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[2B]—
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E58FFD5DCD2F817EB4BF9E6" bold="true" box="[151,260,1951,1977]" pageId="12" pageNumber="243">Remarks</emphasis>
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. Similar to many other Afrotropical
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genera,
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E58FFD5DFEAF828EE53F9E6" box="[943,1052,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="243">Leipoxais</emphasis>
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, 1893
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is in need of a full holistic revision. Dissections of the male genitalia of several species revealed structurally different configurations especially in the phallus-vesica complex, suggesting the genus likely comprises several genera.
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4D8FAFF1FEF2FFEEE" author="Pinhey, E. C. G." box="[1215,1376,150,177]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" refId="ref14118" refString="Pinhey, E. C. G. (1975) Moths of Southern Africa. Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town, iv + 273 pp." type="book" year="1975">Pinhey (1975)</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4D92FFF1FEB69FE8A" author="Vari, L. & Kroon, D. M. & Kruger, M." pageId="13" pageNumber="244" refId="ref14758" refString="Vari, L., Kroon, D. M. & Kruger, M. (2002) Classification and Checklist of the Species of Lepidoptera Recorded in Southern Africa. Simple Solutions Australia, Chastwood, 384 pp." type="book" year="2002">
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Vári
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DCD2FF33EA9DFE8A" box="[151,210,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">et al.</emphasis>
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(2002)
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DD25FF33E84BFE8A" author="Kruger, M." box="[352,516,187,213]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" pagination="1 - 201" refId="ref13730" refString="Kruger, M. (2020) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of southern Africa. Metamorphosis, 31 (2), 1 - 201. https: // doi. org / 10.4314 / met. v 31 i 2.2" type="journal article" year="2020">Krüger (2020)</bibRefCitation>
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list only two species of
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DF64FF33E9C1FE8B" box="[801,910,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Leipoxais</emphasis>
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for southern Africa of which only one,
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4D9C3FF33EB58FEA7" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">L. emarginata</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DD59FF57EB93FEA6" author="Aurivillius, C." box="[284,476,223,249]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" pagination="161 - 167" refId="ref12407" refString="Aurivillius, C. (1911) New genera and species of African Striphnopterygidae and Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 59 (1), 161 - 167. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1911. tb 03081. x" type="journal article" year="1911">Aurivillius, 1911</bibRefCitation>
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, is described from
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. The other is
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DF93FF57EE11FEA6" box="[982,1118,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">L. peraffinis</emphasis>
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, 1893
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(
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), the type species of the genus described from
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which is absent from southern Africa (current observation). Previous references (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DD11FEAFEBAAFF1E" author="Pinhey, E. C. G." box="[340,485,294,321]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" refId="ref14118" refString="Pinhey, E. C. G. (1975) Moths of Southern Africa. Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town, iv + 273 pp." type="book" year="1975">Pinhey 1975</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DDB4FEAFE8E8FF1E" author="Vari, L. & Kroon, D. M. & Kruger, M." box="[497,679,295,321]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" refId="ref14758" refString="Vari, L., Kroon, D. M. & Kruger, M. (2002) Classification and Checklist of the Species of Lepidoptera Recorded in Southern Africa. Simple Solutions Australia, Chastwood, 384 pp." type="book" year="2002">
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Vári
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DE6EFEAFE82AFF1E" box="[555,613,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">et al.</emphasis>
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2002
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</bibRefCitation>
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) to
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<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DE90FEAFE910FF1E" box="[725,863,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peraffinis">
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DE90FEAFE910FF1E" box="[725,863,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">L. peraffinis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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likely refer to
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<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4D84EFEAFEE32FF1E" authorityName="Hering" authorityYear="1928" box="[1035,1149,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acharis">
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4D84EFEAFEE32FF1E" box="[1035,1149,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">L. acharis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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described from
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<collectingCountry id="DBA676133E59FFD4D97DFEAFEFD2FF1E" box="[1336,1437,295,321]" name="Tanzania" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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which appears to be a widespread species throughout much of Africa. However, there is a second phenotypically indistinguishable taxon found sympatrically in East Africa which can only be separated based on genital characters and the
