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<subSubSection id="C3376568FF97CE7FFC8DF910FE28F38F" pageId="4" pageNumber="92" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF97CE7FFC8DF910FED4F362" bold="true" box="[189,310,1784,1810]" pageId="4" pageNumber="92">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF97CE7FFD75F910FE0CF363" box="[325,494,1784,1811]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="92">Sonitha smithi</emphasis>
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is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF97CE7FFEF4F911FCEBF363" box="[708,777,1784,1811]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="92">S. lila</emphasis>
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(
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) but the latter is larger in size and the forewing is more elongate. In the male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF97CE7FF824F8F2FBBBF345" box="[1044,1113,1818,1845]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="92">S. lila</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="13162A66FF97CE7FF859F8F2FB5CF345" box="[1129,1214,1818,1845]" captionStart="Figures 811" captionStartId="5.[189,275,1324,1348]" captionTargetBox="[196,1394,441,1303]" captionTargetId="figure-307@5.[189,1398,437,1305]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figures 811. Sonitha species (♂). 8. S. smithi sp. n., holotype. 9. S. lila Zolotuhin &amp; Prozorov, 2010, Zambia, Hillwood [ANHRTUK 00340024]. 10. S. smithi sp. n., holotype, genitalia [HT 004]. 11. S. lila, genitalia [HT 007]." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13247480" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13247480/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="92">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
), the valves are claw-like and sharply hooked at the apices, the dorsal margin of the valves are medially erose, the sacculus is wider, the juxtal lobes are broader and the saccus is weakly bilobed caudally. Additionally, the vesica is as long as the sclerotised section of the phallus, the cornuti are longer and more robust, and the laterodistal processes of the eighth sternite are more robust, longer and with weak serrations laterally. As these two species are distributed allopatrically, there is unlikely to be any confusion in specimens with good provenance.
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<subSubSection id="C3376568FF96CE7EFC8DFF2CFDC5F552" pageId="5" pageNumber="93" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B9236E3FF96CE7EFC8DFF2CFDC5F552" blockId="5.[189,1398,195,290]" pageId="5" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF96CE7EFC8DFF2CFE7FF4AE" bold="true" box="[189,413,196,222]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="93">Derivatio nominis</emphasis>
. It is with great pleasure that this new species is dedicated to Richard Smith, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ANHRT, for his immense contribution to our knowledge of the entomological fauna of Africa.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3376568FF96CE7EFC8DFEA3FB31F5D9" pageId="5" pageNumber="93" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B9236E3FF96CE7EFC8DFEA3FB31F5D9" blockId="5.[189,1399,330,425]" pageId="5" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF96CE7EFC8DFEA3FEB5F515" bold="true" box="[189,343,331,357]" pageId="5" pageNumber="93">Distribution</emphasis>
. This species is known only from the Fouta Djallon region of
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and the
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Mountains in
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, and is almost certainly the western vicariant of
<taxonomicName id="4C2D4D60FF96CE7EFFC1FE85FBD4F5F7" authorityName="Zolotuhin &amp; Prozorov" authorityYear="2010" box="[1009,1078,364,391]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Sonitha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lila">
<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF96CE7EFFC1FE85FBD4F5F7" box="[1009,1078,364,391]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="93">S. lila</emphasis>
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which is known from D.R.
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,
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,
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBC4B12FF96CE7EFDDBFE66FCD4F5D9" author="Zolotuhin, V. V. &amp; Prozorov, A. M." box="[491,822,398,425]" pageId="5" pageNumber="93" pagination="397 - 460" refId="ref5772" refString="Zolotuhin, V. V. &amp; Prozorov, A. M. (2010) A review of the genera Opisthodontia Aurivillius, 1895, and Stenophatna Aurivillius, 1909, with erection of 8 new genera and descriptions of 37 new species and 2 new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Atalanta, 41 (3 / 4), 397 - 460." type="journal article" year="2010">Zolotuhin &amp; Prozorov 2010</bibRefCitation>
) and
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBC4B12FF96CE7EFFECFE66FB24F5D9" author="Tejuoso, O. &amp; Friend, H. L. &amp; Prozorov, A. M. &amp; Yakovlev, R. V. &amp; Saldaitis, A. &amp; Prozorova, T. A. &amp; Sulak, H. &amp; Volkova, J. S. &amp; Murphy, R. J. &amp; Revay, E. E. &amp; Muller, G. C." box="[988,1222,398,425]" pageId="5" pageNumber="93" pagination="71 - 80" refId="ref5657" refString="Tejuoso, O., Friend, H. L., Prozorov, A. M., Yakovlev, R. V., Saldaitis, A., Prozorova, T. A., Sulak, H., Volkova, J. S., Murphy, R. J., Revay, E. E. &amp; Muller, G. C. (2024) Sonitha adetoun - a new species from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 72, 71 - 80. https: // doi. org / 10.37828 / em. 2024.72.6" type="journal article" year="2024">
Tejuoso
<emphasis id="B959EAF1FF96CE7EF875FE67FB9AF5D9" box="[1093,1144,398,425]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="93">et al</emphasis>
. 2024
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).
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