identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03E987DCFFDEFFDBFF13C838FDD6FEDA.text	03E987DCFFDEFFDBFF13C838FDD6FEDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhynchobombyx levi Prozorov & Saldaitis & Sulak & Yakovlev & Murphy & Petrányi & Revay & Volkova & Prozorova & Müller 2023	<div><p>Rhynchobombyx levi sp. n.</p> <p>https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CED345F3-6410-416D-B7CA-ADBA613033FF</p> <p>(Figs 1–12, 28–30, 39, 41, 46–48)</p> <p>Holotype: ♂, Malawi, Lilongwe District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.21666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.5/lat -14.21666)">Dzalanyama Ranch</a>, 14.21666 S, 33.5 E, 1220 m, 29.I.2005, leg. R. J. Murphy, GS 0625 (CGM / USTTB). Paratypes (39♂, 8♀). Tanzania: ♂, Biharamulo District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.2197&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.03556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.2197/lat -3.03556)">Nyakanazi</a>, 3.03556 S, 31.2197 E, 1245 m, 17.III.1990, leg. Bjørnstad, GS 2012-021 (NHMO); ♀, Mpanda District, 33 km S Uvinza, 1450 m, 13.X.1989, leg. Bjørnstad (NHMO). Malawi: ♂, same data as HT (CGM / USTTB); ♀, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=33.98333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.38333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 33.98333/lat -11.38333)">Nkhorongo</a>, 11.38333 S, 33.98333 E, 1375 m, 18.II.2000, leg. R. J. Murphy, GS 0626 (CGM / USTTB); ♂, Northern Province, Karonga District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.18333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-10.41666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.18333/lat -10.41666)">Vinthukutu Forest</a>, 646 m, 10.41666 S, 34.18333 E, 29.XI.2000, leg. R. J. Murphy, GS Las-24 (DMNH). DRC, Haut-Katanga Province: ♂, Luina River, Kibomboma, 12.IX.1989, leg. Th. Bouyer, GS 2011-153 (RMCA); 8♂, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.669333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.469806" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.669333/lat -11.469806)">Mikembo</a>, 11.469806 S, 27.669333 E, 1175 m, 19.IX.2022, 22.IX.2022, GS LazLas 027 (CAC); 2♂, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.669333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.469806" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.669333/lat -11.469806)">Mikembo</a>, 11.469806 S, 27.669333 E, 1175 m, 26.II.2022, leg. A. Cipolla (CAC); ♂, Kipushi, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.861973&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.482778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.861973/lat -11.482778)">Karibu</a>, 11.482778 S, 27.861972 E, 1148 m, 27.III.2022, leg. A. Cipolla (CAC); ♂, Kipushi, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.918333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-10.660556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.918333/lat -10.660556)">Kisamfu area</a>, 10.660556 S, 25.918333 E, 1464 m, 2.XII.2022, leg. Th. Bouyer (CAC). Zimbabwe: ♂, Bulawayo, Shangani, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.52527&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.88278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.52527/lat -19.88278)">Naletale</a>, 19.88278 S, 29.52527 E, 1410 m, 20.XII.2011, leg. Snižek, GS 0627 (CGM / USTTB); 2♂, Harare, 17.82162 S, 31.04922 E, 1490 m, [label data incomplete], leg. N. J. Duke, GS Las-25 (DMNH); 2♂, Harare, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.00197&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.60637" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.00197/lat -17.60637)">Christon Bank</a>, 17.60637 S, 31.00197 E, 1405 m, 1.XII.1994, leg. N. J. Duke, GS Las-25 (DMNH); 2♂, Mutare, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=32.77675&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.11994" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 32.77675/lat -19.11994)">Vumba Mts</a>, 19.11994 S, 32.77675 E, 1650 m, [label data incomplete] (NHMZ); ♂, Mutare District, [label data incomplete] (NHMZ); 10♂, ♀, Harare, 17.82162 S, 31.04922 E, 1490 m, IV.1963, III.1965, 31.V.1965, III.1969, GS Las-15, Las-16, Las-17, Las-19 (NHMZ); 2♂, 4♀, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.54874&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.18851" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.54874/lat -18.18851)">Marondera</a>, [label data incomplete], 18.18851 S, 31.54874 E, 1665 m, GS Las-18 (NHMZ); 2♂, Hahare [?, label data incomplete] (NHMZ); ♂, Mutare District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=32.75201&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.13366" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 32.75201/lat -19.13366)">Bunga Forest</a>, 19.13366 S, 32.75201 E, 1250 m, 22.VI.1990, leg. Bjørnstad (NHMO); ♂, Mashonaland East Province, 12 km E Marondera, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.627777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.170555" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.627777/lat -18.170555)">Gosho Park</a>, 18.170556 S, 31.627778 E, 1635 m, 11.IV.2011, leg. R. Yakovlev (CAS). RSA: ♀, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.09369&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.2135" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.09369/lat -25.2135)">Lundi</a>, 25.2135 S, 31.09369 E, 725 m, [label data incomplete] (DMNH).