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<typeStatus id="7C0A88213E59FFD4DCB5FE1BEB1DFFF2" box="[240,338,403,429]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DD32FE1BEBA6FFF2" authorityName="Hering" authorityYear="1928" box="[375,489,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acharis">
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DD32FE1BEBA6FFF2" box="[375,489,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">L. acharis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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requires dissection for confirmation.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A30E36833E59FFD4DC82FE3FE97EFC3E" blockId="13.[151,1437,150,897]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">
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As part of investigations into this genus, a female
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<typeStatus id="7C0A88213E59FFD4DEBBFE3FE91AFF8E" box="[766,853,439,465]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
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of the little-known
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<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4D873FE3FEFD3FF8E" authority="Distant, 1899" authorityName="Distant" authorityYear="1899" box="[1078,1436,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Lebeda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mustelina">
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<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4D873FE3FEEB2FF8E" box="[1078,1277,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Lebeda mustelina</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4D940FE3FEFD3FF8E" author="Distant, W. L." box="[1285,1436,439,465]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" pagination="461 - 465" refId="ref12831" refString="Distant, W. L. (1899) Some apparently undescribed insects from the Transvaal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 3 (18), 461 - 465. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939908678151" type="journal article" year="1899">Distant, 1899</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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from Lydenburg [=Mashishing],
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<collectingCountry id="DBA676133E59FFD4DE56FE53E8E9FFAA" box="[531,678,475,501]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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was examined in NHMUK and together with a photograph of a male with similar markings from Thabazimbi,
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<collectingCountry id="DBA676133E59FFD4DEE3FE77E979FC46" box="[678,822,511,537]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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in the research collection of H. Staude, Magaliesburg,
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||
<collectingCountry id="DBA676133E59FFD4DCD2FDABEB67FC62" box="[151,296,547,573]" name="South Africa" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
, it has become apparent that this taxon is congeneric with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DFF4FDABEE51FC63" authorityName="Holland" authorityYear="1893" box="[945,1054,547,572]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="lato">
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||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DFF4FDABEE51FC63" box="[945,1054,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Leipoxais</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="8AF657EA3E59FFD4D860FDABEE09FC62" box="[1061,1094,547,573]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" sensu="lato">s.l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
resulting in the following new combination:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DD77FDCFE88CFC3E" authority="(Distant, 1899)" authorityName="Takano & László" authorityYear="2024" baseAuthorityName="Distant" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[306,707,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mustelina" status="comb. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DD77FDCFE85CFC3E" box="[306,531,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Leipoxais mustelina</emphasis>
|
||
(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DE64FDCFE8F4FC3E" author="Distant, W. L." box="[545,699,583,609]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" pagination="461 - 465" refId="ref12831" refString="Distant, W. L. (1899) Some apparently undescribed insects from the Transvaal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 3 (18), 461 - 465. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939908678151" type="journal article" year="1899">Distant, 1899</bibRefCitation>
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)
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DE8FFDCFE97EFC3E" bold="true" box="[714,817,583,609]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8AF657EA3E59FFD4DE8FFDCFE97EFC3E" box="[714,817,583,609]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" rank="species">comb. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="A30E36833E59FFD4DC82FDE3E903FDDE" blockId="13.[151,1437,150,897]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">
|
||
A second species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DDEDFDE3E85AFCDB" authorityName="Holland" authorityYear="1893" box="[424,533,619,644]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="lato">
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DDEDFDE3E85AFCDB" box="[424,533,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Leipoxais</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8AF657EA3E59FFD4DE5EFDE3E873FCDA" box="[539,572,619,645]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" sensu="lato">s.l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
