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by present designation.
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB657F5520CFEC7FAA7" bold="true" box="[151,352,1288,1315]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Genetic analyses</emphasis>
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(Text fig. 1). The subgenus was recovered in both the ML as well as BI analyses with strong support (BS: 55; PP: 97), as sister to
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and is divided into two clusters forming the
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6527F5229FA3BFAC2" box="[1309,1436,1324,1351]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. squalida</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB657A85255FEF4FAEE" box="[202,339,1360,1387]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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species-groups (BS: 96; PP: 100). The former species-group has a well-supported sister group comprising
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D37FFB6567E5271FD2BFA0A" authority="(Guenee, 1862)" baseAuthorityName="Guenee" baseAuthorityYear="1862" box="[284,652,1396,1423]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incompletaria">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6567E5271FE7FFA0A" box="[284,472,1396,1423]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. incompletaria</emphasis>
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(
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and
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB655A05271FC81FA0A" box="[706,806,1396,1423]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. aliena</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20594545D37FFB6544F5271FCCBFA0B" box="[813,876,1397,1423]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(BS: 51; PP: 98). It is worth noting, however, that the taxonomic position of this lineage is fairly uncertain as no male specimens of each species have been traced during this study, thus the morphology of the male genitalia remained unknown. Nevertheless, the
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6539452B8FF7AFA7E" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">incompletariaaliena</emphasis>
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clade is treated here tentatively as part of the
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6558252E5FCF8FA7E" box="[736,863,1504,1531]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. squalida</emphasis>
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species-group.
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB657A55100FEE5F99A" bold="true" box="[199,322,1540,1566]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The nominate subgenus of
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is distinguished from all but one subgenera of the genus by the short, bifid uncus of the male genitalia, which is more elongate and pointed in the other subgenera. The only other subgenus possessing a similarly short, bifid uncus is
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB654565148FC76F9E2" box="[820,977,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Sokokeracotis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20594545D37FFB654B85149FBF3F9E3" box="[986,1108,1613,1639]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="subGenus">subgen. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, but this taxon has a heavily sclerotised medial crest of the valva, a character which is absent in the subgenus
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.
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(
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<figureCitation id="1379E9B85D37FFB6551F5020FD51F8BB" box="[637,758,1828,1855]" captionStart-0="TEXT" captionStart-1="FIGURES 1–20" captionStart-2="FIGURES 21–40" captionStartId-0="11.[152,224,1966,1990]" captionStartId-1="17.[151,264,1656,1680]" captionStartId-2="22.[151,264,1647,1671]" captionTargetBox-0="[280,1307,888,1933]" captionTargetBox-1="[152,1431,183,1623]" captionTargetBox-2="[158,1424,186,1617]" captionTargetId-0="figure-327@11.[274,1313,882,1939]" captionTargetId-1="figure-17@17.[151,1436,179,1630]" captionTargetId-2="figure-21@22.[157,1430,181,1623]" captionTargetPageId-0="11" captionTargetPageId-1="17" captionTargetPageId-2="22" captionText-0="TEXT FIGURE 1. ML tree of the subgenus Afroracotis based on analysis of COI barcodes. Bootstrap values are indicated above, posterior probability values below the branches." captionText-1="FIGURES 1–20. Adults, dorsal view. 1. Racotis boarmiaria, LT, ♁, India (NHMUK); 2. Afroracotis squalida squalida, HT of Ophthalmodes squalida, ♀, Nigeria (NHMUK); 3. Ibidem, HT of Boarmia uhligi, ♀, Tanzania (MfN); 4. Ibidem, ♁, Cameroon (ANHRT); 5. Ibidem, ♁, Zambia (ANHRT); 6. Ibidem, ♁, Togo (ANHRT); 7. Ibidem, ♁, Gabon (ANHRT); 8. Ibidem, ♁, Ethiopia (RCDS); 9. Ibidem, ♀, Ethiopia (RCDS); 10. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ANHRT); 11. A. s. voeltzkowii, LT of Boarmia voeltzkowii, ♁, Madagascar (MfN); 12. Ibidem, ♁, Comoros (ZSM); 13. Ibidem, ♁, Madagascar (NHMUK); 14. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (NHMUK); 15. