Published July 22, 2024 | Version v1
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Review of the African golden-spotted genera Haplopacha and Dasychirinula (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Poecilocampinae)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, Comoros str., P.O. box 30726, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 2. Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
  • 3. Western Caspian University, Istiglaliyyat str. 31, 1001 Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 4. Samarkand State University, University blv. 15, 140104 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
  • 5. Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, 08412 Vilnius-21, Lithuania
  • 6. Museum Witt, Max-Reger-Str. 18, 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany
  • 7. Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern NO-0318 Oslo, Norway
  • 8. PO Box 914, Mzuzu, Malawi
  • 9. Ulyanovsk State University, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya Ulitsa 1, 432063 Ulyanovsk, Russia
  • 10. University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805, Bamako, Mali
  • 11. Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Kalman Ya'akov Man Str., 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
  • 12. Karl Marx str. 41-14, 432001 Ulyanovsk, Russia

Description

African golden-spotted lappet moths from the genera Haplopacha Aurivillius, 1905 and Dasychirinula Hering, 1926 are reviewed. Antennae, heads and legs are investigated in addition to the traditional comparison of habitus, genitalia, and distribution areas. Two new genera are established and four new species are described as a result: Eudoumbia gen. n. with the type-species Eudoumbia thorogood sp. n. from Angola, Namibia, and Botswana; Auripluvia gen. n. with the type species Auripluvia sophia sp. n. from Ethiopia; Haplopacha mason sp. n. from Tanzania; and Dasychirinula julia sp. n. from Ethiopia. One species is reattributed to the new genus as Eudoumbia ndoumoi (Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016) stat. n. One new synonymy is established for two Tanzanian species: Dasychirinula chrysogramma Hering, 1926 = Haplopacha lunata Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016 syn. n.; and one potential synonymy is remarked between Haplopacha tangani Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016 from Tanzania and Malawi and Haplopacha riftensis Dupont, Simonsen & Zilli, 2016 from Malawi. Photos of the related material stored in the main collections of Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, RSA) and Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) are showed.

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