Berionycta hemileuca ( Berio, 1943 ) Kiss, 2017

Kiss, Ádám, 2017, Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4355 (1), pp. 1-90 : 68

Berionycta hemileuca ( Berio, 1943) comb. n.

( Figs 167, 168 , 181 , 191, 196 , 200 )

Craniophora hemileuca Berio, 1943 , Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 61: 186. Type-locality: Eritrea, Dorfù. Holotype: female, destroyed ; neotype here designated.

Material examined. Neotype. Mаlе (dеsignаtеd hеrе, рrеsеrvеd in соll. MSNM) “Eritrеа А.O.I. Dоrfù 1938 F. Vассаrо 20.12” [рrintеd аnd hаndwrittеn lеttеrs]; “ Craniophora hemileuca ♀ PаrаТ. Bеriо [hаndwrittеn] dеt. Bеriо [рrintеd]”; “Ádám Kiss KА 292m Craniophora hemileuca ”.

Notes. Frоm thе оriginаl 8 tуре sресimеns, оnlу оnе fеmаlе (раrаtуре) аnd оnе mаlе (nеоtуре, frоm thе sаmе lосаlitу) еxist. Тhе rеst sресimеns аrе рrоbаblу dеstrоуеd during thе раst, whеn thе Bеriо соllесtiоn wаs stоrеd in bаd соnditiоns (M. Таvаnо, реrs. соmm.). Тhеsе twо sресimеns, with thе twо tуреs оf B. limbata hаvе gоt tо thе соllесtiоn оf MSNM.

Figures

FIGURES 167–174. Adults of Berionycta spp. 167. B. hemileuca, male, neotype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA292m (coll. MSNM); 168. B. hemileuca, female, paratype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA293f (coll. MSNM); 169. B. limbata, male, holotype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA295m (coll. MSNM); 170. B. limbata, female, paratype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA294f (coll. MSNM); 171. B. ponticamima, male,holotype, Ethiopia, Prov.Oromia,slide No.: KA1412m (coll. GB); 172. B. nigra, male, holotype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: KA1414m (coll. GB); 173. B. melanisans, male, holotype, Oman, Prov. Dhofar (coll. and photo BMNH); 174. B. asirensis, male, holotype, Saudi Arabia, Asir (coll. and photo BMNH). Not scaled.

FIGURES 175–182. Adults and male genitalia of Berionycta spp.175.B. orbicularis, male, holotype, Ethiopia, Prov.Oromia, slide No.: KA1411m (coll.GB); 176.B. orbicularis, female, paratype, Ethiopia, Prov.Oromia, slide No.: KA1413f (coll. GB); 177. B. behouneki, male, holotype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: GB7578m (coll. and photo GB); 178. B. behouneki, female, paratype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: GB8148f (coll. and photo GB); 179. B. berioi, male, holotype, Ethiopia, Gamo Gofa, slide No.:GB8147m (coll.and photo GB); 180. B. beckroberti, male, holotype,Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: GB8315m (coll. GB); 181. B. hemileuca, neotype, valva, vesica, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA292m (coll. MSNM); 182. B. limbata, holotype, valva, vesica, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.:KA295m (coll. MSNM). Not scaled.

FIGURES 191–199. Male 7 th, 8 th abdominal segments and female genitalia of Berionycta spp. 191. B. hemileuca, neotype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA292m (coll. MSNM); 192. B. limbata, holotype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA295m (coll. MSNM); 193. B. ponticamima, holotype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: KA1412m (coll. GB); 194. B. nigra, holotype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: KA1414m (coll. GB); 195. B. orbicularis, holotype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: KA1411m (coll.GB); 196. B. hemileuca, paratype,Eritrea,Dorfù, slide No.: KA293f(coll.MSNM); 197. B. limbata, paratype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA294f (coll. MSNM); 198. B. orbicularis, paratype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: KA1413f (coll. GB); 199. B. behouneki, paratype, Ethiopia, Prov. Oromia, slide No.: GB8148f (coll. GB). Left side sternite, right side tergite.Not scaled.

FIGURES 200–202. Female7 th abdominal segments of Berionycta spp.200.B. hemileuca, paratype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA293f (coll. MSNM); 201. B. limbata, paratype, Eritrea, Dorfù, slide No.: KA294f (coll. MSNM); 202. B. orbicularis, paratype, Ethiopia, Prov.Oromia, slide No.:KA1413f (coll.GB). Left side tergite, right side sternite. Not scaled.