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., HT, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 16. Ibidem, PT, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT); 17. Ibidem, ♀, PT, São Tomé (NHMUK); 18. A. incompletaria incompletaria, ♀, Réunion (ZSM); 19. A. i. atrilunaria, HT of Boarmia atrilunaria, ♀, Mauritius (NHMUK); 20. Ibidem, ♀, Mauritius (ANHRT)." captionText-2="FIGURES 21–40. Adults, dorsal view. 21. Afroracotis aliena sp. n., HT, ♀, Tanzania (ANHRT); 22. A. angulosa, HT of Racotis angulosa, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 23. Ibidem, ♁, Ethiopia (RCDS); 24. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ZSM); 25. Ibidem, ♁, Kenya (RCHS); 26. Ibidem, ♀, Kenya (RCHS); 27. A. canui, HT of Racotis canui, ♁, São Tomé (ZSM); 28. Ibidem, ♁, Principé (ZSM); 29. A. stadiei sp. n., HT, ♁, Tanzania (ZSM); 30. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Tanzania (ZSM); 31. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Rwanda (ZSM); 32. A. violetteae sp. n., HT, ♁, Guinea (ANHRT); 33. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Guinea (ANHRT); 34. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Liberia (ANHRT); 35. A. fiebigi sp. n., HT, ♁, Liberia (ANHRT); 36. Ibidem, PT, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 37. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Ethiopia (RCDS); 38. A. albitrigonis, HT of Cleora albitrigonis, ST, ♁, São Tomé (NHMUK); 39. Ibidem, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 40. Ibidem, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8108663" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080931" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080933" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/8108663/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/8080931/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/8080933/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Figs 1–40</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="1379E9B85D37FFB6546B5020FCC8F8BB" box="[777,879,1828,1855]" captionStart="FIGURES 131–150" captionStartId="78.[151,264,1654,1678]" captionTargetBox="[161,1433,189,1625]" captionTargetId="figure-21@78.[153,1434,181,1631]" captionTargetPageId="78" captionText="FIGURES 131–150. Adults, ventral view. 131. Afroracotis squalida squalida, ♁, Cameroon (ANHRT); 132. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ANHRT); 133. A. s. voeltzkowii, ♁, Comoros (ZSM); 134. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (NHMUK); 135. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., HT, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 136. Ibidem, PT, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT); 137. A. incompletaria incompletaria, ♀, Réunion (ZSM); 138. A. i. atrilunaria, HT of Boarmia atrilunaria, ♀, Mauritius (NHMUK); 139. A. aliena sp. n., HT, ♀, Tanzania (ANHRT); 140. A. angulosa, HT of Racotis angulosa, ♁, Cameroon (ZSM); 141. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ZSM); 142. A. canui, HT of Racotis canui, ♁, São Tomé (ZSM); 143. Ibidem, ♁, Princípe (ZSM); 144. A. stadiei sp. n., PT, ♀, Tanzania (ZSM); 145. A. violetteae sp. n., HT, ♁, Guinea (ANHRT); 146. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Liberia (ANHRT); 147. A. fiebigi sp. n., HT, ♁, Liberia (ANHRT); 148. Ibidem, PT, ♀, Ethiopia (RCDS); 149. A. albitrigonis, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 150. Ibidem, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080947" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8080947/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">131–150</figureCitation>
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). Forewing length
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<quantity id="4CBA58D85D37FFB653375020FB4AF8BB" box="[1109,1261,1828,1855]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.475" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="1.95" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="24.75" valueMax="30.0" valueMin="19.5">19.5–30 mm</quantity>
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. Male antenna bipectinate-fasciculate, rami short or moderately long (in
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6544A504DFC6BF8E6" box="[808,972,1864,1891]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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), distal section filiform, length of which varying interspecifically between one-sixth (in
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D37FFB655A55069FCC8F802" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[711,879,1900,1927]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB655A55069FCC8F802" box="[711,879,1900,1927]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and two-fifth. Female antenna filiform. Head moderately large, proboscis well-developed, labial palp short, length 1.2 (in
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D37FFB6549A5095FB3CF82E" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[1016,1179,1936,1963]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6549A5095FB3CF82E" box="[1016,1179,1936,1963]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) to 2.5 (in
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D37FFB6527E5095FA3BF82E" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[1308,1436,1936,1963]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6527E5095FA3BF82E" box="[1308,1436,1936,1963]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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female) times the diameter of eye, porrect, first and second segment dilated, third segment rather short and thin, except for the
