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Afrasura submarmorata Kiriakoff 1958, comb. n.
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Afrasura submarmorata (Kiriakoff, 1958) comb. n.
(Figs. 31, 71)
Asura submarmorata Kiriakoff, 1958, Ruwenzori Expedition 1952, vol. I, 2: 4.
Type locality. Uganda, Semliki Forest (holotype Ƥ Arct. g.sl. n. 276 BMNH, examined).
Diagnosis. S imilar to Afrasura discreta, from which it is distinguishable genitalically. Female genitalia of submarmorata with strong and cylindrical antrum; ductus bursae large for the genus; ductus membranous, half as long as the antrum. Cervix bursae long, as large as the antrum, rotating ca. 270°; corpus bursae ovoid, covered internally by small thorns, with two roundish signa. A. submarmorata is also similar to amaniensis and violacea, but can be distinguished by the ground colour. 3. Unknown.
Notes
Published as part of Durante, Antonio, 2009, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus, pp. 27-52 in Zootaxa 2280 on page 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275270
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kiriakoff
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Arctiidae
- Genus
- Afrasura
- Species
- submarmorata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Afrasura submarmorata (Kiriakoff, 1958) sec. Durante, 2009
References
- Kiriakoff, S. G. (1958) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952, vol. I, 2. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1 - 39.