Delorhachis nigrivenosa Karsch, 1896

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 : 100

Delorhachis nigrivenosa Karsch, 1896 ( Figures 53–57 , 90 , 127–128 , 155–156 , 164 )

Delorhachis nigrivenosa Karsch, 1896 , Entomologische Nachrichten , 22 (17–18): 276. Type locality: [ Togo], Togobiet, Misahöhe. Holotype, male (MfN).

Miresa strigivena Hampson,1910 syn. nov. Annals and Magazine of Natural History.

6 (8): 139. Type locality: Nigeria S, Lagos. Holotype, female ( NHMUK).

Type material examined

Holotype of Delorhachis nigrivenosa . Male: red oblong label ′Type̍ || ′ Togo | Misahöhe | 1893 | E.Baumann S̍. || ′40,644̍ || stamp ′STATION | MISAHÖHE | TOGOGEBIET̍ | handwritten ′I.IV.94 | Báumann̍ || handwritten ′Genit. Slide | SAV-08-32̍ || QR code label with unique MfN URI http://coll.MfN-berlin.de/u/86cdb5 ( MfN).

Holotype of Miresa strigivena . Female: red circle label ′Holo- | type̍ || ′ Lagos. | H. Strachan. | 99–165̍. || handwritten ′ Miresa | strigivena | type ♀. Hmpsn̍. || ′Type Status | Verified | A. Giusti V.2012 ̍ || QR code label with unique ID NHMUK 010894535 (abdomen missing) ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined