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D37FFB6565F50DDFE19F876" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[317,446,2008,2035]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D37FFB6565F50DDFE19F876" box="[317,446,2008,2035]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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females, where last segment nearly as long as second one. Compound eye moderately large. Frons, vertex, collar (patagium), tegula, thorax and abdomen mossy-green speckled with darker brownish-grey, except for those of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB756CB57BFFDEDFF51" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[425,586,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB756CB57BFFDEDFF51" box="[425,586,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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being dark grey scattered with whitish scales combined with unicolourously dark grey body. Forewing broad, triangular, costa straight, apical section slightly arched, termen straight to slightly arched, ventral margin straight. Ground colour greyish mossy-green speckled densely with dark brown, except for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB757F55623FE9DFEC5" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[151,314,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB757F55623FE9DFEC5" box="[151,314,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with dark grey ground colour of wings scattered with pale grey or whitish patches. Transverse lines diffuse, interrupted. Basal and antemedial line broad, more or less straight, medial line shadow-like, moderately S-curved, postmedial line slightly wavy, interrupted, accompanied distally by often diffuse rounded blotches. Subterminal line represented by a row of rounded patches mainly in subapical and tornal areas, terminal line interrupted, consisting of short dashes or arches between veins. Fringe (cilia) short, colour as that of forewing. Discal spot well-developed, large ovoid except for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB755B556DFFCDDFE71" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[727,890,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB755B556DFFCDDFE71" box="[727,890,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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having small, round discal spot. Hindwing apex rounded, termen evenly arcuate (
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB7557256FBFD37FD9D" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[528,656,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB7557256FBFD37FD9D" box="[528,656,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species-group), or medially angled (
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB7535456FBFB19FD9D" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[1078,1214,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB7535456FBFB19FD9D" box="[1078,1214,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species-group) and moderately scalloped (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB756FA5527FD9CFDB9" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[408,571,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB756FA5527FD9CFDB9" box="[408,571,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), anal margin straight. Ground colour as that of forewing, densely speckled, basal line diffuse, evenly arched (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB7556D5543FD29FDE5" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[527,654,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB7556D5543FD29FDE5" box="[527,654,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
species-group), sharply angled medially (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB753065543FB4DFDE5" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[1124,1258,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB753065543FB4DFDE5" box="[1124,1258,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species-group), deleted in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB7566F556FFE08FD01" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[269,431,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB7566F556FFE08FD01" box="[269,431,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, medial line strongly undulate, often accompanied by dark blotches medially. Postmedial line diffuse, interrupted, terminal line interrupted, consisting of short black dashes or arches between veins. Discal spot as on forewing. Fringe (cilia) short, colour as that of hindwing. Wing underside with broad, sharply divided dark grey terminal area with several off-white patches apically and medially. Basal and medial area considerably paler than terminal one, densely suffused with greyish scales, except for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB7548255FFFB23FC91" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Prout" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[992,1156,763,789]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albitrigonis">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB7548255FFFB23FC91" box="[992,1156,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">A. albitrigonis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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where the terminal area only slightly darker than medial area without paler patches. Traces of transverse lines undetectable, discal spot and postmedial patches well-defined.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="DF3DA5B55D36FFB757FA50AAFD6FF86E" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8108663" ID-Zenodo-Dep="8108663" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8108663/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" startId="11.[152,224,1966,1990]" subCaptionStartIDs="11.[232,335,1965,1989]" subCaptionStarts="FIGURE 1" targetBox="[280,1307,888,1933]" targetPageId="11">
