Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana
Author
Przybyłowicz, Łukasz
Author
Bąkowski, Marek
text
Zootaxa
2011
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54
60
journal article
46331
10.5281/zenodo.206669
ecffe773-a087-46b6-a66c-67f020eebd2e
1175-5326
206669
Metarctia paremphares
Holland
, 1893
(
Figs. 2
C, 3D–E)
Metarctia paremphares
Holland
, 1893
. Psyche 6: 395.
Material examined.
3 Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve;
24–30.VIII.2006
(
ISEA
).
Distribution.
New for
Ghana
. Verified data come from
Angola
,
Gabon
,
Kenya
and
Rwanda
. Due to the taxonomic problems all other literature data should be treated with reservation.
Remarks.
The phallus and vesica are illustrated here for the first time (
Figs 3
D–E) (gs - S136, ISEA). Their morphology (phallus short, wide; vesica membranous, short, widened basally) confirms the correct placement of
M. paremphares
in a group of similar, small, dark brown taxa which taxonomic position remains unclear (
Fig. 2
C). Due to the lack of comparative material the proper interpretation of the small differences is currently impossible. This assemblage contains also
M. benitensis
Holland
, 1893
and
M. hulstaertiana
Kiriakoff, 1953
.