Cameroon. 15 males, 1 female. North Region, Wack ( La Falaise ), 900 m, 7.671°N, 13.555°E, 2–21 October 2018, Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2018.36, gen. slide nos. LG 5721, TT 042, TT 095, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00115329/ANLMN7647-21, ANHRTUK00114382/ANLMN7648-21 ( ANHRT); 1 female, Johann-Albrechts Höhe Station , Conradt, L. leg., gen. slide no. RF 298.2019 ( MfN); 1 male, South West Province, 13 km NW Mundemba, Korup National Park, Rengo Rock , 134 m, 5.042°N, 8.815°E, 4 November 2007, Ochse, M. leg. BOLD process ID: GWOSZ463-11 ( RCRF). Central African Republic. 1 male, Bangui, 350 m, 4.333°N, 18.533°E, 20 September 2000, local collector leg., gen. slide no. 32.030. Republic of the Congo. 1 male, Odzala National Park , 400–500 m, 0.383°N, 14.833°E, 29 January–03 March 1997, Murzin, S., Siniaev, V. leg., gen. slide no. 36.330 ( MWW). DRC. 1 male, Kanyatsi, North-Kivu , 1700 m, 1.367°S, 28.983°E, June 2017, Colley, A. leg., ANHRT:2018.22, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190126/ANLMN7920- 21; 1 male, Mutwanga, North Kivu , 1150 m, 0.333°N, 29.750°E, March 2015, Colley, A. leg., ANHRT:2018.22, gen. slide no. TT 041, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190136/ANLMN7930-21. Gabon. 3 males, Mikongo (Rougier), Monts de Cristal ( Secondary forest ), 430 m, 0.484°N, 11.178°E, 28 July–12 August 2019, Albert, J.-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J. Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2019.17, gen. slide nos. TT 040, TT 091, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00167946/ANLMN7651-21; 1 female, Nyonié ( Lowland forest ), 10 m, 0.039°S, 9.340°E, 23–28 August 2019, Albert, J.-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2019.17 ( ANHRT); 1 male, Ogooeu Ivindo, P.N. Ivindo, Station de Recherche, d̍ Ipassa , 520 m, 0.512°N, 12.803°E, 14–24 November 2009, Decaens, T., Lecourt, G., Bayendi, S. leg., BOLD process ID: MGABB279-10 ( MNHN). Ghana. 1 male, Kwadaso , 6 October 1953, Bowden, J. leg. ( NHMUK). Guinea . 7 males, 1 female, Ditinn, Chute de Ditinn , 771 m, 10.819°N, 12.192° W, 18–25 September 2019, Geiser, M., Leno, M., Koivagui, S., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L., Sáfián , Sz. leg., ANHRT:2019.19; 1 male, 619 km ESE of Conakry, Nzerekore Region, Prefecture de Lola, Ziela environment, 540–600 m, 7.700°N, 8.350°W, October 2017, local collectors leg., ANHRT:2020.6. Ivory Coast. 6 males, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, 1171 m, 7.454°N, 7.637°W, 1–8 November 2015, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg., ANHRT:2017.16, gen. slide no. TT 011, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190041, ANLMN7644-21 ( ANHRT); 3 males, same site, 1–4 July 2014, Moretto, P. leg., gen. slide no. UE 6320; 1 male, Comoe, Kolomabira , 228 m, 8.489°N, 3.757°W, July 2015, Moretto, P. leg. ( RCMS); 2 males, Taï NP. Taï Research Station , 174 m, 5.833°N, 7.342°W, 25 March–17 April 2017, Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2017.25; 1 male, same site, 5–10 July 2015, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg., ANHRT:2017.14, gen. slide no. TT 031, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK107764, ANLMN7650-21; 2 males, Abidjan, Banco Forest ( Parc-National du Banco ), 39–48 m, 5.384°N, 4.053°W, 21– 30 April 2017, Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2017.25, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00085987/ANLMN7649-21. Liberia. 1 male, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW of Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Village , 5.440°N, 9.128°W, 23–27 January 2018, Geiser, M., Sáfián , Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00090304/ANLMN7645-21; 1 female, Foya Proposed Protected Area , Lofa County, 530 m, 7.943°N, 10.277°W, 10–19 November 2017, Aristophanous, M., Sáfián , Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2017.33; 1 male, Nimba Mountains, Nimba West, Mount Gangra summit, 974 m, 7.546°N, 8.636°W, 17–25 March 2017, Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2018.24 ( ANHRT). Nigeria. 1 male, Sobo Plain, near Sapele , 27 February 1957, MacNulty, B.J. leg., QR code no. 010894378; 1 male, 1 female, NW state, Mokwa, near Cattle Ranch , 9–13 August 1970, Ward, P.H. leg. ( NHMUK). Senegal. 1 male, Sédhiou, 1917, Castell, H. leg. ( NHMUK). Sierra Leone. 1 male, Kalainkay near Kamabai, Northern Province , 80 m, 3–6 November 15, 9.181°N, 11.946°W, Goff, R., Smith, R., Takano, H. leg.; 1 male, Mansonia village at the foothills of Loma Mountains , 420 m, 9.129°N, 11.085°W, 6 June 2016, Takano, H., Miles, W., Goff, R. leg., ANHRT:2017.18 ( ANHRT). South Sudan. 1 male, 1 female, East Equatoria State, Akotos Province, Lolibai Mountains , 1300 m, 15 August–10 September 2010, Gurko, V. leg., gen. slide no. 36.328, 36.329 ( MWW). Togo . 1 male, Fazao-Malfakassa NP, Point de vue campsite ( Sudanian savannah), 415 m, 8.814°N, 0.818°E, 16–23 August 2018, Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P., Sanbena, B. leg., ANHRT:2018.31, gen. slide no. TT 039, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00091337/ANLMN7646-21 ( ANHRT). No locality data . 1 male, 16 July 1964, ′C.A.S̍. ( NHMUK).

