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Zamarada ilma Prout 1922

  • 1. Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences-University of Molise-Via De Sanctis, I- 86100 Campobasso, Italy SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung M ̹ nchen, M ̹ nchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247 M ̹ nchen, Germany

Description

Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922

(Figs 24, 25, 47)

Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922: 179, pl. I, fig. 6. Locus typicus: Mozambique: Magude, xi.1918 (C.J. Swierstra) (Holotype Ƌ in TMP).

Zamarada opposita Prout, 1922: 180, pl. I, fig. 23. Syn. Locus typicus: Transvaal (Holotype Ƌ in TMP).

Examined material. 5Ƌ 1♀: NW Ethiopia, 30km SE Bahir Dar, Tis Isat, Blue Nile Falls, 1640m (l), 11°29‘08“N 37°35‘28“E, 25. VI.2008, leg. Hacker & Schreier (ZSM G20356 / Ƌ/ BC ZSM Lep 103758); 5♀: S ETHIOPIA SN, Arba Minch, below Hotel Bekele Mola, thornbush, 1310 m (l), 10°26’N 39°53’E, 29.IV.2008, leg. Hacker & Schreier (ZSM G 20349 / ♀ / BC ZSM Lep 101614; ZSM G 20810/ ♀).

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAQ3772 (n=2 from Ethiopia, n=4 from South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia; maximum variation 0.8%). Nearest species: Z. ilma (4.8%).

Distribution. Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (Fletcher 1974; Aarvik & Bjørnstad 2007). New for the fauna of Ethiopia and Swaziland.

Notes

Published as part of Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), pp. 301-328 in Zootaxa 4894 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4315781

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
TMP , VI, ZSM , ZSM
Event date
2008-04-29 , 2008-06-25
Verbatim event date
2008-04-29 , 2008-06-25
Scientific name authorship
Prout
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Zamarada
Species
ilma
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 sec. Sciarretta & Hausmann, 2020

References

  • Fletcher, D. S. (1974) A revision of the old world genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the British Museum natural History, Entomology, Supplement 22, 1 - 498, 123 pls., 5 maps.
  • Aarvik, L. & Bjornstad, A. (2007) Review of the genus Zamarada More, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Tanzania, with description of new species. Esperiana Memoir, 3, 7 - 57, pls. 1 - 9.