Prasinocyma shoa yabellensis, Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea & Parisi, Francesco, 2016

Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea & Parisi, Francesco, 2016, The Geometrinae of Ethiopia II: Tribus Hemistolini, genus Prasinocyma (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), Zootaxa 4065 (1), pp. 1-63 : 19

Prasinocyma shoa yabellensis subsp. n.

( Figs 14 , 55 , 88 )

Holotype. ♂, S. Ethiopia [(southern) Oromia], Sidamo, 13 Km, W Yabello, Motel, 1960m, 4.90°N 38.01°E, 28 – 30.III.2009, leg. R. Beck, M. Dietl ( BC ZSM Lep 45505, gen.prp. ZSM G 19401).

Paratypes. 5♂ 1♀, S. Ethiopia, Sidamo, 13 Km, W Yabello, Motel, 1960m, 4.90°N 38.01°E, 28 – 30.III.2009, leg. R. Beck, M. Dietl ( BC ZSM Lep 45503, 84639, 85819; gen.prp. ZSM G 19468, 19469).

Description. Adult ( Fig. 14 ). Wingspan. Male and female 24 – 30 mm. Ground colour leaf green, irrorated with white strigulae. Forewing without spot at the inner termen. On fore- and hindwing, terminal and discal dots absent. Hindwing termen round. Length of male palpi 1.0 times diameter of eye, palpi white, tip reddish brown. In female twice length of diameter of eye. Frons brown with slight reddish tinge. Antennae bipectinate in male, filiform in female. Antennal branches pale ochre. Male frenulum present. Male hindtibia with four spurs, without pencil.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 55 ). Almost without differences from P. s ho a, see description above, aedeagus slightly shorter (1.8 – 1.85 mm).

Female genitalia ( Fig. 88 ). Apophyses comparatively long. Lamella postvaginalis sclerotized, rhomboid, bipartite. Lamella antevaginalis slightly sclerotized, bipartite. Antrum sclerotized, dilated, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae of medium length. Corpus bursae sub-globular. Signum developed as a sclerotized transversal ridge.

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAP7553. At large genetic distance from nominotypical subspecies of P. s h oa (7.9%; n= 2 in both lineages). Genetically identic specimens have been barcoded from Tanzania, province Morogoro. Nearest neighbours: P. c ro c a (5.7%) and P. germinaria (7.8%).

Etymology. The name refers to the type locality.

Remarks. Without differences from P. shoa in habitus and genitalia, nevertheless described at subspecific rank because of the huge genetic distance.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 18. Adults of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar— 1 cm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides, and / or DNA barcoding, and / or nomenclatural status of the illustrated specimen are given. 13. Prasinocyma shoa Herbulot, 1993 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19503; Paratype); 14. Prasinocyma shoa yabellensis subsp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 85819; Paratype); 15. Prasinocyma robusta sp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 85818; Paratype); 16. Prasinocyma amharensis sp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 40510; Holotype); 17. Prasinocyma jefferyi Prout, 1930; 18. Prasinocyma monikae sp. n. (BC ZSM Lep 45504; Holotype).

FIGURES 51 – 55. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar (s) — 1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 51. Prasinocyma hailei Debauche, 1937 (gen. prp. ZSM G 19395); 52. Prasinocyma loveridgei Prout, 1926, Kenya (cf. perpulverata) (gen. prp. ZSM G 16092); 53. Prasinocyma nereis Townsend, 1952 (comb. n.) (gen. prp. ZSM G 19402); 54. Prasinocyma shoa Herbulot, 1993 (gen. prp. ZSM G 16246); 55. Prasinocyma shoa yabellensis subsp. n., (gen. prp. ZSM G 19401).

FIGURES 86 – 91. Female genitalia of Ethiopian Prasinocyma species. Scale Bar (s) — 1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 86. Prasinocyma hailei Debauche, 1937 (gen. prp. ZSM G 16089); 87. Prasinocyma loveridgei Prout, 1926, Kenya (cf. perpulverata) (gen. prp. ZSM G 16101); 88. Prasinocyma shoa yabellensis subsp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 15972); 89. Prasinocyma robusta sp. n. (gen. prp. ZSM G 16090); 90. Prasinocyma amharensis sp. n. (gen. prp. DAEF GU); 91. Prasinocyma jefferyi Prout, 1930 (gen. prp. ZSM G 15991).