recorded from MSR has proved to be undescribed and was recovered as sister to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DCF3FD07E855FCF6" authority="Aurivillius, 1879" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1879" box="[182,538,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Rhinobombyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DCF3FD07EB1FFCF6" box="[182,336,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Rhinobombyx</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DD1DFD07E855FCF6" author="Aurivillius, C." box="[344,538,655,681]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" pagination="39 - 69" refId="ref12214" refString="Aurivillius, C. (1879) Lepidoptera Damarensia. Forteckning pa fjarilar insamlade i Damaralandet af G. de Vylder aren 1873 och 1874 jemte beskrifning ofver forut okanda arter. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 36 (7), 39 - 69." type="journal article" year="1879">
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||
Aurivillius,
|
||
<quantity id="64499B663E59FFD4DDA7FD07E855FCF6" box="[482,538,655,681]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.77266" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" unit="in" value="1879.0">1879</quantity>
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the barcode analysis. This result was perhaps not all that surprising—aside from its distinctive grey colouration, the habitus, wing shape, resting position and larva (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4D887FD3BEFDAFC92" author="Staude, H. & Picker, M. & Griffiths, C." box="[1218,1429,691,717]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" refId="ref14518" refString="Staude, H., Picker, M. & Griffiths, C. (2023) Southern African Moths and their Caterpillars. Pelagic Publishing, London, 464 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.53061 / KUDW 7054" type="book" year="2023">
|
||
Staude
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4D95DFD3BEF04FC92" box="[1304,1355,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2023
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="7C0A88213E59FFD4DCA5FD5FEB5FFCAE" box="[224,272,727,753]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">type</typeStatus>
|
||
species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DD3DFD5FE8F8FCAE" authority="Aurivillius, 1879" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1879" box="[376,695,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Rhinobombyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneata">
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DD3DFD5FEBBEFCAF" box="[376,497,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">R. cuneata</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C7204B723E59FFD4DDB2FD5FE8F8FCAE" author="Aurivillius, C." box="[503,695,727,753]" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" pagination="39 - 69" refId="ref12214" refString="Aurivillius, C. (1879) Lepidoptera Damarensia. Forteckning pa fjarilar insamlade i Damaralandet af G. de Vylder aren 1873 och 1874 jemte beskrifning ofver forut okanda arter. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 36 (7), 39 - 69." type="journal article" year="1879">Aurivillius, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="3B8A2A063E59FFD4DE8DFD5FE955FCAE" box="[712,794,727,753]" captionStart="FIGURES 79–86" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1327,1351]" captionTargetBox="[190,1398,190,1290]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[177,1410,181,1302]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 79–86. Adults (all in coll.ANHRT and collected in MSR unless otherwise stated). 79. Rhinobombyx maputoensis sp. n., holotype ♂ (gen. slide No. LG 6261). 80. Id., paratype ♂. 81. Id., paratype ♂. 82. Leipoxais cf. acharis, ♂. 83. Id., ♀. 84. Id., ♂. 85. L. peraffinis, Republic of Congo, Nouabalé-Ndoki NP, ♂ (gen. slide No. LG 6276). 86. Rhinobombyx cuneata, Zambia, Kasanka NP, ♂ (gen. slide No. LG 6350)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13219332" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13219332/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Fig. 86</figureCitation>
|
||
) are very similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4D844FD5FEE21FCAF" authorityName="Holland" authorityYear="1893" box="[1025,1134,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4D844FD5FEE21FCAF" box="[1025,1134,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Leipoxais</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Moreover, there are close affinities in the male genitalia of the two (
|
||
<figureCitation id="3B8A2A063E59FFD4DE2DFD73E8A5FD4A" box="[616,746,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURES 92–94" captionStartId="22.[151,264,1412,1436]" captionTargetBox="[158,1435,187,1375]" captionTargetId="figure-23@22.[151,1435,181,1387]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURES 92–94. Male genitalia (a: clasping apparatus, b: phallus) and eighth sternite (c) (all in coll.ANHRT).92. Rhinobombyx maputoensis sp. n., holotype, LG 6261 (cubile attached to abdomen). 93. R. cuneata, LG 6350. 94. Leipoxais peraffinis, LG 6276 (cubile attached to abdomen)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13219340" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13219340/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Figs 92–93</figureCitation>
|
||
), sharing the small overall size of the capsule, the short valval lobes, the robust triangular carinal process of the phallus and the unilobate configuration of the vesica. Based on the different ground plan of the genitalia in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DE1DFCCBE8AEFD02" box="[600,737,835,861]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Leipoxais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peraffinis">
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DE1DFCCBE8AEFD02" box="[600,737,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">L. peraffinis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, as well as the results of the barcode analysis, the new species from MSR is attributed to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64B14D003E59FFD4DD85FCEFE815FDDE" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1879" box="[448,602,871,897]" class="Insecta" family="Lasiocampidae" genus="Rhinobombyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="91C5EA913E59FFD4DD85FCEFE815FDDE" box="[448,602,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="244">Rhinobombyx</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and described below.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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