The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini)
Author
Sciarretta, Andrea
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences-University of Molise-Via De Sanctis, I- 86100 Campobasso, Italy SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung M ̹ nchen, M ̹ nchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 M ̹ nchen, Germany
Author
Hausmann, Axel
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Zamarada excavata pollex
Fletcher, 1974
(
Figs 26
,
48
)
Zamarada excavata
Bethune-Baker, 1913: 573
. Locus typicus:
Angola
: north,
N’Dalla Tando
,
2700 ft
,
19.xi.1908
(
Dr W.J. Ansorge
) (Holotype Ƌ in NHMUK).
Zamarada excavata
subsp.
pollex
Fletcher, 1974: 87
, text-fig. 117. Locus typicus:
Ethiopia
:
Jlubador Gore
(
8°8’N
.
35°31’E
.),
2007m
,
8–23.xii.1959
(Richter) (Holotype Ƌ in SMNS).
Literature records.
Jlubador Gore; Jimma; Wolamo Prov., Soddu; Lalokeli; Saupé Boro (
Fletcher 1974
); KébréMengist (
Herbulot 1977
).
Examined material.
1♀
:
Forêt de Wadera
,
1600 m
,
Ethiopie
,
16.XI.1973
,
P.C. Rougeot
leg. (
Coll. Herbulot
)
;
1♀
:
ETHIOPIA
,
Bale Mountains—Harenna Forest
,
Karcha Camp
,
2350 m
(lux),
20.II.2010
,
Leg. Parisi
,
Sciarretta
(
ZSM
G
20222 /
♀
/ LEP-SS-00497 failure)
;
1♀
:
ETHIOPIA
,
Oromia
,
7km
S
Kibre Mengist
,
1500m
,
21.IV.2009
,
5°48′46″N
38°57′41″E
,
S.Naumann
,
H.Schnitzler
(
ZSM
G 20292 /
♀
/ LEP-SS-00502);
2Ƌ:
ETHIOPIA
, Prov.
Oromiya
, zw. Leku U. Wendo,
2 km
E-Abosto,
N06°44.950
E38°26.612
,
15–19.V.2010
–1800m—lux, Leg.
H. Sulak
(
ZSM
G
20183 /
Ƌ
/
BC
ZSM
Lep 47382;
ZSM
G
20186 /
Ƌ
/ LEP-SS-00498 failure);
1Ƌ
1♀
:
ETHIOPIA
,
Prov.
Oromiya
, btw.
Leku
and
Wendo
, env.
Abosto
,
1790m
,
N06°44.950
E38°26.612
15–19.V.2010
, leg.
H. Sulak
; 1Ƌ:
ETHIOPIA
, Prov.
Oromiya
, zw. Deritu & Dubuluk. Umg. Deritu, N04°42.246 E38°10.252,
20.IV.2010
–1590mlux, Leg. H. Sulak (
ZSM
G 20290 /
Ƌ
/ LEP-SS-00499);
12Ƌ
2♀
: S.
Ethiopia
,
Oromia
,
13 km
S
Agere Maryam
,
1960m
(lux),
5.5149°N
,
38.2529°E
,
7.XI.2010
, leg.
de Freina
,
Hacker
,
Peks
,
Schreier
(
ZSM
G20528/ Ƌ);
1Ƌ: S
Ethiopia
SN,
11.2km
W Bonga
,
2050m
(lux),
07°17‘00“N–
36°07‘58“E
,
1.XI.2010
, leg.
de Freina
,
Hacker
,
Peks
,
Schreier
(
ZSM
G 20534/ Ƌ);
1Ƌ: S
Ethiopia
SN, 11.km
N Dilla
,
1675m
(lux),
06°30‘35“N–
38°19‘33“E
,
6.XI.2010
, leg.
de Freina
,
Hacker
,
Peks
,
Schreier
(
ZSM
G20534/ Ƌ)
;
1♀
:
Äthiopien
,
Prov. Bale
,
Bale Mountains
,
1770m
, (
Feuchgebiet
),
06°35.636’N
39°45.203’O
,
8.IV.2016
,
Robert Beck
leg.
;
1♀
: S.
Ethiopia
,
Southern Nation
,
Kaffa
,
Bonga
Guesth.
,
1765 m
,
7°15‘3“N
–
36°15‘17“E
, 5391b,
3.XI.2014
, leg.
