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Siccia terlineata Volynkin 2019, comb. nov.

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Description

Siccia terlineata (Durante, 2009), comb. nov.

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Afrasura terlineata Durante, 2009, Zootaxa 2280: 49, figs 32, 72 (Type locality: “ Ethiopia, Langano lake, 7°32’N, 38°31’E, 1580 m a.s.l.”).

Remark. The male of S. terlineata is unknown. Nevertheless, according to the female genitalia structure (the sclerotized ductus bursae (in Afrasura ductus bursae is subdivided into antrum and membranous anterior part), the presence of the postero-lateral sclerotized area in the corpus bursae, the presence of the lateral band-like signum, and the elongate and twisted appendix bursae) and the forewing coloration and pattern, terlineata clearly belongs to the genus Siccia and is closely related to Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914. The genitalia of the female holotype of S. terlineata (Fig. 15) differs only slightly from that of S. conformis (Fig. 16), rendering this taxon presumably to be just a synonym of the widespread and polymorphic S. conformis. To clarify the status of S. terlineata, examination of its male is necessary.

Distribution. The species is known from its type locality only, Lake Langano in Central Ethiopia.

Notes

Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V., 2019, On the taxonomy of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009, with description of a new species from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), pp. 174-182 in Zootaxa 4608 (1) on page 181, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/2944137

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Volynkin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Arctiidae
Genus
Siccia
Species
terlineata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Siccia terlineata (Durante, 2009) sec. Volynkin, 2019

References

  • Durante, A. (2009) Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2280, 27 - 52.
  • Hampson, G. F. (1914) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Uol. 1. Trustees of the British Museum, London, XXVIII + 858 pp.