Figures

Figures 46–57. Adults. Figures 46–48. Delorhachis smithi sp. nov. 46: HT, Gabon, Mikongo, J (gen. slide no. TT 094) (ANHRT); 47: PT, Republic of the Congo, Odzala NP, J (gen. slide no. MWW 36.326) (MWW); 48: PT, Republic of the Congo, Odzala NP, J (gen. slide no. MWW 36.327) (MWW); Figures 49, 50. D. nimbaensis sp. nov. 49: HT, Liberia,Nimba Mts., J (gen. slide no. TT 105) (ANHRT);50: PT,Liberia, Nimba, J (gen. slide no. NHMUK 010317408) (NHMUK); Figures 51, 52. D. baaka sp. nov. 51: HT, Cameroon, Sangmelima, J (gen. slide no. RF 2021.897) (SMNS); 52: PT, Cameroon, Sangmelima, J (SMNS); Figures 53–57. D. nigrivenosa. 53: HT, Togo, Misahöhe, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-32) (MfN); 54: Ivory Coast, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, J (gen. slide no. TT 011) (ANHRT); 55: Ivory Coast, Taï NP, J (gen. slide no. TT 031) (ANHRT); 56: HT of Miresa strigivena syn. nov., Nigeria, Lagos, ♀ (NHMUK); 57: Cameroon, La Falaise, J (gen. slide no. TT 095) (ANHRT). Scale bar: 1 cm.

Figures 67–90. Male fore wing pattern. Figures 67, 68: Delorhachis viridiplaga; Figure 69: D. charopa stat. rev.; Figure 70: D. ochsei sp. nov.; Figures 71, 72: D. chlorodaedala; Figure 73: D. kitale; Figure 74: D. tommasoi sp. nov.; Figure 75: D. pallidifascia sp. nov.; Figure 76: D. mariae; Figure 77: D. parvinota sp. nov.; Figures 78, 79: D. meyi sp. nov.; Figure 80: D. wetzelae sp. nov.; Figure 81: D. wetzelae shambaa ssp. nov.; Figure 82: D. kilosa; Figure 83: D. zambica sp. nov.; Figure 84: D. syntomoctena comb. nov.; Figure 85: D. manuelae sp. nov.; Figure 86: D. bakossii sp. nov.; Figure 87: D. smithi sp. nov.; Figure 88: D. nimbaensis sp. nov.; Figure 89: D. baaka sp. nov.; Figure 90: D. nigrivenosa.

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.

Figures 133–156. Male genitalia, valva apex. Figure 133: Delorhachis viridiplaga; Figure 134: D. charopa stat. rev.; Figure 135: D. ochsei sp. nov.; Figures 136, 137: D. chlorodaedala; Figure 138: D. kitale; Figure 139: D. tommasoi sp. nov.; Figure 140: D. pallidifascia sp. nov.; Figure 141: D. mariae; Figure 142: D. parvinota sp. nov.; Figures 143, 144: D. meyi sp. nov.; Figure 145: D. wetzelae sp. nov.; Figure 146: D. wetzelae shambaa ssp. nov.; Figure 147: D. syntomoctena comb. nov.; Figure 148: D. manuelae sp. nov.; Figure 149: D. bakossii sp. nov.; Figure 150: D. smithi sp. nov.; Figure 151: D. nimbaensis sp. nov.; Figure 152: D. baaka sp. nov.; Figure 153: D. kilosa; Figure 154: D. zambica sp. nov.; Figures 155, 156: D. nigrivenosa.

Figures 157–164. Female genitalia. Figure 157. Delorhachis viridiplaga: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, gen. slide no. NHMUK 010317401 (NHMUK); Figure 158. D. charopa stat. rev.: [DRC], Kalamba, gen. slide no. NHMUK 010317410 (NHMUK); Figure 159. D. ochsei sp. nov.: PT, Ghana, Ashanti, gen. slide no. NHMUK 010317403 (NHMUK); Figure 160. D. chlorodaedala: Zambia, Kapishya Hot Springs, gen. slide no. LG 5718 (ANHRT); Figure 161. D. pallidifascia sp. nov.: PT, Guinea, Dalaba, gen. slide no. LG 5719 (ANHRT); Figure 162. D. parvinota sp. nov.: PT, Liberia, Nimba Mts., gen. slide no. NHMUK 010317447 (NHMUK); Figure 163. D. meyi sp. nov.: PT, Kenya, Kakamega Forest, gen. slide no. RF 2021.896 (SMNS); Figure 164. D. nigrivenosa: South Sudan, Lolibai Mts., gen. slide no. 36.329 (MWW). Scale bars: 1 mm.