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. The differences between
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and its congeneric
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in the shape and colour of the habitus are practically null, so the diagnosis is entirely based on the morphology of the genitalia.
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The generic features are unmistakeably maintained, and it is thus very easy to assign this species as a
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The main differences from
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are: the distal process of the ala valvae (sacculus) has a larger pincershaped bifurcation (slender in
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); the apex of the supravalva is pointed (rounded in
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE09CCFD7A361BFD71" box="[1236,1376,726,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">N. fluminale</emphasis>
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); the juxta is Y-shaped at its distal end (not bifurcated in
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0FCFFD563019FC95" box="[727,866,762,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">N. fluminale</emphasis>
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).
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. Wingspan
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. Female unknown.
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<paragraph id="8BBA0C5DFFA1FFFE0DDFFCEF37D4FC01" blockId="8.[151,1437,474,1940]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0DDFFCEF327FFCDD" box="[199,260,834,860]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Head</emphasis>
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slightly paler than forewing upperside; antennae ciliated, dorsally same colour as the head, ventrally unpigmented; labial palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frons, slightly darker than the head.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA0C5DFFA1FFFE0DDFFC2731D0FBB5" blockId="8.[151,1437,474,1940]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0DDFFC273263FC25" box="[199,280,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Thorax</emphasis>
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. Anterior margin of the patagia slightly paler than forewing upperside; posterior area of the patagia, thorax, tegulae, legs and anal tuft same colour as the forewing upperside; spurs formula 0-2-4. Forewing upperside ground colour ochreous yellow, paler towards the termen. Forewing underside slightly darker than upperside, costa and inner margin paler. Hindwing upperside straw yellow with costal margin and apex darker. Hindwing underside same colour as upperside. Fringes concolorous.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA0C5DFFA1FFFE0DDFFB9332B2FBD9" blockId="8.[151,1437,474,1940]" box="[199,457,1086,1112]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0DDFFB93324AFBD9" box="[199,305,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Abdomen</emphasis>
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slightly pale.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA0C5DFFA1FFFE0DDFFBCF302EF9D1" blockId="8.[151,1437,474,1940]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0DDFFBCF324EFBFD" bold="true" box="[199,309,1122,1148]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Genitalia</emphasis>
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<specimenCount id="9D03C7D4FFA1FFFE0C23FBCE3228FBFC" box="[315,339,1123,1149]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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. Uncus laterally compressed, ending in a point, pedunculated, rising from an unpaired semi-circular structure probably belonging to the cephalic margin of A10, possibly a socius (
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<figureCitation id="133E10D8FFA1FFFE0919FB2B371DFB21" box="[1025,1126,1158,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[211,1391,194,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-27@7.[196,1391,181,1867]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 11. Novilema bifurcum n. sp.—A–D: male genitalia. A: genitalia, aedeagus in situ; B: Uncus, socius and terminal portion of the juxta, enlarged; C: aedeagus, vesica everted, enlarged; D: granicula of the vesica, enlarged. ae: aedeagus; av: ala valvae; cr: cornuti; gr: granicula; ju: juxta; pav: distal process of the ala valvae; so: socius; sv: supravalva; te: tegumen; un: uncus; tr: transtilla; ve: vesica; vi: vinculum; VIII st: eighth sternum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5848289" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5848289/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Fig. 11B</figureCitation>
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); tegumen delicate, roughly triangular in dorsal view, with a bisinuated dorso-caudal margin; vinculum also delicate, with its arms approaching each other at the distal end (i.e. ventrally), assuming a bifid shape; saccus absent; juxta swollen at the basal 2/5, then protruding in a sturdy long stem ending in a fork; fultura superior a rod-like arched transtilla joining the opposite plicae centripetalis (sensu
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9471ACFFA1FFFE0CD1FABB31DAFAB0" author="Birket-Smith, J." box="[457,673,1302,1329]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" pagination="1 - 161" refId="ref6365" refString="Birket-Smith, J. (1965) A revision of the West African Eilemic moths, based on the male genitalia (Lep., Arctiidae, Lithosinae; incl. gen. Crocosia, Eilema, Lithosia, Pelosia, Phryganopsis a. o.). Haile Sellassie I University. Papers from the Faculty of science, Series C (Zoology), 1, 1 - 161." type="journal article" year="1965">Birket-Smith 1965</bibRefCitation>
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); manica penis ventrally sclerotized at the base, joining the juxta; valva overall quite slender; basis valvae curved ventrally, touching each other; supravalva membranous, distally gently tapering, with costa almost straight, producing a very smooth, slightly swollen processus distalis plicae in the middle; ala valvae fairly sclerotized, with sacculus slender and distal process curved over the supravalva and ending in a strong pincer; aedeagus half as long as the ala valvae, tubular, slightly bent, with coecum penis shallow, ductus seminalis inserted dorsally; vesica with a flat sclerotization (cornutus) on the left side and five sturdy thorn-like cornuti varying in size, three of which are aligned at the junction with the aedeagus on the right, the smallest on the dorsal lobe and the largest on the ventral lobe (
