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In spite of the external appearance reminding rather to a
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, as well as with a well-known, widespread Palaearctic species:
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([Denis &amp; Schiffermüller], 1775) (figs 6, 12, 17). All of these species share the following characters in the male genitalia: well developed, tapering, apically pointed uncus with dense hair tuft medially, elongate, relatively narrow valva with more or less parallel costal and ventral margins, lacking any costal, ventral or apical processi, short and narrow sacculus, in addition simple, thorn-like harpe erected more or less medio-basally on the valval plate (
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). The configuration of the female genitalia of
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differs in an important character from the basic configuration of that of
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,
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namely in the conspicuously short ductus bursae, which is normally well developed and, in many cases, strongly sclerotized in other
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFEDC5C68C989F8A6" box="[374,488,1824,1850]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">Meganola</emphasis>
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. The nearly absent ductus bursae is substituted by the elongated posterior section of corpus bursae in
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2235FF8BFEFF5C0CC985F8C1" authorityName="Kuhne" authorityYear="2007" box="[341,484,1860,1885]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="186" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFEFF5C0CC985F8C1" box="[341,484,1860,1885]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is worth noting that this kind of deviation from the general morphological characters is not rare in such a large genus as
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFDE85C20CAD5F81E" box="[578,692,1896,1922]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2235FF8BFD645C2FCBCDF81E" author="Hacker, H. H. &amp; Schreier, H. P. &amp; Goater, B." box="[718,940,1895,1922]" pageId="1" pageNumber="186" pagination="7 - 612" refId="ref2325" refString="Hacker, H. H., Schreier, H. P. &amp; Goater, B. (2012) Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). Esperiana, 17, 7 - 612." type="journal article" year="2012">
Hacker
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFC8E5C20CB3DF81E" box="[804,860,1896,1922]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">et al.</emphasis>
(2012)
</bibRefCitation>
list 280 species from the Afrotropics,
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László
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFF3D5CC4C8AEF83A" box="[151,207,1932,1958]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">et al.</emphasis>
(2015)
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lists 81 species from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions.
</paragraph>
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In order to fully justify the new combination of
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFD4F5CF8CB14F855" box="[741,885,1968,1993]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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species of
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFB985CF8CC17F856" box="[1074,1142,1968,1994]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2235FF8BFB2C5CF8CDE3F856" authority="Walker, 1854" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[1158,1410,1967,1994]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="186" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFB2C5CF8CC84F856" box="[1158,1253,1968,1994]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">S. caffra</emphasis>
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is also figured (
<figureCitation id="1300FBEB2235FF8BFE815C9BC912F872" box="[299,371,2003,2030]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1900,1925]" captionTargetBox="[204,1403,181,1830]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[185,1405,181,1833]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 18. Nolini and Lithosiini spp.: adults. 1, Meganola yvonneae, paratype ♂, W Kenya (ZMB); 2, M. yvonneae, paratype ♀, W Kenya (ZMB); 3, M. yvonneae, ♂, Liberia (ANHRT); 4, M. yvonneae, ♂, Nigeria (©NHMUK); 5, Meganola conspicua, ♂, USA, Arizona (©NHMUK); 6, Meganola albula, ♀, Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen (MWM/ZSM); 7, Manoba lithosiformis, holotype ♂, Philippines, Mindanao (MWM/ZSM); 8, Siccia caffra, ♂, South Africa (©NHMUK)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3150343/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">Figs 8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1300FBEB2235FF8BFE2A5C9CC9FEF872" box="[384,415,2004,2030]" captionStart="FIGURES 914" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1902,1927]" captionTargetBox="[197,1403,183,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[185,1405,181,1833]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 914. Nolini and Lithosiini spp.: male genitalia. 9, Meganola yvonneae, paratype, W Kenya, slide Kühne 206/2004 (ZMB); 10, M. yvonneae, Liberia, slide AV4544 (ANHRT); 11, Meganola conspicua, USA, Texas, slide LGN1310 (©NH- MUK); 12, Meganola albula, Slovakia, slide LGN943 (MWM/ZSM); 13, Manoba lithosiformis, holotype, Philippines, slide LGN534 (MWM/ZSM); 14, Siccia caffra, South Africa, slide NHMUK010314586 Volynkin (©NHMUK)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3150353/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">14</figureCitation>
). The distinctive characters of the male genitalia in comparing
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFBCB5C9CCCC4F872" box="[1121,1189,2004,2030]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2235FF8BFB765C9CCD2FF872" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[1244,1358,2004,2030]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="186" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2235FF8BFB765C9CCD2FF872" box="[1244,1358,2004,2030]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="186">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are as follows:
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFF565E70C921FACE" box="[252,320,1336,1362]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(fig. 14) has a robust, apically broadly rounded, finger-like uncus (the uncus is shorter, tapering, apically pointed in
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFEC45E14C981FAEA" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[366,480,1372,1398]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFEC45E14C981FAEA" box="[366,480,1372,1398]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), short, medially conspicuously broadened valva having a well-developed costal lobe and apical process (the valva of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFE515EC8CA0CFA06" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[507,621,1408,1434]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFE515EC8CA0CFA06" box="[507,621,1408,1434]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is rather elongate, relatively narrow, without apical processi), and a welldeveloped acute saccular process, which is also absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFC825EECCBFBFA22" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[808,922,1444,1470]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFC825EECCBFBFA22" box="[808,922,1444,1470]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the female genitalia
