Epicallima africana, Berggren & Aarvik, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.61698/nje/71-1-003 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087EB-FFEB-0B0C-0837-299EFE9E9615 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Epicallima africana |
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sp. nov. |
Epicallima africana sp. n.
Figure 10 View FIGURES 4–10 , 23 View FIGURE 23
HOLOTYPE ♀, ZIMBABWE: Manicaland Province: Honde Valley, Nyanga, Aberfoyle Lodge , 840 m. a.s.l., 18 o 17’651’’S, 32 o 58’130’’E, 15.XI.2017, leg. A.J. Kingston, genitalia slide NHMO 4333 View Materials , coll. NHMO.
PARATYPES, ZIMBABWE: Manicaland Province: Chipinge Highlands, Chirinda Forest , 1170 m.a.s.l., 20 o 24’604’’S, 32 o 41’962’’E, 19–20. XI.2017, 3♀♀, leg. A.J. Kingston, coll. NHMO .
Diagnosis ( Figure 10 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Callima africana sp. n. can be separated from the other species of the complex by the white scape of the antenna (the scape is grey in the other species), and in the female genitalia by the straight posterior margin of segment 8 (posterior margin with two humps in the other species).
Description. Wingspan 10.5–13.0 mm. Head. Frons whitish, head above greyish brown; labial palp segment 2 light greyish brown with narrow black termination, segment 3 black, with white base and apex; scape of antenna as well as six basal segments of flagellum white, antenna otherwise grey, simple. Thorax brown in middle, tegulae yellow. Foreleg dark grey, tarsus with light rings; mid- and hindleg yellowish, with grey suffusion on tibiae, and grey spots on tarsi.
Forewing dark pattern blackish, suffused with orange, costal suffusion orange, edged below with narrow black line followed by white line; dorsal dark patch basally broad; white spot present where dorsal dark blotch touches median dark fascia; cilia yellow, ochreous basally and at tornus. Hindwing with cilia dark grey.
Female genitalia ( Figure 23 View FIGURE 23 ). Posterior margin of segment 8 straight; posterior part of antrum funnel-shaped with straight posterior margin, not clearly separated from ductus bursae, slightly widened anteriorly; ductus bursae constricted before entering corpus bursae; corpus bursae oval, signum a small irregular, dentate sclerite.
Acknowledgements. We thank Sabine Gaal, NHMW, Vienna, Austria for sending photos of type material of Callima icterinella and for arranging loan of material. We are grateful to Ole Karsholt, Copenhagen, and Lauri Kaila, Helsinki, for arranging loan of material from ZMUC, Denmark, and MZH, Finland, respectively. Anthony J. Kingston, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, is thanked for the donation of Microlepidoptera specimens from Zimbabwe. We thank Hartmut Roweck, Kiel, Germany, for making available material from ECKU (later to be deposited in NHMO). We thank Gábor Vári, University of Szeged, Hungary, for allowing us to publish his photos of Callima klimeschi sp. n. For various support during the work and information, we thank Peter Huemer, Austria; Jürgen Rodeland, Germany; David Agassiz, United Kingdom; Thore Koppetsch, Oslo and Torbjørn Kloster, Lindesnes. We thank Karsten Sund, Oslo, for taking some of the photos used in the present publication. Torbjørn Ekrem, Trondheim, is thanked for facilitating DNAbarcoding of Lepidoptera from Crete. We are indebted to Thomas Pape and Ole Karsholt, Copenhagen, for advice on nomenclature. Finally, we thank the authorities of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy, represented by Erma Alkmanos and Kalomoira Agapitou, for granting permit to undertake collecting of Lepidoptera in Crete. We thank the editor, Øivind Gammelmo, Grua, for generous support with the manuscript in its final stage.
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Natural History Museum, University of Oslo |
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