Siccia kastanota, Volynkin, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 64, pp. 1-184 : 32-33

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2023.64.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13250440

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/52EBE25A-EE9D-4302-A89B-057052917105

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Siccia kastanota
status

sp. nov.

Siccia kastanota View in CoL sp. n.

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( Figs 60, 61 View Figures 45–62 , 321–323 View Figures 321–324 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 60 View Figures 45–62 , 321 View Figures 321–324 ): male, “ Gabon 430m | Mikongo (Rougier) , Monts | de Cristal (Secondary forest) | 0°29'47''N, 11°10'42''E | 28.vii.–12.viii.2019 LepiLED | Light Trap. Albert, J-L., | Aristophanous, M., | Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., | Moretto, P. Leg. | ANHRT:2019.17” / “ANHRTUK | 00107543” / “Slide | AV6554 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( ANHRT). GoogleMaps

Paratypes. DRC: 2 males, Congo Dem. Rep. , Bas-Congo, 320 m, Nat. Res. Luki-Mayumbe, 05˚37'S 013˚05'E, 30.v.2007, leg. J. De Prins, unique number: NHMUK010605621, gen. prep. No.: NHMUK010315238 (prepared by Volynkin) ( NHMUK) ; 2 males, the same locality as previous but 16.v.2007, J. & W. De Prins leg., unique number: NHMUK010605624, gen. prep. No.: NHMUK010315241 (prepared by Volynkin) ( NHMUK) ; 1 male, Bas-Congo , 250m, Luki-Mayumbe N.R., 5˚27'S 13˚5'E, 20.xi.2008, leg. J. & W. De Prins, unique number: NHMUK010605622, gen. prep. No.: NHMUK010315239 (prepared by Volynkin) ( NHMUK) ; 2 males, the same data as previous but 29.xi.2008 ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 6.5–7.0 mm in males. Siccia kastanota is distinguished from the other species in the group by the intense brown suffusion on the forewing and the dark, blackish-brown hindwing. The male genital capsule of the new species is reminiscent of S. synthetia but differs in the more elongate vinculum, the less medially convex dorsal margin of the valva, the somewhat narrower distal section of the valva, and the markedly broader distal saccular process. The phalli of the two species are similar but in S. kastanota , the dorsal carinal process is somewhat basally broader than in the congener, and the distal diverticulum of the vesica is somewhat more elongate.

The female is unknown.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The new species is currently known Gabon and western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek ‘καστανωτό’ meaning ‘brownish’ and refers to the brownish colouration of both wings of the new species. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Siccia

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