proximal section of the sacculus. Additionally, unlike S. overlaeti , the distal saccular processes of S. lubumbashia bear two triangular lobes each (they are more or less trapezoidal in the congener), and the spines of the anellus are smaller and fewer. The phallus of S. lubumbashia is distally broader than in S. overlaeti and bears a robust carinal thorn. Compared to S. overlaeti , the vesica of the new species bears a more weakly sclerotised serrulate plate covered with smaller denticles. The female is unknown. Molecular data . Currently unavailable for this species. Distribution . The new species is known only from its type locality in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Katanga Province). Etymology . The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville). The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.