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<figureCitation id="133E10D8FFA1FFFE0F83F9BF3184F9AD" box="[667,767,1554,1580]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[211,1391,194,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-27@7.[196,1391,181,1867]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 11. Novilema bifurcum n. sp.—A–D: male genitalia. A: genitalia, aedeagus in situ; B: Uncus, socius and terminal portion of the juxta, enlarged; C: aedeagus, vesica everted, enlarged; D: granicula of the vesica, enlarged. ae: aedeagus; av: ala valvae; cr: cornuti; gr: granicula; ju: juxta; pav: distal process of the ala valvae; so: socius; sv: supravalva; te: tegumen; un: uncus; tr: transtilla; ve: vesica; vi: vinculum; VIII st: eighth sternum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5848289" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5848289/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Fig. 11C</figureCitation>
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); finally, a scobination of small irregularly-shaped granicula on the distal surface between these last two cornuti (
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<figureCitation id="133E10D8FFA1FFFE0FF9F99B3033F9D1" box="[737,840,1590,1616]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[211,1391,194,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-27@7.[196,1391,181,1867]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 11. Novilema bifurcum n. sp.—A–D: male genitalia. A: genitalia, aedeagus in situ; B: Uncus, socius and terminal portion of the juxta, enlarged; C: aedeagus, vesica everted, enlarged; D: granicula of the vesica, enlarged. ae: aedeagus; av: ala valvae; cr: cornuti; gr: granicula; ju: juxta; pav: distal process of the ala valvae; so: socius; sv: supravalva; te: tegumen; un: uncus; tr: transtilla; ve: vesica; vi: vinculum; VIII st: eighth sternum." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5848289" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5848289/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Fig. 11D</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C31F5FD6FFA1FFFE0DDFF9F73063F919" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BBA0C5DFFA1FFFE0DDFF9F73063F919" blockId="8.[151,1437,474,1940]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0DDFF9F73235F9F5" bold="true" box="[199,334,1626,1652]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Etymology.</emphasis>
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||
The species name, from the Latin “
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||
<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0FC2F9F7304EF9F5" box="[730,821,1626,1652]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">bifurcus</emphasis>
|
||
”, means “forked” or “bifid”, and refers to the juxta and the distal process of the ala valvae, both ending in a fork.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31F5FD6FFA1FFFE0DDFF90F3292F815" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8BBA0C5DFFA1FFFE0DDFF90F3292F815" blockId="8.[151,1437,474,1940]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">
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<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0DDFF90F324FF93D" bold="true" box="[199,308,1698,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Remarks</emphasis>
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||
. This Gabonese species is the second species included in the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0577DEFFA1FFFE0920F90F37D8F93D" authorityName="Durante & Panzera" authorityYear="2001" box="[1080,1187,1698,1724]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Novilema" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0920F90F37D8F93D" box="[1080,1187,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Novilema</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, previously described as monotypic from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3124CCDFFA1FFFE0C6DF96B32B2F961" box="[373,457,1734,1760]" name="Nigeria" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
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||
on the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEB2FFFFA1FFFE0F07F96A3134F960" box="[543,591,1735,1761]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">type</typeStatus>
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||
species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0577DEFFA1FFFE0FA8F96B30F6F961" authorityName="Durante & Panzera" authorityYear="2001" box="[688,909,1734,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Novilema" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fluminale">
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||
<emphasis id="B971D04FFFA1FFFE0FA8F96B30F6F961" box="[688,909,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="424">Novilema fluminale</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. All the characters of the genus, as well as the supposed autapomorphies (i.e. the absence of valvellae and the long independent juxta; see
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF9471ACFFA1FFFE09D8F9463252F8A8" author="Durante, M. A. & Panzera, S." pageId="8" pageNumber="424" pagination="465 - 472" refId="ref6987" refString="Durante, M. A. & Panzera, S. (2001 b) I Lepidotteri del Delta del Niger (terzo contributo) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). Lambillionea, 101 (3), 465 - 472." type="journal article" year="2001">Durante & Panzera (2001b: 466)</bibRefCitation>
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||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF9471ACFFA1FFFE0C46F8A2314EF8A8" author="Kruger, M." box="[350,565,1806,1833]" pageId="8" pageNumber="424" pagination="1 - 176" refId="ref7647" refString="Kruger, M. (2015) Generic classification of Afrotropical footman moths sensu stricto (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini (partim )). Transvaal Museum Monograph, 15, 1 - 176." type="journal article" year="2015">Krüger (2015: 46))</bibRefCitation>
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||
, are clearly maintained: the generally slender valva; the bifurcated apex of the ala valvae process; the large uncus in lateral view; the valvae firmly juxtaposed to each other at the base; branches of the vinculum ventrally approaching each other without forming a saccus; the tubular aedeagus and the vesica with sturdy thorn-like cornuti.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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