Taxonomic review of the genus Thalpomena Saussure, 1884 with new synonyms Author Dey, Lara-Sophie University of Hamburg, Biology, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. & Leibniz Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Standort Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. Trier University, Department of Biogeography, Universitätsring 15, 54296 Trier, Germany. Author Hochkirch, Axel Author Moussi, Abdelhamid Laboratory Valorization and Conservation of Natural Resources, University of Biskra, Algeria. Author Seidel, Matthias Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha, Schlossplatz 1, 99867 Gotha, Germany. Author Husemann, Martin University of Hamburg, Biology, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. & Leibniz Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Standort Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. Trier University, Department of Biogeography, Universitätsring 15, 54296 Trier, Germany. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-17 5100 1 129 136 journal article 20612 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.7 37d5b00e-4468-4c41-a7e5-0d9a745aaa45 1175-5326 6127868 DB9DF4D0-F3CD-4B6F-9D1A-AB2CF75D1FA2 Thalpomena azureipennis Uvarov, 1927 —valid species Thalpomena algeriana aberration azureipennis Uvarov, 1927: 199 [original combination] Thalpomena azureipennis : Dirsh, 1949: 372 [elevation to species level] Thalpomena rungsi Dirsh, 1949 —new junior subjective synonym Thalpomena rungsi Dirsh, 1949: 374 [original combination] Remarks. Thalpomena rungsi Dirsh, 1949 is a colour morph of Thalpomena azureipennis Uvarov, 1927 and is therefore proposed as synonym of the latter species. Diagnosis (modified after Dirsh, 1949 ): Frontal ridge slightly constricted below ocellus, narrowed to apex. Fastigium long, widened at apex; carinae curved at apex. Pronotum flat; median carina in profile almost straight, slightly raised between second and third sulci; lateral margin of prozona between sulci slightly gibbose; metazona twice as long as prozona, its lateral margins straight, divergent, posterior angle right, its apex acute; lower margin of lateral lobe slightly sinuate. Coloration blackish dark grey; tegmina with pale or without spots, basal disc of hind wing rose-colored, blue or intermixed, slightly dull, with dark fascia (sometimes very weak), without basal ray ( Figure 2 B ). Hind femur inside black with light fascia in front of the knee. Hind tibia bluish. Type locality: Morocco , Grand Atlas , Haute Reraya . Type depository: T. azureipennis : Syntype , female, BMNH ; Syntype : male, BMNH ; T. rungsi : Holotype , male, BMNH ; Paratype , female, BMNH . Distribution: Morocco Plateau, foothills of surrounding mountain ranges ( Morocco ).