</p> <p>Description. Male (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12). Head and thorax reddish brown with longitudinal greyish line. Abdomen cream-colored. Forewing. Forewing length: 13–14 mm. Semilanceolate, apex obtuse, external margin smooth. Background color reddish brown. Pattern consists of dark brown crenulate antemedial, postmedial and external lines, and dark discal dot on R-Cu cell outer margin. Cilia speckled brown and grey. Hindwing. Oval-shaped, external margin rounded, slightly waved. Cream-colored, costal and tornal fields darker. Cilia brownish. Male genitalia (Figs 28, 39). Tegumen band-shaped, dorsolaterally bears a pair of sclerotized socii with blunt apexes, covered with setae. Vinculum thin, ventrally widened into cup-like form. Sacculus elongated, finger-like, c-shaped with blunt apex. Cucullus tubercle-like, covered with chaetae. Juxta fused with aedeagus. Aedeagus cylindrical with uneven dorsal sclerotized field and ventrobasal rather s-shaped spur. Vesica bag-shaped. Female (Figs 2, 5, 7, 9). Forewing length: 16–17 mm. Pattern similar to male, but hindwings darker. Female genitalia (Figs 29–30, 41). Papillae anales semispherical, densely covered with chaetae. Posterior apophyses about one third longer anterior ones. Lamella antevaginalis wrinkled, semimembranous, medially cup-like fitting ventoapical spur of male’s aedeagus. Lamella postvaginalis a narrow w-shaped band. Ductus bursae uneven, wrinkled, inflated. Corpus bursae elongated, membranous, wrinkled. Ductus bursae and corpus bursae together reach impressive 14 mm length.</p> <p>Variability. Background color of forewings may be lighter (Figs 5, 11) or darker (Figs 4, 9). Socii may be pointed (Fig. 28) or rounded (Fig. 39) apically.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Adults of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings with low contrast pattern (Figs 1–12), shorter bursa, lack sclerotized band around ductus (Figs 29–30, 41), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adults of Rh. nasuta have orange to brown forewings with darker contrasting pattern (Figs 16–18), longer bursa, sclerotized band around ductus (Fig. 45), and distributed in Angola, Congo, and Tshuapa and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC, and CAR (new record).</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 28, 39), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult males of Rh. gavinfilippone have orangish forewings (Fig. 19), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 33), and distributed in Haut-Uele Province, DRC.</p> <p>Adults of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings (Figs 1–12), short socii, c-shaped cucullus, tubercle-like sacculus (Figs 28, 39), narrow membranous ductus (Figs 29–30, 41), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult males of Rh. avadomenicarocchio have orangish brown forewings (Figs 20–21), elongated claw-like socii, cucullus, and sacculus (Fig. 36), expanded sclerotized ductus (Fig. 44), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adults of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings (Figs 1–12), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 28, 39), have narrow membranous ductus and long bursa (Figs 29–30, 41), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult males of Rh. julianjameseaton have brown forewings (Figs 22–23), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 35), wide sclerotized ductus and short bursa (Fig. 42), and distributed in Congo and Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings with smooth outer margin (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12), overall smaller genitalia (Figs 28, 39), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult males of Rh. anthonychristophereaton have orange forewings with concavity between CuA 2 and 1A (Fig. 24), overall larger genitalia (Fig. 38), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have smooth outer margin of forewings (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 28, 39), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult males of Rh. nicolasroberteaton have concavity between CuA 2 and 1A on forewings (Fig. 25), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 32), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have crenulated postmedial lines on forewings (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10– 12), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 28, 39), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult male of Rh. arijakefriend has smooth postmedial line on forewings (Fig. 27), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 34), and distributed in Haut-Uele Province, DRC.