Taxonomic revision of the genus Delorhachis Karsch 1896 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
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Taberer, Tabitha R.
Author
Fiebig, Ralf
Author
Giusti, Alessandro
Author
László, Gyula M.
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Journal of Natural History
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Delorhachis chlorodaedala
Tams, 1929
(
Figures 10 –12
,
71–72
,
97–98
,
136–136
,
160
)
Delorhachis chlorodaedala
Tams, 1929
,
Bulletin
of the
Hill Museum
,
3
: 173, pl. 8,
Figure 4
. Type locality:
Angola
,
Portuguese
West Africa
,
South Bihé District
,
Benguela
Plateau.
Holotype
, female, gen. slide no.
Limacodidae 1327
♀
(NHMUK).
Type material examined
Holotype
.
Female: red circle label ′HOLO- | TYPE̍ || handwritten ′
Delorhachis
| chlorodaedala | Tams |
Holotype
♀
̍. || ′82. 28. |
South Bihe District
|
Benguela
Plateau
|
Angola
,
5000 feet
| Port.
West Africa
|
Nov. 1928
|
T. A. Barns
̍ || ′
Limacodidae
|
Brit. Mus.
slide |
No.
1327̍ || ′
Joicey Coll.
| B. M. 1929–122̍. || QR code label with unique ID
NHMUK 010894392
(
NHMUK
)
.
Additional material examined
Angola
.
1 male
,
Benguela Province
, between
Ganda
and
Dende
,
1210 m
,
13.129°S
,
14.701°E
,
25 March 2014
,
Naumann, S
., Ott, E. Sulak, H. leg., gen. slide no.
28.948;
1 male
,
Cuanza Sul Province
,
80 km
E Quibala
,
1352 m
,
10.595°S
,
15.644°E
,
Naumann, S
., Ott, E. Sulak, H. leg., gen. slide no.
RF 2021.887;
1 male
,
Huambo Province
,
East Catata
,
1667 m
,
13.399°S
,
15.448°E
,
25 November 2017
,
Naumann, S
., Ott, E. Sulak, H. leg., gen. slide no.
RF 773.2021, BOLD process ID: GWOUI372-21 (
RCRF
);
1 male
,
12 miles
SW of
Luimbale
, c
.
5500 ft
.
,
20–21 March 1972
(
NHMUK
).
DRC
.
1 male
,
Katanga
,
Ruwe
,
ii
.1957, Allard, R
.V
. leg
.;
1 male
,
Elisabethville
,
30 March 1957
,
Seydel, C
. leg
.;
1 male
,
Kafakumba
,
September 1929
,
Overlaet, G
.F
. leg. (
RMCA
).
Malawi
.
3 males
,
Nkhorongo
, suburb of
Mzuzu
,
1375 m
,
11.383°S
,
33.983°E
,
5 December 2018
,
Murphy, R
.J
. leg. (
RCMS
).
Tanzania
.
3 males
,
Mpanda District
,
55 km
S Uvinza
,
Usondo Plateau
,
1650 m
,
9 November 1990
,
BjØrnstad
, A
. leg
., gen.
slide
No
4147J
Delorhachis
(RCAB)
.
Zambia
.
9 males
,
1 female
,
Kapishya Hot Springs
,
Shwa
N̍gandu
Estate
,
1437 m
,
11.170°S
,
31.600°E
,
January–March 2016
,
Smith, R
.,
Takano, H
. leg.,
ANHRT
:2017.29, gen. slide nos.
TT 009, TT 075, LG 5718, LG 5768 DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00057466/ ANLMN7638-21, ANHRTUK00057400/ANLMN7635-21, ANHRTUK00057402/ANLMN7639- 21;
4 males
, same site and collectors,
December 2014
,
ANHRT
:2017.29;
3 males
, same site,
22 November–8 December 2015
,
Smith
, R
.,
Takano, H
., Oram, D. leg
., ZM-008 (
ANHRT15
), gen
. slide no.
TT 076, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00075109/ANLMN7634-21;
18 males
,
Zambia
,
Jiwundu Swamp
,
1340 m
, 11.865°″S, 25.556°E,
21–24 November 2014
,
Smith, R
.,
Takano, H
. leg.,
ANHRT
:2017.12, gen. slide nos.
TT 053, TT054, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190040/ ANLMN7637-21, ANHRTUK00190039/ANLMN7636-21;
14 males
,
Hillwood
,
Ikelenge
(
Miombo
/
Riverine forest
mosaic),
1400 m
,
11.267°S
,
24.316°E
,
23–30 November 2019
,
Bashford, M
.,
Miles, W
., Mulvaney, L., Smith, R. leg.,
ANHRT
:2019.25, gen. slide no.
TT 044, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00121979/ANLMN7633-21;
2 males
,
Chimfunshi
,
Kafue River
,
Copperbelt Province
,
1280 m
,
12.357°S
,
27.534°E
, 19
November
14,
Smith, R
.,
Takano, H
. leg
.;
1 male
,
Nyangombe Falls
(
Miombo
/
Riverine forest
mosaic),
1300 m
,
11.807°S
,
24.537°E
,
15–17 November 2018
,
Aristophanous, M
.,
Dérozier, V
., Laszlo, G., Oram, D. leg
.,
ANHRT
:2018.40, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00067001/ ANLMN7632-21;
1 male
, same site,
17–23 November 2019
,
Bashford
, M
.,
Miles, W
., Mulvaney, L., Smith, R. leg
.,
ANHRT
:2019.25;
1 male
,
Kasanka River
Pontoon,
Kasanka N
.P.,
1191 m
,
12.573°S
,
30.235°E
,
2–4 December 2012
, Smith, R
.,
Takano, H
. leg
.;
1 male
,
Lake Wasa
,
Kasanka N
.P.,
1193 m
,
12.555°S
,
30.295°E
,
5 December 2012
, Smith, R
.,
Takano, H
. leg
.;
1 male
,
Jan Fisher
̍s
Farm
,
Chingola
(
Miombo
/
Riverine forest
mosaic),
1365 m
,
12.603° S
,
27.930°E
,
14–17 November 2019
,
Bashford, M
.,
Miles, W
., Mulvaney, L. leg
.,
ANHRT
:2019.25;
1 female
,
Chitunta Plain
(
Miombo
/
Dambo
mosaic),
1396 m
,
11.487°S
,
24.405°E
,
29 November–4 December 2019
,
Bashford, M
.,
Miles, W
., Mulvaney, L. leg
.,
ANHRT
:2019.25 (
ANHRT
);
1 male
, N̍kana,
Ellison
, L
. leg
. (
NHMUK
).