Hapsimachogonia laura, Sulak & Saldaitis & Yakovlev & Prozorova & Volkova & Revay & Müller & Prozorov, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.78.14 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65674359-C0E1-4B24-8CE2-175C5DBA2B7B |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06578E01-FFA2-FF9E-67CD-6EF5FEC2FCFC |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Hapsimachogonia laura |
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sp. nov. |
Hapsimachogonia laura View in CoL sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:265C9F50-99AD-4F2E-A53D-1291BC5ABF57
( Figs 4–5 View Figures 1–19 , 21–22 View Figures 20–23 , 35 View Figures 32–35 )
Holotype: ♂, “R. C. A., Préfecture de la Lobaye, Mbata , 1–17.VIII.1969, leg. J. Plante,” GS 2011-04 ( MHNG).
Paratype: ♂, same data as HT, GS 2011-05 ( MHNG) .
Description. Male ( Figs 4–5 View Figures 1–19 ). Flagellum, head, thorax and abdomen covered with speckled straw and brown scales. Forewing. Forewing length: 16–17 mm. Somewhat triangular with wavy outer margin and rounded apex. Basal, medial, and outer fields divided with crenulated brown lines with yellow contour. Basal and medial fields covered with speckled brown and straw scales, basal field lighter than medial one; medial field has black and white discal dot. Outer field divided with faint crenulated line into proximal and distal halves: proximal one has two yellow spots, distal one – covered with speckled brown and yellow scales darkening towards outer margin. Fringe speckled brown and yellow. Hindwing. Somewhat oval with wavy outer margin. Mediobasal field straw to brown, separated from outer field by brown blurred medial line. Outer field divided with crenulated line into proximal and distal halves: proximal one light straw, distal one speckled straw and brown. Genitalia ( Figs 21–22 View Figures 20–23 ). Tegumen a narrow band with large laterocaudal socii of somewhat trapezoid shape, apically covered with setae. Vinculum overgrown with ventromedial outgrowths, fused with lateral lobes of annelus, laterally bears valvae. Valvae elongated, curved, narrows towards apex, bifurcates in distal third; each branch curved, one slightly longer than another, both apically pointed. Lobes of annelus elongated, triangular, apically pointed. Juxta an elongated c-shaped plate, dorsally fused with phallus. Phallus slender, c-shaped, gradually narrows towards apex. Vesica could not be everted. Eighth sternite somewhat trapezoid: mediocaudally bears pair of claw-like extensions divided with semioval concavity; laterally rounded; basally bears pair of elongated apodemes. Female remains unknown.
Diagnosis. Hapsimachogonia laura sp. n. differs from:
1) Hapsimachogonia hapsimachus with yellow spots in outer field on forewings (compare Figs 4–5 and 1–3 View Figures 1–19 );
2) Hapsimachogonia anne sp. n. with darker hindwings (compare Figs 4–5 and 6 View Figures 1–19 ); narrower tegumen, shorter and wider socii, bifurcated valvae, wider lobes of annelus, larger ventromedial extensions of vinculum, smaller mediocaudal extensions and shorter apodemes of 8th sternite (compare Figs 21–22 and 23 View Figures 20–23 );
3) Hapsimachogonia marialara sp. n. with two yellow spots in outer field on forewings (compare Figs 4–5 and 7–12 View Figures 1–19 ); shorter and wider socii, bifurcated valvae, straight lobes of annelus, larger ventromedial extensions of vinculum, larger 8th sternite with smaller mediocaudal extensions and shorter apodemes (compare Figs 21–22 View Figures 20–23 and 24–26 View Figures 24–29 ); occurrence only in CAR so far ( Fig. 35 View Figures 32–35 );
4) Hapsimachogonia romy sp. n. with less contrasting yellow spots in outer field on forewings (compare Figs 4–5 and 13–19 View Figures 1–19 ); larger socii, bifurcated valvae, straight lobes of annelus, larger ventromedial extensions of vinculum, larger 8th sternite with single mediocaudal extensions and shorter apodemes (compare Figs 21–22 View Figures 20–23 and 27–29 View Figures 24–29 ); occurrence only in CAR so far ( Fig. 35 View Figures 32–35 ).
Distribution ( Fig. 35 View Figures 32–35 ). Northwest Congolian lowland forests in CAR.
Biology. Adults were collected in August from an altitude of ca. 380 m. Preimaginal stages unknown.
Etymology. The species is named in honor of Laura Ponnath (* 26 May 1994, Kemnath, Germany).
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Museum d'Histoire Naturelle |
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