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| Fazao-Malfakassa NP., |
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aux crocodiles campsite | (
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| Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., | Moretto, P.,
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leg. | ANHRT:2018.31” / “ANHRTUK | 00102690” (DNA barcode iD) / “Slide | AV5653
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: male, the same data as holotype,
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, gen. prep. No.: AV5038 (
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. The forewing length is 8.0 mm in males.
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is externally reminiscent of
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and
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but distinguished by the more rounded forewing apex and somewhat more diffuse forewing pattern. The male genitalia of the new species are similar to
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due to the short and proximally broad valvae basally connected by a thick commissure, the spinulose costa, and the broad and heavily sclerotised sacculus bearing two dorsal processes. However, the male genital capsule of
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in the narrower valvae having shorter, broader and more asymmetrical cuculli directed distally and lacking spinules whereas in
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, the uncus of
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FCD748C8C298F964" box="[812,978,1711,1737]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. malfakassa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is shorter, the vinculum is markedly narrower, and the sacculus bears a longer and thinner distal dorsal process and more robust spinules basally. The phallus of
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FEB54895C0BBF8A1" box="[334,497,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. malfakassa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is somewhat shorter and narrower than in
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFE36669FC0E4895C5C9F8A1" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[1013,1155,1778,1804]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraxena">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FC0E4895C5C9F8A1" box="[1013,1155,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. paraxena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The vesica of the new species is broader than in
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FE224973C323F883" box="[473,617,1812,1838]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. paraxena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, has longer distal and dorsal diverticula, and bears larger graniculi medially.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFE36669FF0E493FC358F8DF" blockId="80.[151,1437,1239,2007]" box="[245,530,1880,1906]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">The female is unknown.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFE36669FF0E491EC0F3F87A" blockId="80.[151,1437,1239,2007]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FF0E491EC0FCF83E" bold="true" box="[245,438,1913,1939]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Molecular data</emphasis>
. The intraspecific divergence between the two DNA barcoded specimens is 0.00%. The nearest neighbour of
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FE3D49FCC323F818" box="[454,617,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. malfakassa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FD7049FCC252F818" box="[651,792,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. paraxena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at a pairwise distance of 3.32% while it diverges from
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE36669FF6C49DAC070F87A" box="[151,314,1981,2007]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">S. changwena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 5.09%.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3176574FFE26668FF0E4EA3C197FEAD" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFE26668FF0E4EA3C197FEAD" blockId="81.[151,1437,196,323]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE26668FF0E4EA3C0C5FF73" bold="true" box="[245,399,196,222]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Distribution</emphasis>
. The new species is currently known only from its
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locality in the central part of
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3176574FFE26668FF0E4F6FC215FEEE" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFE26668FF0E4F6FC215FEEE" blockId="81.[151,1437,196,323]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFE26668FF0E4F6FC037FE8F" bold="true" box="[245,381,264,290]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is homonymic of the
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locality, Fazao Malfakassa National Park. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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