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFB1A5EECCC95FA22" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[1200,1268,1444,1470]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFB1A5EECCC95FA22" box="[1200,1268,1444,1470]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(fig. 18) has a weakly sclerotized quadrangular ovipositor (which is heavily sclerotized and conical in
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFB245E80CD61FA7E" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[1166,1280,1480,1506]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFB245E80CD61FA7E" box="[1166,1280,1480,1506]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), very broad, strongly sclerotized ostium bursae (which is narrower and variably sclerotized in
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFB865EA4CCFFF99A" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[1068,1182,1516,1542]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFB865EA4CCFFF99A" box="[1068,1182,1516,1542]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in addition, there is a very short ductus bursae and strongly sclerotized corpus bursae with extensive scobination or granulation, lacking a typical signum bursae (
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFE365D7CCA6FF9D2" box="[412,526,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has generally long ductus bursae, membranous corpus bursae, usually with a pair of signum bursae of various shape, lacking a granulated plate).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B84E76E2236FF88FF3D5C24CD64F86D" blockId="2.[151,1437,1900,2033]" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FF3D5C24C956F819" bold="true" box="[151,311,1900,1925]" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">FIGURES 18</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FEED5C24C9E9F819" authorityName="Bruand" authorityYear="1846" box="[327,392,1900,1925]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Nolini">Nolini</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FE155C24CA43F819" box="[447,546,1900,1925]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Lithosiini">Lithosiini</taxonomicName>
spp.: adults. 1,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FD645C24CBFFF818" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[718,926,1900,1924]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FD645C24CBFFF818" box="[718,926,1900,1924]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">Meganola yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype ♂, W Kenya (ZMB); 2,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FABB5C25CDF7F818" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[1297,1430,1901,1924]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FABB5C25CDF7F818" box="[1297,1430,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype ♀, W Kenya (ZMB); 3,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FE5B5CD9CA15F834" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[497,628,1937,1960]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FE5B5CD9CA15F834" box="[497,628,1937,1960]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, Liberia (ANHRT); 4,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FC295CD9CC67F834" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[899,1030,1937,1960]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FC295CD9CC67F834" box="[899,1030,1937,1960]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, Nigeria (©NHMUK); 5,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FA9C5CD8C89FF850" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conspicua">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FA9C5CD8C89FF850" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">Meganola conspicua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, USA, Arizona (©NHMUK); 6,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FDC45CFCCB7DF850" baseAuthorityName="Denis &amp; Schiffermuller" baseAuthorityYear="1775" box="[622,796,1972,1996]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albula">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FDC45CFCCB7DF850" box="[622,796,1972,1996]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">Meganola albula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ♀, Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen (MWM/ZSM); 7,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FAE25CFCC976F86C" authorityName="Laszlo, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay" authorityYear="2014" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Manoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lithosiformis">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FAE25CFCC976F86C" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">Manoba lithosiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype ♂, Philippines, Mindanao (MWM/ZSM); 8,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2236FF88FCEC5C91CBA7F86C" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[838,966,2008,2032]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="187" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2236FF88FCEC5C91CBA7F86C" box="[838,966,2008,2032]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="187">Siccia caffra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, South Africa (©NHMUK).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B84E76E2237FF89FF3D5C26CCB3F86F" blockId="3.[151,1437,1902,2035]" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FF3D5C26C920F81B" bold="true" box="[151,321,1902,1927]" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">FIGURES 914</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FEE75C26C9EFF81B" authorityName="Bruand" authorityYear="1846" box="[333,398,1902,1927]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Nolini">Nolini</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FE155C26CA43F81B" box="[447,546,1902,1927]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Lithosiini">Lithosiini</taxonomicName>
