Eremothyris hollandi, Walsingham, 1897

Huang, Si-Yao, Martin, Geoff & Espeland, Marianne, 2024, Resurrection of the genus Eremothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae), Zootaxa 5519 (3), pp. 430-440 : 435

E. hollandi Walsingham, 1897

( Figs 1–4 , 12 , 17, 20 , 22 )

Type material examined. Syntypes: male ( Fig. 1 ), printed and handwritten label “ EREMOTHYRIS | HOLLANDI Wlsm | Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 | 48. Pl. II. 8. | TYPE ♂ figured” / printed label “Walsingham | Collection. | 1910– 427” / handwritten label “ Kangwé | Ogowé River | FRENCH CONGO | Good. Holland | 6970” | / printed round label “TYPE” / printed label with unique QR-code “ NHMUK015105471 ” ( NHMUK); female ( Fig. 2 ), printed and handwritten label “ EREMOTHYRIS | HOLLANDI Wlsm | Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 | 48. Pl. II. 8. | TYPE ♀” / printed label “Walsingham | Collection. | 1910–427” / handwritten label “ Kangwé | Ogowé River | FRENCH CONGO | Good. Holland | 6971” | / printed round label “TYPE” / printed label with unique QR-code “ NHMUK015105472 ” ( NHMUK).

Additional specimens examined: 1 female ( Fig. 4 ), Cameroon, Bitje , Ja River, Oct. Wet Season. G. L. Bates, NHMUK015105473 , B.M. Genitalia slide No. 31337, slide NHMUK015359478 ( NHMUK) ; 1 male ( Fig. 3 ), Cameroon, Bitje , Ja River, Oct-Nov 1913, NHMUK015105474 , B.M. Genitalia slide No. 22574, slide NHMUK015359476 ( NHMUK) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Adults of Eremothyris, Gymnogramma and Nosymna spp. The specimens: 1–4, 6–9 & 11 are deposited in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 5 is deposited in SMNH (©SMNH catalogue No. NHRS-TOBI000005718); 10 is deposited in RMNH.

FIGURES 12–16. Male genitalia of Eremothyris, Gymnogramma and Nosymna spp. The specimens: 12, 14 & 15 are deposited in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 13 is deposited in SMNH (©SMNH catalogue No. NHRS-TOBI000005718); 16 is deposited in RMNH.

FIGURES 17–21. Abdominal exoskeleton of Eremothyris, Gymnogramma and Nosymna spp. The specimens: 17 & 18 are deposited in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 19 is deposited in RMNH. 20 = magnified piliform scale bunch of the fig. 17; 21= magnified piliform scale bunch of the fig. 19.

FIGURES 22–24. Female genitalia of Eremothyris, Gymnogramma and Nosymna spp.All specimens are deposited in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK). For figures 22 & 23: a=whole genitalia; b= magnified area from corpus bursae showing sclerotized structures.