</p> <p>Adult females of Rh. levi sp. n. are overall bigger with crenulated dark medial lines on reddish brown forewings (Figs 2, 5, 7, 9), narrow membranous ductus and long bursa (Figs 29–30, 41), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult female of Rh. madisonellafriend is overall smaller with blurred contrasting medial lines on brown forewings (Fig. 26), has wide sclerotized ductus and short bursa (Fig. 43), and distributed in Kasaï Province, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12), socii with single apex (Figs 28, 39), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48); while adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings (Figs 13–15), socii with more or less pronounced two apexes (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49).</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 56). Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands in Tanzania, Malawi, DRC; dry miombo woodlands and Zambezian-Limpopo mixed woodlands in Zimbabwe; Limpopo lowveld in RSA. Similar wide distribution in East Africa is also known for Theophasida superba (Aurivillius, 1915); Stenophatna marshalli Aurivillius, 1909; Stenophatna cymographa Hampson, 1910; Stenophatna rotschildi (Tams, 1936); Eucraera salammbo (Vuillot, 1892); Odontopacha fenestrata Aurivillius, 1909; Soligena juna Prozorov &amp; Zolotuhin, 2016; Typhonoya longipennis Hering, 1941; Estigena africana Holland, 1893; Dollmania cuprea (Distant, 1897); Revaya edita Prozorov et al., 2023 and Revaya yahya Prozorov et al., 2023 (Zolotuhin &amp; Prozorov, 2010; Prozorov, 2011; Prozorov, 2016c; Prozorov &amp; Zolotuhin, 2016; Prozorov et al., 2021b, 2023e, 2023f, 2023g).</p> <p>Biology. Adults were collected in February – June and September – December from an altitude of 646 to 1665 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The species is named in honor of Levi Margiotta (Nesconset, USA).</p> <p>Taxonomic note. We did not manage to document labels of the specimens of Rh. levi sp. n. during our visit in 2016 to NHMZ (as unidentified species within Pseudometa Aurivillius, 1901) and DMNH (identified as Pseudometa viola Aurivillius, 1901 and “Genus_insertum”), but did take overview photos of the drawers</p> <p>(Figs 46–47). Here we added all specimens from NHMZ and DMNH to the type series regardless whether the label data is complete or not.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987DCFFDEFFDBFF13C838FDD6FEDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Prozorov, Alexey M.;Saldaitis, Aidas;Sulak, Harald;Yakovlev, Roman V.;Murphy, Raymond J.;Petrányi, Gergely;Revay, Edita E.;Volkova, Julia S.;Prozorova, Tatiana A.;Müller, Günter C.	Prozorov, Alexey M., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Yakovlev, Roman V., Murphy, Raymond J., Petrányi, Gergely, Revay, Edita E., Volkova, Julia S., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Müller, Günter C. (2023): Two new species of the genus Rhynchobombyx from Central and East Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). Ecologica Montenegrina 70: 24-37, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.70.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.4
03E987DCFFDBFFD7FF13CB09FBBAFE72.text	03E987DCFFDBFFD7FF13CB09FBBAFE72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhynchobombyx maddox Prozorov & Saldaitis & Sulak & Yakovlev & Murphy & Petrányi & Revay & Volkova & Prozorova & Müller 2023	<div><p>Rhynchobombyx maddox sp. n.</p> <p>https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 76258768-BCDD-4CF7-B0C5-BD373862241E</p> <p>(Figs 13–15, 31, 40, 49)</p> <p>Holotype: ♂, Angola, Cuanza Sul Province, road <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=15.64408&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-10.59547" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 15.64408/lat -10.59547)">Quibala – Mussende</a>, ca. 80 km E Quibala, 10.59547 S, 15.64408 E, 1352 m, 22.XI.2017, leg. S. Naumann, E. Ott &amp; H. Sulak, GS 0628 (CGM / USTTB). Paratypes, Angola (CGM / USTTB): ♂, Huambo Province, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi, 12.77801 S,</p> <p>14.90628 E, 1400 m, 26.III.2014, leg. H. Sulak, S. Naumann &amp; E. Ott, GS 1285; ♂, Benguela Province, between Ganda and Dende, 13.12955 S, 14.70055 E, 1210 m, 25.III.2014, leg. H. Sulak, S. Naumann &amp; E. Ott, GS 1286.