spp.: male genitalia. 9,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FCB95C27CB81F81B" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[787,992,1903,1927]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FCB95C27CB81F81B" box="[787,992,1903,1927]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">Meganola yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, W Kenya, slide Kühne 206/2004 (ZMB); 10,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FEB25CDCC9FCF837" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[280,413,1940,1963]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FEB25CDCC9FCF837" box="[280,413,1940,1963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Liberia, slide AV4544 (ANHRT); 11,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FC925CDBCC6EF837" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[824,1039,1939,1963]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conspicua">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FC925CDBCC6EF837" box="[824,1039,1939,1963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">Meganola conspicua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, USA, Texas, slide LGN1310 (©NH- MUK); 12,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FEB85CFFC9A3F853" baseAuthorityName="Denis &amp; Schiffermuller" baseAuthorityYear="1775" box="[274,450,1975,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albula">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FEB85CFFC9A3F853" box="[274,450,1975,1999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">Meganola albula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Slovakia, slide LGN943 (MWM/ZSM); 13,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FC335CFFCC17F853" authorityName="Laszlo, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay" authorityYear="2014" box="[921,1142,1975,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Manoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lithosiformis">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FC335CFFCC17F853" box="[921,1142,1975,1999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">Manoba lithosiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype, Philippines, slide LGN534 (MWM/ZSM); 14,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2237FF89FE165C93CA5DF86F" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[444,572,2011,2035]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="188" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2237FF89FE165C93CA5DF86F" box="[444,572,2011,2035]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="188">Siccia caffra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, South Africa, slide NHMUK010314586 Volynkin (©NHMUK).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B84E76E2230FF8EFF3D5FE1CC76FA96" blockId="4.[151,1436,1193,1290]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFF3D5FE1C931FB5E" bold="true" box="[151,336,1193,1218]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">FIGURES 1518</emphasis>
.
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFE7D5FE1CA5BFB5E" box="[471,570,1193,1218]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Lithosiini">Lithosiini</taxonomicName>
spp.: female genitalia. 15,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFCF05FE1CC48FB5D" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[858,1065,1193,1217]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFCF05FE1CC48FB5D" box="[858,1065,1193,1217]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, W Kenya, slide AV2893 (ZMB); 16,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFEBE5F85C988FB79" authorityName="Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[276,489,1229,1253]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conspicua">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFEBE5F85C988FB79" box="[276,489,1229,1253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola conspicua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, USA, Nevada, slide LGN1312 (©NHMUK); 17,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFC5B5F85CCC1FB79" baseAuthorityName="Denis &amp; Schiffermuller" baseAuthorityYear="1775" box="[1009,1184,1229,1253]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albula">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFC5B5F85CCC1FB79" box="[1009,1184,1229,1253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola albula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Germany, slide LGN80 (MWM/ZSM); 18,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFEF65FBAC9BDFA96" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[348,476,1266,1290]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFEF65FBAC9BDFA96" box="[348,476,1266,1290]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Siccia caffra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, South Africa, slide BMNH(E) Arct-5032 (©NHMUK).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B84E76E2230FF8EFF6D5D34C964F89E" blockId="4.[151,1437,1336,2010]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">
Transferring
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFEF15D34C985F90A" box="[347,484,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFECF5D34C9B8F90A" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[357,473,1660,1686]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">yvonneae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
to
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFDA15D34CA1CF90A" box="[523,637,1660,1686]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the tribe
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is also suggested by the configuration of the labial palps: all known
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFEF25DE8C9FDF926" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[344,412,1696,1722]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFEF25DE8C9FDF926" box="[344,412,1696,1722]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species have very short and thin labial palps scarcely covered with very short scales, while that of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFF4F5D8DC915F942" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[229,372,1733,1758]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFF4F5D8DC915F942" box="[229,372,1733,1758]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has medium long and thick labial palps densely covered by long hair scales being characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFF1C5DA0C960F89E" authorityName="Bruand" authorityYear="1846" box="[182,257,1768,1794]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Nolini">Nolini</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84E76E2230FF8FFF6D5C44C977FF67" blockId="4.[151,1437,1336,2010]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1437,153,467]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="190" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">
It is worth mentioning that the peculiar external habitus reminding to that of
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFBE85C44CCE7F8BA" box="[1090,1158,1804,1830]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species is not unknown in
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. Some Asiatic
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFE035C78CAC5F8D6" authority="Walker, 1864" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1864" box="[425,676,1840,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Manoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFE035C78CA67F8D6" box="[425,518,1840,1866]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Manoba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2230FF8EFDA45C78CAC5F8D6" author="Walker, F." box="[526,676,1840,1866]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" pagination="49 - 84" refId="ref2763" refString="Walker, F. (1864) Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 7, 49 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1863. tb 02102. x" type="journal article" year="1864">Walker, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g.
