Published May 29, 2023 | Version v1
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Meganaclia Aurivillius 1892

  • 1. Museum Witt, Max-Reger-Strasse 18, 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany. n. ignatev @ entu. cas. cz & Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS and the Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branišovska 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, the Czech Republic. fric @ entu. cas. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3611 - 8022
  • 2. African Natural History Research Trust, Street Court, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR 6 9 QA, United Kingdom. gyulalaszlo @ anhrt. org. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9862 - 8290
  • 3. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31 - 016 Krakow, Poland. anprz @ wp. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2974 - 0817
  • 4. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS and the Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branišovska 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, the Czech Republic. fric @ entu. cas. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3611 - 8022
  • 5. Museum Witt, Max-Reger-Strasse 18, 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany. n. ignatev @ entu. cas. cz & h. sulak @ atelier-sulak. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8138 - 3538
  • 6. University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805, Bamako.

Description

Key to the species of the genus Meganaclia based on male genitalia structures

1 Uncus without sclerotized dorsal appendage (Fig. 16)........................................................ 2

- Uncus with sclerotized dorsal appendage (Fig. 20)........................................................... 4

2(1) Uncus laterally without distinct setae (Fig. 15)........................................................ M. sippia

- Uncus laterally with distinct setae (Fig. 16)................................................................. 3

3(2) Uncus parrot beak shaped (Fig. 17).......................................................... M. grehani sp. n.

- Uncus rather C-shaped (Fig. 16).............................................................. M. smithi sp. n.

4(1) Dorsal appendage of uncus bifurcate, antler-shaped (Fig. 20)................................... M. gaerberfesti sp. n.

- Dorsal appendage of uncus bifurcate, simple-shaped......................................................... 5

5(4) Dorsal appendage of uncus pointed apically (Fig. 19)........................................... M. johannae sp. n.

- Dorsal appendage of uncus rounded apically (Fig. 18)............................................ M. josephi sp. n.

Notes

Published as part of Ignatev, Nikolai, László, Gyula M., Paśnik, Anna, Fric, Zděnek Faltýnek, Sulak, Harald & Müller, Günter C., 2023, Five new species of the genus Meganaclia Aurivillius, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini), pp. 457-474 in Zootaxa 5296 (3) on page 473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/7984227

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