Redescription of the little known genus Eburgemellus Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
Author
Yakovlev, R. V.
Author
Witt, Th. J.
text
Far Eastern Entomologist
2018
2018-08-06
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.364.1
journal article
10.25221/fee.364.1
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Eburgemellus
geminatus
(Gaede, 1930)
Figs 1‒6
Xyleutes geminatus
Gaede, 1930: 546
, Taf. 80c (
holotype
– male, Africa: Kriby, S. Cam.
[= Kribi, SW
Cameroon
]; in BMNH; examined).
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Cameroon
:
Kriby, S.
Cam.,
1 ♂
(
BMNH
, GenPr
Coss‒287);
Gabon
:
Baraka
,
3 km
NE No-Ayong village
,
0°36’24” N
,
9°41’37” E
,
1–3.
VI
2011
,
2 ♂
, leg.
Viktor Siniaev
&
Yury Bezverkhov
(
MWM
);
Congo
: Kafa-
kumba,
X 1931
,
1 ♀
, leg.
F.G. Overlaet
(
MRAC
);
Cot d’Ivoire
:
Elfenbeinkoste
,
Danane,
4.III 1981
,
2 ♂
, leg.
Dr. Politzar
(GPr Heterocera
MWM
: 33.165)
.
DISTRIBUTION.
Cameroon
, Cot d’Ivoire,
Congo
,
Gabon
(
Fig. 6
).
The authors express their gratitude to the colleagues: Didier Van den Spiegel,
Alice Buset (Tervuren), Jurate and Willy De Prins for the possibility to examine the materials on
Cossidae
at MRAC. We are indebted to the BMNH Council of
Trustees for kindly granting me the permission to publish images of
type
specimens preserved in the Natural History Museum. The authors are grateful to Anna
Ustjuzhanina (
Tomsk
) for the help in translation of the paper. The English text was reviewed by Prof. Boris Kondratieff (Fort Collins). We also express our gratitude to
O. Bidzilya (Kyev) for making the genital preparations. The financial support for this study was provided by the grant No. 18-04-00440 А from the Russian
Foundation for Basic Research.