Cyana (Strigivulpecula) naumanni ( Kühne, 2005 ) (Kuhne, 2005) 2019

Volynkin, Anton V., 2019, Two new ‘ Asura - like’ Cyana Walker, 1854 from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4576 (2), pp. 395-400 : 395-396

Cyana (Strigivulpecula) naumanni ( Kühne, 2005) , comb. nov. ( Figs. 3–5 )

Asura naumanni Kühne, 2005 , Lambillionea, 105(3): 490, figs. 5, 6 (Type locality: “ Rwanda, Akagera riv, S Kibungo/Ibanda-Makera

... 2.17S, 30.47E ”).

Type material examined. Paratype ( Fig. 3 ): ♂, Kenya, Western Prov. , Kakamega Forest N.R., 2001–2003, ca. 0.21,3N ; 34.51E, leg. L. Kühne / W Byango Hill 1600 m, 1.X.2002, light trap (12), 0.20,91N 34.51,71E / Paratypus ♂ Asura naumanni by: L. Kühne / Genitalia slide A. Volynkin 2017 AV2899 ♂ (Coll. ZMB) .

Other material examined. UGANDA: 3 ♂, Uganda, Mpigi, Mpanga Forest , 25–30.XI.2014, LF, leg. W. Mey, slides AV4243 ♂, AV4244 ♂, AV4246 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. ZMB) ; 1 ♂, Uganda, Kibale National Park, Biol. Field Station , 19– 24.XI.2014, LF, leg. W. Mey, slide AV4245 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. ZMB) ; RWANDA: 2 ♂, Rwanda, Nyungwe NP 1800 m, 11 km N Uwinka, 2°25’S 29°09’E, 03.VIII.2008, leg. J. & W. De Prins, slide NHMUK010315262 Volynkin (Coll. NHMUK) .

Note. During preparation of the original description, the holotype of C. naumanni from Rwanda (deposited in the private collection of Lars Kühne, Potsdam-Badelsberg, Germany) remained not dissected ( Kühne 2005). Nevertheless, Mr Kühne kindly dissected it at my request and confirmed that it also has only two bunches of cornuti in its vesica.

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 10–11 mm in males. The species belongs to the subgenus Strigivulpecula Karisch, 2013 (Type species: Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010) widespread in Afrotropics including Madagascar and the Comoro Islands and comprising seven valid species ( Karisch 2013). Despite the species’ unusual wing coloration and pattern ( Figs. 3–5 ), the male genitalia of C. naumanni ( Figs. 11, 12 ) is very similar to that of C. (Strigivulpecula) nemasisha ( Roesler, 1990) ( Figs. 6 , 13 ), but differ by its shorter cornuti of the distal diverticulum, stronger granulation of both diverticula, and the absence of a bunch of cornuti in the subbasal diverticulum.

Distribution. The species is known from Rwanda, Uganda and western Kenya ( Kühne 2005).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Cyana spp.: adults. 1, C. turlini, holotype ♂, Rwanda (ZSM); 2, C. turlini, paratype ♂, Rwanda (ZSM); 3, C. naumanni, paratype ♂, W Kenya (ZMB); 4, C. naumanni, ♂, Uganda (ZMB); 5, C. naumanni, ♂, SW Rwanda (©NHMUK); 6, C. nemasisha, ♂, S Mozambique (ANHRT); 7, C. nyika, holotype ♂, NE Zambia (MWM/ZSM); 8, C. rejecta, ♂, Malawi (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 9–12. Cyana spp.: male genitalia. 9, C. turlini, holotype, Rwanda, slide ZSM Arct. 189/2017 Volynkin; 10, C. turlini, paratype, Rwanda, slide ZSM Arct. 223/2017 Volynkin; 11, C. naumanni, paratype, W Kenya, slide AV2899♂ Volynkin; 12, C. naumanni, SW Rwanda, slide NHMUK010315262 Volynkin (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 13–15. Cyana spp.: male genitalia. 13, C. nemasisha, S Mozambique, slide AV3046♂ Volynkin; 14, C. nyika, holotype, NE Zambia slide MWM 33711 Volynkin; 15, C. rejecta, Madagaskar, slide BMNH(E) Arct-6198 Karish (©NHMUK).