Miresa amator ( Hering, 1928 ), 2023

Taberer, Tabitha R., Fiebig, Ralf, Giusti, Alessandro & László, Gyula M., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Delorhachis Karsch 1896 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Journal of Natural History 57 (1 - 4), pp. 54-129 : 103

Miresa amator ( Hering, 1928) comb. nov. ( Figures 58 , 129 )

Delorhachis amator Hering, 1928 , In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 14: 462, pl. 74, fig. c. Type locality: [ Tanzania], Deutsch-Ostafrika. Holotype, male (MfN).

Type material examined

Holotype. Male: red oblong label ′ Type ̍ || handwritten ′ Delorhachis | amator m. | Type ̍. | ′det. Mart.Hering ̍ || handwritten ′ D.Ost-Afrika ̍ | ′ Dr.R.Lück & Gehlen V ̍. || handwritten ′E- 791̍ || handwritten ′ Genit. slide | SAV-08-42̍ || QR code label with unique MfN URI http:// coll.MfN-berlin.de/u/73f0ec ( MfN).

Figures

Figures 58–66. Adults. Figure 58. Miresa amator comb. nov.: HT of Delorhachis amator, Tanzania, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-42) (MfN); Figure 59. M. amica comb. nov.: HT of D. amica, Cameroon, Lolodorf, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-41) (MfN); Figures 60–62. M. purpurea comb. nov. 60: HT of D. purpurea, Cameroon, Lolodorf, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-58) (MfN); 61: HT of D. denisae syn. nov., [DRC], Kivu, J (gen. slide no. RF 1862) (RBINS); 62: HT of Chrysamma erythrochrysa syn. nov., [DRC], West Kivu, J (NHMUK); Figures 63, 64. M. gliricidae. 63: Ivory Coast, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, J (gen. slide no. TT 070) (ANHRT); 64: HT, Sierra Leone, Njala, ♀ (NHMUK); Figures 65, 66. Hilipoda gravidipes. 65: HT, Togo, Bismarckburg, ♀ (MfN); 66: HT of D. schultzei syn. nov., [Nigeria], Yola, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-33) (MfN). Scale bar: 1 cm.

Figures 127–132. Male genitalia. Figures 127, 128. Delorhachis nigrivenosa. 127: HT, Togo, Misahöhe, gen. slide no. SAV-08-32 (MfN); 128: Gabon, Monts de Cristal, gen. slide no. TT 091 (ANHRT); Figure 129. Miresa amator comb. nov.: HT of D. amator, Tanzania, gen. slide no. SAV-08-42 (MfN); Figure 130. M. amica comb. nov.: HT of D. amica, Cameroon, Lolodorf, gen. slide no. SAV-08-41 (MfN); Figure 131. M. purpurea comb. nov.: HT of D. purpurea, Cameroon, Lolodorf, gen. slide no. SAV-08-58 (MfN); Figure 132. M. gliricidae: Ivory Coast, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, gen. slide no. TT 070 (ANHRT). Scale bars: 1 mm.