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFD4C5C78CCE2F8D6" authority="Holloway, 2003" authorityName="Holloway" authorityYear="2003" box="[742,1155,1840,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Manoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shrimptoni">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFD4C5C78CBA5F8D6" box="[742,964,1840,1866]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Manoba shrimptoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2230FF8EFC665C78CCE2F8D6" author="Holloway, J. D." box="[972,1155,1840,1866]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" refId="ref2376" refString="Holloway, J. D. (2003) The Moths of Borneo, Nolidae. Part 18. Southdene Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, 279 pp., 10 colour pls." type="book" year="2003">Holloway, 2003</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFB255C79C9CBF8F2" authority="Laszlo, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay, 2014" authorityName="Laszlo, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay" authorityYear="2014" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Manoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lithosiformis">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFB255C79CD22F8D6" box="[1167,1347,1840,1866]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">M. lithosiformis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2230FF8EFAE15C78C9CBF8F2" author="Laszlo, G. M. &amp; Ronkay, G. &amp; Ronkay, L." pageId="4" pageNumber="189" pagination="67 - 118" refId="ref2584" refString="Laszlo, G. M., Ronkay, G. &amp; Ronkay, L. (2014) Description of 45 new species and 1 new subspecies of the genus Manoba Walker, 1864 from South East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Nolidae, Nolini). Fibigeriana, 2 (Supplement), 67 - 118." type="book chapter" year="2014">László, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay, 2014</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="1300FBEB2230FF8EFE125C1CCA61F8F2" box="[440,512,1876,1902]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1900,1925]" captionTargetBox="[204,1403,181,1830]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[185,1405,181,1833]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 18. Nolini and Lithosiini spp.: adults. 1, Meganola yvonneae, paratype ♂, W Kenya (ZMB); 2, M. yvonneae, paratype ♀, W Kenya (ZMB); 3, M. yvonneae, ♂, Liberia (ANHRT); 4, M. yvonneae, ♂, Nigeria (©NHMUK); 5, Meganola conspicua, ♂, USA, Arizona (©NHMUK); 6, Meganola albula, ♀, Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen (MWM/ZSM); 7, Manoba lithosiformis, holotype ♂, Philippines, Mindanao (MWM/ZSM); 8, Siccia caffra, ♂, South Africa (©NHMUK)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3150343/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Figs 7</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1300FBEB2230FF8EFDA15C1CCA48F8F2" box="[523,553,1876,1902]" captionStart="FIGURES 914" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1902,1927]" captionTargetBox="[197,1403,183,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[185,1405,181,1833]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 914. Nolini and Lithosiini spp.: male genitalia. 9, Meganola yvonneae, paratype, W Kenya, slide Kühne 206/2004 (ZMB); 10, M. yvonneae, Liberia, slide AV4544 (ANHRT); 11, Meganola conspicua, USA, Texas, slide LGN1310 (©NH- MUK); 12, Meganola albula, Slovakia, slide LGN943 (MWM/ZSM); 13, Manoba lithosiformis, holotype, Philippines, slide LGN534 (MWM/ZSM); 14, Siccia caffra, South Africa, slide NHMUK010314586 Volynkin (©NHMUK)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3150353/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">13</figureCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFD975C1DCAABF8F2" box="[573,714,1876,1902]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">M. solovyevi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
) and the species of
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFABF5C1CCDFDF8F2" box="[1301,1436,1876,1902]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Maculonola</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2230FF8EFF3D5C30CA67F80E" author="Laszlo, G. M. &amp; Ronkay, G. &amp; Ronkay, L." box="[151,518,1911,1938]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" pagination="251 - 296" refId="ref2644" refString="Laszlo, G. M., Ronkay, G. &amp; Ronkay, L. (2015) Contribution to the knowledge on the Palaearctic and Oriental taxa of the Meganola s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Nolidae, Nolinae) generic complex with descriptions of 4 new genera and 11 new species. Zootaxa, 4052 (2), 251 - 296. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4052.3.1" type="journal article" year="2015">László, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(with two known species
