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Zamarada pulverosa Warren 1895

  • 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 pulverosa Warren, 1895

(Figs 18, 43)

Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895: 158. Locus typicus: Cape Province: Annshaw, 98–249 (pres. by C.G. Narrett) (Neotype Ƌ designated by Fletcher (1974) in NHMUK).

Examined material. 2Ƌ: 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 G 20357/ Ƌ; ZSM G 20353 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 101617).

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:ABY4670 (n=1 from Ethiopia, n=13 from South Africa, Zimbabwe; maximum variation 1.6%). Nearest species: Z. erugatoides (4.1%), Z. erugata (4.6%).

Distribution. Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe (Swinhoe 1904; Gaede 1915; Fletcher 1974). New for the fauna of Ethiopia.

Remarks. Genitalia and DNA barcodes well matching those of the nominotypical populations.

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 309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4315781

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK , ZSM
Event date
2008-06-25
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Zamarada
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Warren
Species
pulverosa
Taxon rank
species
Type status
neotype
Verbatim event date
2008-06-25
Taxonomic concept label
Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 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.
  • Swinhoe, C. (1904) On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1904 (3), 497 - 590. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1904. tb 02755. x
  • Gaede, M. (1915) Lepidoptera von Herrn P. Range im Nama-Land, Deutsch S. W. Afrika, gesammelt. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 29, 144 - 148.