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,
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| Derozier, V., Imakando, M., | Miles, W., Mulvaney,
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:
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, the same data as holotype, MV,
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, gen. prep. No.: AV5770 (female) (
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FF0E4F2CC024FEC8" bold="true" box="[245,366,331,357]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The forewing length is 9.0
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is externally very different from the other species in the species-group and is most similar to the sympatric
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but distinguished from it by the narrower forewing with a straighter costal margin and a somewhat more elongate apex, the intense orange colouration of both wings (it is ochreous-yellow in the congener), and the well-developed, continuous transverse lines of the forewing, which are indistinct and interrupted into spots in
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is readily different from those of
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and
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by the broader uncus, the smooth anellus (it is bearing a few spinules in
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FA7D4C72C04AFDFC" authorityName="Kuhne" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="overlaeti">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FA7D4C72C04AFDFC" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. overlaeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FEC54C50C0BCFDFC" box="[318,502,567,593]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. lubumbashia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the narrower and distally tapered valva, the considerably narrower cucullus bearing markedly shorter lobes, the sacculus bearing a row of robust denticles (it is setose in the aforementioned congeners), and the ventral costal lobe bearing spines (it is smooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FB474C1CC40FFD38" authorityName="Kuhne" authorityYear="2007" box="[1212,1349,635,661]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="overlaeti">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FB474C1CC40FFD38" box="[1212,1349,635,661]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. overlaeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FA7D4C1CC065FD1A" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. lubumbashia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The phallus of the new species is almost straight whereas it is medially upcurved in
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FA7D4CFAC04AFD75" authorityName="Kuhne" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="overlaeti">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FA7D4CFAC04AFD75" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. overlaeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FEC14CD9C0A5FD75" box="[314,495,702,728]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. lubumbashia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The vesica of
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FD5F4CD9C240FD75" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[676,778,702,728]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FD5F4CD9C240FD75" box="[676,778,702,728]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is markedly narrower than in the similar congeners and bears a single thorn-shaped cornutus whereas both
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FCFD4C87C2C5FD57" box="[774,911,736,762]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. overlaeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FC344C87C5C2FD57" box="[975,1160,736,762]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. lubumbashia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bear sclerotised plates and clusters of graniculi. As the females of
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FD304D65C21DFCB1" authorityName="Kuhne" authorityYear="2007" box="[715,855,770,796]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="overlaeti">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FD304D65C21DFCB1" box="[715,855,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. overlaeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FC664D65C513FCB1" box="[925,1113,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. lubumbashia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are unknown, the female genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FED04D44C0D9FC90" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[299,403,803,829]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FED04D44C0D9FC90" box="[299,403,803,829]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were compared with
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FD5B4D44C207FC90" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[672,845,803,829]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kirkspriggsi">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FD5B4D44C207FC90" box="[672,845,803,829]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. kirkspriggsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FC764D44C57EFC90" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[909,1076,803,829]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="changwena">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FC764D44C57EFC90" box="[909,1076,803,829]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. changwena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
instead (see the diagnoses of these species).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFFC6676FF0E4D00C067FBA5" blockId="79.[151,1437,196,1200]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FF0E4D00C0F3FC2C" bold="true" box="[245,441,871,897]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Molecular data</emphasis>
. The species is genetically uniform with 0.00% intraspecific variability based on three sequenced specimens. As the molecular data are currently unavailable for other species in the group, the COI-5P sequences of
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FE264DCDC300FC69" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[477,586,938,964]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FE264DCDC300FC69" box="[477,586,938,964]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were compared with those of the similar
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFFC6676FB9D4DCDC444FC69" authorityName="Volynkin" authorityYear="2023" box="[1126,1294,938,964]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Siccia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malfakassa">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FB9D4DCDC444FC69" box="[1126,1294,938,964]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. malfakassa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FA7D4DCDC058FC4B" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">S. bicolorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-groups, from which the new species diverges by 8.629.69% and 9.5210.24%, respectively.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3176574FFFC6676FF0E4A68C424FB84" box="[245,1390,1039,1065]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFFC6676FF0E4A68C424FB84" blockId="79.[151,1437,196,1200]" box="[245,1390,1039,1065]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FF0E4A68C0C5FB84" bold="true" box="[245,399,1039,1065]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Distribution</emphasis>
. The new species is currently known only from its
<typeStatus id="54B6885DFFFC6676FC124A68C556FB84" box="[1001,1052,1039,1065]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">type</typeStatus>
locality in southern
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3176574FFFC6676FF0E4A56C19BFB1D" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFFC6676FF0E4A56C19BFB1D" blockId="79.[151,1437,196,1200]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFFC6676FF0E4A56C037FBE6" bold="true" box="[245,381,1073,1099]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Etymology</emphasis>
. The new species is dedicated to Mr Richard Smith, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ANHRT, who, through organising and undertaking numerous entomological expeditions to Sub-Saharan Africa has enabled the discovery of numerous species new to science. The name is a noun in the genitive case.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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