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.
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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 imana
Volynkin, 2019
(
Figs 179, 180
,
401, 402
,
504
)
Siccia imana
Volynkin, 2019
,
Zootaxa
, 4571 (2): 285, figs 1–4, 10, 13, 14 (
Type
locality: “
Rwanda
,
Nyungwe
... 2000[m]”).
Type material examined
.
Holotype
(
Figs 179
,
401
): male, “
Rwanda
| Nyungwe | 8-III-[19]75 |
B. Turlin
| 2000[m]” / “Slide | ZSM Arct. | 186/2017 |
A. Volynkin
” (
ZSM
).
Paratypes
:
RWANDA
:
1 female
, Rwanda, Nyungwe,
2000 m
, K16,
B. Turlin
[leg.], 15.I.[19]77, gen. prep.
No.
: ZSM
Arct.
224/2017 (prepared by Volynkin) (
ZSM
)
;
1 male
,
1 female
,
Rwanda
,
Nyungwe NP
,
1800m
,
Busoro
,
2°32'S
29°11'E
,
29.vii.2008
,
J. & W. De Prince
leg., unique numbers: NHMUK10605644, NHMUK10605644, gen. prep.
Nos.
: NHMUK010315259 (male), NHMUK010315260 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) (
NHMUK
)
.
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 11.0–
12.5 mm
in males and 13.0–
13.5 mm
in females.
Siccia imana
is distinguished from other species in the species-group by its large size and the well-expressed and distinct forewing pattern. The male and female copulatory organs of
S. imana
are most similar to those of
S. alberti
and the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of this species.
Molecular data
. Currently unavailable for this species.
Distribution
. The species is currently known from
Rwanda
(Volynkin 2019).