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<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D36FFB757FA50AAFD6FF86E" blockId="11.[151,1436,1965,2026]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB757FA50AAFECDF842" bold="true" box="[152,362,1965,1990]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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TEXT
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<figureCitation id="1379E9B85D36FFB7578A50A9FEC3F842" box="[232,356,1965,1990]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–20" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1656,1680]" captionTargetBox="[152,1431,183,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[151,1436,179,1630]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 1–20. Adults, dorsal view. 1. Racotis boarmiaria, LT, ♁, India (NHMUK); 2. Afroracotis squalida squalida, HT of Ophthalmodes squalida, ♀, Nigeria (NHMUK); 3. Ibidem, HT of Boarmia uhligi, ♀, Tanzania (MfN); 4. Ibidem, ♁, Cameroon (ANHRT); 5. Ibidem, ♁, Zambia (ANHRT); 6. Ibidem, ♁, Togo (ANHRT); 7. Ibidem, ♁, Gabon (ANHRT); 8. Ibidem, ♁, Ethiopia (RCDS); 9. Ibidem, ♀, Ethiopia (RCDS); 10. Ibidem, ♀, Cameroon (ANHRT); 11. A. s. voeltzkowii, LT of Boarmia voeltzkowii, ♁, Madagascar (MfN); 12. Ibidem, ♁, Comoros (ZSM); 13. Ibidem, ♁, Madagascar (NHMUK); 14. Ibidem, ♀, Madagascar (NHMUK); 15. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., HT, ♁, São Tomé (ANHRT); 16. Ibidem, PT, ♀, São Tomé (ANHRT); 17. Ibidem, ♀, PT, São Tomé (NHMUK); 18. A. incompletaria incompletaria, ♀, Réunion (ZSM); 19. A. i. atrilunaria, HT of Boarmia atrilunaria, ♀, Mauritius (NHMUK); 20. Ibidem, ♀, Mauritius (ANHRT)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080931" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8080931/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURE 1</figureCitation>
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.
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</emphasis>
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ML tree of the subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D36FFB7551450AAFD4FF842" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" box="[630,744,1966,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D36FFB7551450AAFD4FF842" box="[630,744,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Afroracotis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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based on analysis of COI barcodes. Bootstrap values are indicated above, posterior probability values below the branches.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D31FFB057A55793FD7CFD9D" blockId="12.[151,1437,150,789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB057A55793FED0FF34" bold="true" box="[199,375,150,177]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Male genitalia</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="1379E9B85D31FFB056E85793FD89FF35" box="[394,558,151,177]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 211–216" captionStart-1="FIGURES 217–224" captionStart-2="FIGURES 225–232" captionStartId-0="82.[151,264,1807,1831]" captionStartId-1="83.[151,264,1832,1856]" captionStartId-2="84.[151,264,1829,1853]" captionTargetBox-0="[182,1403,188,1778]" captionTargetBox-1="[155,1436,189,1802]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1434,185,1799]" captionTargetId-0="figure-21@82.[175,1411,181,1784]" captionTargetId-1="figure-17@83.[151,1436,181,1808]" captionTargetId-2="figure-21@84.[151,1436,181,1805]" captionTargetPageId-0="82" captionTargetPageId-1="83" captionTargetPageId-2="84" captionText-0="FIGURES 211–216. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 211. Racotis boarmiaria, Nepal, slide No. LG 3677 (RCGL); 212. Afroracotis squalida squalida, Togo, slide No. LG 5434 (ANHRT); 213. Ibidem, Uganda, slide No. DS 229-2019 (RCDS); 214. Ibidem, Zambia, slide No. LG 4959 (ANHRT); 215. Ibidem, Ethiopia, slide No. DS 226-2019 (RCDS); 216. A. s. voeltzkowii, Madagascar, slide No. LG 4100 (NHMUK)." captionText-1="FIGURES 217–224. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 217. Afroracotis squalida thomensis ssp. n., HT, São Tomé, slide No. LG 4931 (ANHRT); 218. A. angulosa, HT, Cameroon, slide No. LG 4612 (ZSM); 219. Ibidem, DRC, slide No. LG 4091 (NHMUK); 220. Ibidem,Ethiopia, slide No. DS 222-2019 (RCDS); 221. Ibidem, Uganda, slide No. DS 227-2019 (RCDS); 222. Ibidem, Kenya, slide No. LG 5552 (RCHS); 223. A. canui, Princípe, slide No. LG 5037 (ZSM); 224. A. stadiei sp. n., HT, Tanzania, slide No. LG 4763 (ZSM)." captionText-2="FIGURES 225–232. Male genitalia, a: clasping apparatus, b: aedeagus. 225. Afroracotis stadiei sp. n., PT, Rwanda, slide No. LG 4789 (ZSM); 226. A. violetteae sp. n., HT, Guinea, slide No. LG 5433 (ANHRT); 227. Ibidem, PT, Liberia, slide No. LG 4999 (ANHRT); 228. A. fiebigi sp. n., HT, Liberia, slide No. LG 5000 (ANHRT); 229. Ibidem, PT, Cameroon, slide No. LG 5070 (ZSM); 230. Ibidem, PT, Uganda, slide No. LG 4106 (NHMUK); 231. A. albitrigonis, São Tomé, slide No. LG 4800 (ANHRT); 232. A. apodosima, Mozambique, slide No. LG 4827 (ANHRT)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080956" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080960" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080964" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/8080956/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/8080960/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/8080964/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs 212–231</figureCitation>
