Two new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Sudan and Ethiopia Author Yakovlev, Roman V. 18B1DBFC-045D-4FDB-A872-F32854180441 Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina pr. 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. & Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 18 B 1 DBFC- 045 D- 4 FDB-A 872 - F 32854180441 & Corresponding author: yakovlev _ asu @ mail. ru yakovlev_asu@mail.ru Author Witt, Thomas J. C13CF2AA-AA3B-4B13-B1DF-DE8DCCD54C57 Museum Witt, Tengstrasse 33, D- 80796, Munich, Germany. & Email: thomas @ witt-thomas. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: C 13 CF 2 AA-AA 3 B- 4 B 13 - B 1 DF-DE 8 DCCD 54 C 57 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2016 2016-11-03 240 1 8 journal article 21864 10.5852/ejt.2016.240 9c76dbec-95a8-4802-aca2-ecdc9d4a82c2 2118-9773 3850275 42D47E8C-6212-4741-9076-F878753E073B Afroarabiella strohlei sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 55F15338-7A34-4FB8-9EB2-B67541E8D33C Figs 11, 13, 15¯16 Diagnosis Afroarabiella strohlei sp. nov. is distinctive compared to other Afroarabiella species by virtue of its very dark wings and the male genitalia structure: the strongly tapered phallus in its basal third and the sickleshaped cornutus slightly tapered at apex. Figs 14¯15. Afroarabiella species ( type localities). 14 . A. sulaki sp. nov. , type locality (photo by H. Sulak). 15 . A. strohlei sp. nov. , type locality (photo by M. Ströhle). Etymology The new species is named after the well-known German lepidopterist Manfred Ströhle (Weiden). Material examined Holotype ETHIOPIA : ³, Turmi , Mango Lodge , 04º58.32 N , 036º30.54 E , 920 m , 21¯ 24 Jan. 2015 , leg. Ströhle (collection of M. Ströhle , Weiden ; Coss-MSW/2015/31). Paratype ETHIOPIA : 1 ³, same data as holotype (collection of M. Ströhle, Weiden). Fig. 16. Map of the distribution of Afroarabiella species. Description Male EXTERNAL CHARACTERS. Length of fore wing 12 mm , wingspan 24 mm . Front and patagia ginger brown. Antennae bipectinate. Thorax brown. Abdomen pale grey. Fore wing wide, apex rounded, color dark grey with pattern of poorly noticeable dark undulate lines and thin X-shaped band in post-discal area; pale grey portion in submarginal area; marginal band very thin (about ¼ mm), pale grey; fringe grey, unicolorous. Hind wing pale yellow with hardly expressed pattern of rare grey strokes; fringe grey. MALE GENITALIA. Uncus long, gradually narrowing from base to apex, apex rounded; gnathos arms rather thick, of middle length; gnathos poorly sclerotized; valve slightly tapered caudally, costal and abdominal edges almost parallel, apex wide, rounded, poorly sclerotized; costal margin of valve slightly curved in basal third; transtilla process hook-likely bent, thin, with wide base and tapered apex; juxta large, saddle-lake, with two lateral processes; lateral process of juxta large, elongated, slightly widening caudally, apex rounded; saccus of middle size, semicircle; phallus slightly shorter than valve, of even thickness except for narrowing in basal third; apex of phallus rounded; phallus strongly curved in basal third; vesica aperture in dorsal-apical position, in length about ¼ of phallus; vesica with thick sickleshaped cornutus; apex of cornutus slightly tapered, cornutus located along phallus axis. Female Unknown. Remarks Paratype the same size as the holotype . Distribution Ethiopia (Debub Omo Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations , Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR). Flight period January.