Siccia paraxena, 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 : 82

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13250542

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8FFB1A9-7F4B-4EF9-85D6-5911276AA085

taxon LSID

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Felipe

scientific name

Siccia paraxena
status

sp. nov.

Siccia paraxena View in CoL sp. n.

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( Figs 221 View Figures 207–222 , 424 View Figures 423–426 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 221 View Figures 207–222 , 424 View Figures 423–426 ): male, “ Cameroon 900m | North Region, Wack ( La Falaise ) | 07°40'16.5''N, 13°33'18.4''E | 2–21.x.2018 General Coll. | Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. Leg. | ANHRT:2018.36” / “ANHRTUK | 00062126” (DNA barcode iD) / “Slide | AV5188 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( ANHRT). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 9.0 mm in the male holotype. Siccia paraxena is externally reminiscent of S. malfakassa from which it is distinguished by the brownish-grey antenna and thorax, the brownish-grey forewing ground colour with intense yellow suffusion along the costal and outer margins (the forewing of S. malfakassa is yellowish-ochreous), the more distinct forewing pattern, and the paler hindwing with a discal spot. The detailed comparison of the male genitalia of the new species with S. malfakassa is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

The female is unknown.

Molecular data. As the species is known from its holotype only, the intraspecific genetic variability could not be calculated. The genetically next-closest species is S. malfakassa differing by 3.32%.

Distribution. The new species is currently known only from its type locality in northern Cameroon.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek ‘παράξενος’ meaning ‘strange’ and refers to the peculiar male genitalia of the new species. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Siccia

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