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). Uncus short, relatively stout, bifid with short, pointed apical projections. Tegumen short and broad, gnathos well-developed, medially with a rounded plate. Valva short, broad at base, distally tapered, costal margin sclerotised, setose, distally with an apical projection intraspecifically variable in length, outreaching the membranous ventro-distal part of valva. Ventral margin of valva moderately curved, medially concave in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB056785623FE3CFEC5" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[282,411,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB056785623FE3CFEC5" box="[282,411,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species-group, more or less straight or slightly convex in
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB0535A5623FB67FEC5" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[1080,1216,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB0535A5623FB67FEC5" box="[1080,1216,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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complex. Sacculus short and broad, weakly sclerotised, without process. Juxta weakly sclerotised, shield-like without arms, elongate, medially constricted in
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB056FE566BFDBDFE0D" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[412,538,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB056FE566BFDBDFE0D" box="[412,538,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species-group, short, rounded in
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB054EE566BFBB6FE0D" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[908,1041,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB054EE566BFBB6FE0D" box="[908,1041,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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lineage. Vinculum short and broad, V-shaped, apically rounded. Aedeagus rather thick, short to medium long, straight, without carina. Vesica thick, moderately long, armed distally with a group of robust, acute cornuti in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB054B656B3FBF2FE55" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[980,1109,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB054B656B3FBF2FE55" box="[980,1109,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
species-group, with a single large, stout cornutus in
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB056FF56DFFD85FE71" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[413,546,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB056FF56DFFD85FE71" box="[413,546,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
lineage, may bear additional cornuti field (some taxon in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB053C556DFFA8BFE71" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[1191,1324,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB053C556DFFA8BFE71" box="[1191,1324,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. angulosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex) and well-developed diverticula (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB0556056FBFD26FD9D" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[514,641,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB0556056FBFD26FD9D" box="[514,641,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. squalida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
group).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D31FFB057A55527FCC4FC91" blockId="12.[151,1437,150,789]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB057A55527FE2BFDB8" bold="true" box="[199,396,546,573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Female genitalia</emphasis>
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||
(
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<figureCitation id="1379E9B85D31FFB056F95527FD9CFDB9" box="[411,571,546,573]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 290–297" captionStart-1="FIGURES 298–305" captionStartId-0="95.[151,264,1782,1806]" captionStartId-1="96.[151,264,1790,1814]" captionTargetBox-0="[259,1392,188,1752]" captionTargetBox-1="[193,1395,182,1760]" captionTargetId-0="figure-17@95.[185,1402,181,1758]" captionTargetId-1="figure-21@96.[185,1402,181,1766]" captionTargetPageId-0="95" captionTargetPageId-1="96" captionText-0="FIGURES 290–297. Female genitalia. 290. Afroracotis squalida squalida, Cameroon, slide No.: LG 4088 (NHMUK); 291. Ibidem, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 4068 (ANHRT); 292. A. s. voeltzkowii, Madagascar, slide No.: LG 4101 (NHMUK); 293. A. s. thomensis ssp. n., PT, São Tomé, slide No.: LG 5447 (ANHRT); 294. Ibidem, PT, São Tomé, slide No.: NHMUK 010316166 (NHMUK); 295. A. incompletaria incompletaria, Réunion, slide No.: LG 5048 (ZSM); 296. A. i. atrilunaria, Mauritius, slide No.: LG 4105 (NHMUK); 297. A. aliena sp. n., HT, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 4084 (ANHRT)." captionText-1="FIGURES 298–305. Female genitalia. 298. Afroracotis angulosa, Cameroon, slide No.: ZSM G 20982 (ZSM); 299. Ibidem, Kenya, slide No.: LG 5558 (RCHS); 300. A. stadiei sp. n., PT, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 4760 (ZSM); 301. Ibidem, PT, Tanzania, slide No.: LG 5050 (ZSM); 302. A. violetteae sp. n., PT, Liberia, slide No.: LG 4977 (ANHRT); 303. A. fiebigi sp. n., PT, Liberia, slide No.: LG 4985 (ANHRT); 304. Ibidem, PT, Uganda, slide No.: LG 4107 (NHMUK); 305. A. albitrigonis, São Tomé, slide No.: LG 4446 (ANHRT)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080993" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080995" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/8080993/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/8080995/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs 290–305</figureCitation>
