Revisionary checklist of the Southern African Sesiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of new species
Author
Bartsch, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-11-26
3741
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.1
1175-5326
10099866
6B2E0F80-73A2-4F66-B1A6-2D9481EAAB74
Cicinnoscelis krooni
new sp.
Figs 4–5
Specimens examined.
Holotype
:
♀
(
Figs 4–5
),
Zimbabwe
,
Umtali District
,
Burmah Valley
,
31.Dec.1990
,
L. Minter
leg. (CDK, later in
TMPS
).
Etymology.
This remarkable species is dedicated to Douglas (Doug) M. Kroon, in appreciation of his outstanding contributions to the exploration of the lepidoptera of southern Africa.
Description
(
Figs 4–5
).
Wingspan
64 mm
, forewing length
29 mm
, antenna
16 mm
, body without legs
31 mm
. Antenna simple, without pectination. Body and legs black with weak gloss; hind leg very long and slender, about twice the length of the abdomen, with tibia and first two joints of tarsus highly elongated. Fore- and hindwings similarly coloured, dark greenish-grey with intensive green metallic gloss, basal area black, underside of both wings black with blue gloss. The male is unknown.
Genitalia.
Not
dissected.
Diagnosis.
See previous species.