</p> <p>Description. Male (Figs 13–15). Head and thorax brown. Abdomen brownish or reddish beige. Forewing. Forewing length: 13. Semilanceolate, apex obtuse, external margin slightly waved. Background color brown or reddish brown. Pattern consists of dark brown crenulate antemedial, postmedial and external lines, and dark discal dot on R-Cu cell outer margin. Cilia speckled brown and dark brown. Hindwing. Oval-shaped, external margin rounded, slightly waved. Beige, costal and tornal fields darker. Cilia brownish. Male genitalia (Figs 31, 40). Tegumen band-shaped, dorsolaterally bears a pair of sclerotized socii with more or less pronounced two apexes. Vinculum thin, ventrally widened into cup-like form. Sacculus elongated, finger-like, c-shaped with blunt apex. Cucullus tubercle-like, covered with chaetae. Juxta fused with aedeagus. Aedeagus cylindrical with uneven dorsal sclerotized field and ventrobasal c-shaped spur with blunt apex. Vesica bag-shaped. Female remains unknown.</p> <p>Variability. Background color of forewings vary from brown (Fig. 13) to reddish brown (Fig. 15). Two apexes of socia may be more (Fig. 40) or less (Fig. 31) pronounced.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings with low contrast pattern (Figs 13–15), smaller vesica (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. nasuta have orange to brown forewings with darker contrasting pattern (Figs 16, 18), larger vesica (Fig. 37), and distributed in Angola, Congo, and Tshuapa and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC, and CAR (new record).</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings (Figs 13–15), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. gavinfilippone have orangish forewings (Fig. 19), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 33), and distributed in Haut-Uele Province, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings (Figs 13–15), short socii, c-shaped cucullus, tubercle-like sacculus (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. avadomenicarocchio have orangish brown forewings (Fig. 21), elongated claw-like socii, cucullus, and sacculus (Fig. 36), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings (Figs 13–15), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. julianjameseaton have brown forewings (Fig. 22), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 35), distributed in Congo, and Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings with smooth outer margin (Figs 13–15), overall smaller genitalia (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. anthonychristophereaton have orange forewings with concavity between CuA 2 and 1A (Fig. 24), overall larger genitalia (Fig. 38), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have smooth outer margin of forewings (Figs 13–15), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. nicolasroberteaton have concavity between CuA 2 and 1A on forewings (Fig. 25), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 32), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have crenulated postmedial lines on forewings (Figs 13–15), lack cornutus on vesica (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult male of Rh. arijakefriend has smooth postmedial line on forewings (Fig. 27), cornutus on vesica (Fig. 34), and distributed in Haut-Uele Province, DRC.</p> <p>Adult females of Rh. maddox sp. n. remain unknown but expected to have low-contrast pattern and be distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult female of Rh. madisonellafriend has blurred contrasting medial lines on forewings (Fig. 26), and distributed in Kasaï Province, DRC.</p> <p>Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings (Figs 13–15), socii with more or less pronounced two apexes (Figs 31, 40), and distributed in Angola (Fig. 49); while adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings (Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12), socii with single apex (Figs 28, 39), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC (Fig. 48).</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 49). Angolan wet miombo woodlands and Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands in Angola.</p> <p>Biology. Adults were collected in March and November from an altitude of 1210 to 1400 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The species is named in honor of Maddox Margiotta (Nesconset, USA).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987DCFFDBFFD7FF13CB09FBBAFE72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Prozorov, Alexey M.;Saldaitis, Aidas;Sulak, Harald;Yakovlev, Roman V.;Murphy, Raymond J.;Petrányi, Gergely;Revay, Edita E.;Volkova, Julia S.;Prozorova, Tatiana A.;Müller, Günter C.	Prozorov, Alexey M., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Yakovlev, Roman V., Murphy, Raymond J., Petrányi, Gergely, Revay, Edita E., Volkova, Julia S., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Müller, Günter C. (2023): Two new species of the genus Rhynchobombyx from Central and East Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). Ecologica Montenegrina 70: 24-37, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.70.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.4
