Siccia overlaeti Kühne, 2007

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 : 80

Siccia overlaeti Kühne, 2007

( Figs 217 , 421 )

Siccia overlaeti Kühne, 2007 , Esperiana Memoir , 3: 378, figs 95, 178 (Type locality: [ DR Congo] “ Kapanga ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 217 , 421 ): “ Coll. Mus. Congo | Kapanga | - IV -1933 | G. F. Overlaet ” / red label “ Holotypus | Siccia | overlaeti | by L. Kühne ” / “ L. Kühne | Dauerpräparat | No. 478” / QR-code label with unique number: “RMCA ENT | 000018613” ( RMCA).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 8.5 mm in the male holotype. The species is similar to Siccia lubumbashia , the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The species is known only from its type locality in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba Province) ( Kühne 2007).

Figures

Figures 207–222. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 207, 209, 210, 212–216, and 220–222 in ANHRT (214: ex AKW); 211 in MfN; 217–219 in RMCA.

Figures 419–422. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 419 in MfN; 420 in ANHRT; 421 and 422 in RMCA (421 after Kühne (2007)).