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||
). Ovipositor medium long, papilla analis narrow triangular, apically rounded, sparsely setose, apophysis posterioris moderately long. Eighth tergite medium long, quadrangular or trapezoidal, distal margin more or less straight, proximal one often undulate, apophysis anterioris shorter than apophysis posterioris. Ostium bursae broad, membranous, antrum moderately sclerotised in the lateral margins, short, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae membranous, short and narrow. Cervix bursae well-developed, heavily sclerotised, forming a distinct rounded bulge of ductus bursae at conjunction to corpus bursae. Corpus bursae elongate in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB0527955D3FA3BFD75" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[1307,1436,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB0527955D3FA3BFD75" box="[1307,1436,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. squalida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex, small and round in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB056BC55FFFDC3FC91" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[478,612,763,789]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB056BC55FFFDC3FC91" box="[478,612,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. angulosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group; signum absent.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C358A6B65D31FFB057F55463FB41FC05" box="[151,1254,870,897]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="multiple">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D31FFB057F55463FB41FC05" blockId="12.[151,1254,870,897]" box="[151,1254,870,897]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB057F55463FB41FC05" bold="true" box="[151,1254,870,897]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
Key to the species-groups of the subgenus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB055C45462FC88FC04" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" box="[678,815,870,896]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB055C45462FC88FC04" bold="true" box="[678,815,870,896]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Afroracotis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on male genitalia characters
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C358A6B65D31FFB057F554A8FA3AFC5A" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="key">
|
||
<keyStep id="30B6ED985D31FFB057F554A8FA3AFC5A" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<key id="FFD3A20C5D31FFB057F554A8FA3AFC5A" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D31FFB057F554A8FA3AFC45" blockId="12.[151,1437,940,991]" box="[151,1437,940,962]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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||
<keyLead id="30B356085D31FFB057F554A8FA3AFC45" box="[151,1437,940,962]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
1. Vesica with diverticula, and a cluster of straight distal cornuti....................................
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB0538F54A8FAFCFC45" ID-CoL="97RK5" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[1261,1371,940,961]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Ophthalmodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="squalida">
|
||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB0538F54A8FAFCFC45" box="[1261,1371,940,961]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. squalida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp.-gr.
|
||
</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D31FFB057F554CDFA3AFC5A" blockId="12.[151,1437,940,991]" box="[151,1437,969,991]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<keyLead id="30B356085D31FFB057F554CDFA3AFC5A" box="[151,1437,969,991]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
-. Vesica without diverticula, with a single, large distal cornutus....................................
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C428EBE5D31FFB0538A54CDFAFDFC5A" authorityName="László & Hausmann & Karisch" authorityYear="2023" baseAuthorityName="Herbulot" baseAuthorityYear="1973" box="[1256,1370,969,990]" class="Insecta" family="Geometridae" genus="Afroracotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B936292F5D31FFB0538A54CDFAFDFC5A" box="[1256,1370,969,990]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. angulosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp.-gr.
|
||
</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</key>
|
||
</keyStep>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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