Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana
Przybyłowicz, Łukasz
Bąkowski, Marek
Zootaxa
2011
3031
54
60
Rothschild, 1913
Rothschild
1913
[151,784,983,1008]
Insecta
Arctiidae
Rhipidarctia
Animalia
Lepidoptera
2
56
Arthropoda
species
postrosea
Hemirhipidia
Material examined.43 Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve; 24–30.VIII.2006(AMU, ISEA); 14 3 3Ƥ Mamang River Forest Reserve; 31.VIII. – 04.IX.2006(AMU, ISEA).
Distribution.New for Ghana. The species was so far recorded from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congoand Nigeria. The new data indicate that the species also inhabits the narrow, western part of the African rainforest zone reaching the westernmost part of Guinea. The species is therefore likely to be found in other countries located along the northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea.
Remarks. R. postroseamay be confused with some other members of the genus. Populations from Ghanaare characterized by the much more extensive yellow colouration of the hind wing ( Fig. 2B). Only one female has a well visible pale pinkish-yellow hind wing. The most reliable character distinguishing the species is the shape of male genitalia ( Figs 3A–B) (gs - S133, ISEA). The specific characters of the female genitalia are not known yet ( Fig. 3C) (gs - S134, ISEA). Their morphology does not differ from the related species belonging to the nominal subgenus. An additional problem is that the females of several species are still unknown.