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFC805C31CC19F80E" authority="(Holloway, 2003)" authorityName="Holloway" authorityYear="2003" baseAuthorityName="Holloway" baseAuthorityYear="2003" box="[810,1144,1912,1938]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Maculonola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apiensis">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFC805C31CBCDF80E" box="[810,940,1913,1938]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">M. apiensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2230FF8EFC105C30CC11F80E" author="Holloway, J. D." box="[954,1136,1912,1938]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" refId="ref2376" refString="Holloway, J. D. (2003) The Moths of Borneo, Nolidae. Part 18. Southdene Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, 279 pp., 10 colour pls." type="book" year="2003">Holloway, 2003</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFB045C31CA4FF82A" authority="Laszlo, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay, 2015" authorityName="Laszlo, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Maculonola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dolokmerangirensis">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFB045C31C8D4F82A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">M. dolokmerangirensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA9A9F2230FF8EFF165CD4CA4FF82A" author="Laszlo, G. M. &amp; Ronkay, G. &amp; Ronkay, L." box="[188,558,1947,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" pagination="251 - 296" refId="ref2644" refString="Laszlo, G. M., Ronkay, G. &amp; Ronkay, L. (2015) Contribution to the knowledge on the Palaearctic and Oriental taxa of the Meganola s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Nolidae, Nolinae) generic complex with descriptions of 4 new genera and 11 new species. Zootaxa, 4052 (2), 251 - 296. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4052.3.1" type="journal article" year="2015">László, Ronkay &amp; Ronkay, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) display forewing pattern consisting of blackish dots reminding to the general habitus of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFEA55C88C932F846" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1854" box="[271,339,1984,2010]" class="Insecta" family="Arctiidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFEA55C88C932F846" box="[271,339,1984,2010]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Siccia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species.
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFE105C88CAFFF846" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[442,670,1984,2010]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2230FF8EFE105C88CAFFF846" box="[442,670,1984,2010]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="189">Meganola yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the first example in
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2230FF8EFC085C88CB8BF846" authorityName="Bruand" authorityYear="1846" box="[930,1002,1984,2010]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Nolini">Nolini</taxonomicName>
in the Afrotropics bearing this kind of habitus. To justify whether this peculiar external appearance is a case of mimicry or just a convergence of a particular wing pattern, obtaining further knowledge on the biology (e.g. foodplant, resting habits etc.) of the taxa involved is required.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C321B4E52231FF8FFF6D5A4CCCBAFE4F" pageId="5" pageNumber="190" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B84E76E2231FF8FFF6D5A4CCCBAFE4F" blockId="5.[151,1437,153,467]" pageId="5" pageNumber="190">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2231FF8FFF6D5A4CC938FE83" bold="true" box="[199,345,260,287]" pageId="5" pageNumber="190">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C3B9CED2231FF8FFECD5A4DCA28FE83" authorityName="László &amp; Volynkin" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Kuhne" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[359,585,261,287]" class="Insecta" family="Nolidae" genus="Meganola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yvonneae">
<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2231FF8FFECD5A4DCA28FE83" box="[359,585,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="190">Meganola yvonneae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described from
<collectingRegion id="49FF298C2231FF8FFC9B5A4DCBC8FE83" box="[817,937,261,287]" country="Kenya" name="Kakamega" pageId="5" pageNumber="190">Kakamega</collectingRegion>
forest, West
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. Further specimens were found in the collections of ANHRT, NHMUK and MWM/ZSM from
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32CA7FE2231FF8FFBA85A61CC37FEDF" box="[1026,1110,297,323]" name="Nigeria" pageId="5" pageNumber="190">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
and
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respectively. As there were no significant morphological differences detected between the East and the West African specimens, it seems that
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<emphasis id="B94F3B7C2231FF8FFEBE5A3AC9C5FE17" box="[276,420,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="190">M. yvonneae</emphasis>
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has a rather wide distribution throughout equatorial Africa. Interestingly, the West African and East African populations do not display any morphological differences although the
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Gap in the middle of the distribution of the species acts as a zoogeographical barrier in many taxa (
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).
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