H.J. Flügel
;
1Ƌ:
Ethiopia
,
Kaffa Prov.
,
5 km
E Jima
,
1800 m
,
7°40’N
36°55’E
,
28.IV.2008
,
S. Naumann
,
H. Schnitzler
(BC
ZSM
Lep
26315);
1Ƌ:
Ethiopia
,
Prov.
Oromiya
zw. Leku U. Wendo,
2 km
E-Abosto,
N06°44.950
E38°26.612
,
15–19.V.2010
–1800m—lux,
Leg. H. Sulak
(
BC
ZSM
Lep
40506, in coll. Sommerer);
1Ƌ: S
Ethiopia
,
Oromia
,
Bale Mts.
NP
,
6km
S Rira
, Harenna,
6.718°N
,
39.72°E
,
2407 m
,
18.II.2012
, leg.
de Freina
,
Hacker
,
Peks
,
Schreier
(
ƋBC
ZSM
Lep
109435)
;
1♀
:
Ethiopia
,
Oromia
,
Bale
,
8km
S. Dolomena,
1200 m
,
IV.2017
, leg.
R
.
Beck
(
S
1) (
ZSM
G
20806/
♀
);
1Ƌ: S-Ethiopia,
GamoGofa
,
V.2008
, Arba Minch,
1400m
,
G. Riedel
,
R. Beck
(
ZSM
G
20817/
Ƌ
)
;
1♀
:
ÄTHIOPIEN
, Ostafrikanisch-er
Graben
,
Prov. South Nations
,
Bonga
,
25 km
SW,
1860 m
,
07°18‘46“ N
,
36°03‘19“ O
,
16.viii.2017
,
Beck R.
&
G. Riedel
leg (
ZSM
G 20821/
♀
);
2Ƌ: SW.
ETHIOPIA
,
Southern Nations
,
Bonga
,
1880 m
,
7.2363°N
36.2702°E
,
12–18.VIII.2017
,
G. Riedl
,
R
.
Beck
;
1Ƌ: sw.
ETHIOPIA
,
Southern Nations
,
Bonga
,
Wushwush
,
1975m
,
7°18’32 N
–
36°05’12 E
,
13.VI.2019
, leg.
R
.
Beck
(
BC
ZSM
Lep
106730);
1Ƌ: W-Ethiopia
Kaffa
,
11km
nw
Jima
,
10– 15.V.
2008
, 2060m, leg.
R.Beck G.Riedel
(
ZSM
G
20185 /
Ƌ
/
BC
ZSM
Lep 14827);
1Ƌ:
Ethiopia
,
SNNPR
,
Bonga
,
7.236°N
,
36.27°E
,
1880 m
,
18.VIII.2010
,
G. Riedel
,
R
.
Beck
leg. (
Ƌ
BC
ZSM
Lep
109410);
1Ƌ:
ETHIOPIA
, SNNPR,
Bonga
Guesthouse
,
7.251°N
,
36.254°E
,
1760 m
,
13.VI.2012
, leg.
R
.
Beck
(Ƌ BC
ZSM
Lep
109453)
.
Genetic data.
BIN
:
BOLD
:AAH8490 (n=10 from
Ethiopia
; maximum variation 0.8%); nearest species:
Z. melpomene
(3.4%). One other specimen of
Z. excavata
from
Ethiopia
(BC
ZSM
Lep 14827) clustering with the West African
BIN
(
BOLD
:AAH8466; n=16 from
Cameroon
,
Guinea
,
Sao Tomé and Principe
,
Angola
) of the nominotypical subspecies and diverging by 4.6 % from the Ethiopian
BIN
of
subsp.
pollex
, probably due to genetic introgression.
Distribution.
Angola
,
Cameroon
,
Central African Republic
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Ethiopia
,
Guinea
,
Kenya
,
Madagascar
,
Malawi
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
,
Zambia
(
Fletcher 1974
;
De Prins & De Prins 2019
). New for
Sao Tomé and Principe
. The subspecies
Z. excavata pollex
is endemic to
Ethiopia
.
Remarks.
In male genitalia, the aedeagus is characteristic for the subspecies
pollex
, distinguished by the short length of the acicular projection arising from two-thirds aedeagus (
Fletcher 1974
); apex of valva variable.