Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon
Author
Ustjuzhanin, Peter
Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, RU- 656049, Russia & Biological Institute, Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospekt 36, Tomsk 634050, Russia
Author
Kovtunovich, Vasily
Moscow Society of Nature Explorers, Bolshaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow, RU- 125009, Russia
Author
Maicher, Vincent
Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branisovska 31, CZ- 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, CZ- 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic & Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, CZ- 12844 Prague, Czech Republic
Author
Safian, Szabolcs
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, CZ- 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic & Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, University of Sopron, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky u. 4. H- 9945 Sopron, Hungary
Author
Delabye, Sylvain
Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branisovska 31, CZ- 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, CZ- 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0911-9721
Author
Streltzov, Alexander
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, 48, Moika Emb., Saint-Petersburg, 191186, Russia
Author
Tropek, Robert
Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branisovska 31, CZ- 37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic & Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, CZ- 12844 Prague, Czech Republic
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7499-6259
robert.tropek@gmail.com
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ZooKeys
2020
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103
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.935.49843
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.935.49843
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Alucita jana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich
sp. nov.
Figs 4
, 5
Type material.
Holotype
• male, (NECJU 201902) Cameroon, PlanteCam, 1100 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon (SW slope),
4.1175°N
,
9.0709°E
, 09-14.IV.2015, lgt. V. Maicher, Sz.
Safian
, S.
Janecek
, R. Tropek.
Paratypes
• 1 male, (CUK), Ekonjo, 1150 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon (SW slope),
4.0881°N
,
9.1168°E
, 24.X.2017, lgt.V. Maicher, P.
Potocky
, S. Delabye • 1 male, (CUK), Mapanja camp, 1850 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon (SW slope),
4.1157°N
,
9.1315°E
, 25.X.2017, V. Maicher, P.
Potocky
, S. Delabye.
Diagnosis.
The new species is similar in the shape of the uncus and valves of the male genitalia to
Alucita tesserata
(Meyrick, 1918) (Fig.
20
), but it differs in the apically narrow gnathos and the presence of a group of fine acicular cornuti in the aedeagus.
Alucita jana
also differs from
A. tesserata
in the wing colouration.
External characters.
Wingspan 15 mm. Head, thorax and tegulae with brown appressed scales. Labial palpus wide, short, 1.5 longer than longitudinal eye diameter, slightly bent upwards, brown scaled inside and outside. Third segment discrete, apically sharp. Antenna yellowish-brown. Wings yellowish-brown, distinctive pale brown band medially. Forewings show a dark brown postmedial band. Forewing basally with dark brown scales, hindwing basally light. Distally, alternating portions of brown and yellowish scales. Fringe of wings yellow, with alternating portions of brown hairs. Hind leg pale yellow.
Male genitalia.
Uncus long, apically slightly widened. Gnathos long, distally widened, apically slightly tapered, equal to uncus in length. Valve short, finger-like, membranous. Anellus arms narrow, long, apically slightly widened. Saccus with oval outer edge. Aedeagus straight, basally widened, apically with a group of fine acicular cornuti.
Figures 4, 5.
Alucita jana
Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. nov.
4
adult male, Holotype, NEJCU
5
male genitalia, Holotype, preparation slide no. 201902. Scale bar: 5 mm.
Distribution.
Cameroon.
Flight period.
April, October.
Etymology.
The species name is a noun in apposition in honour to Robert
Tropek's
mother, Jana
Tropkova
.