Contribution to the knowledge of the Nolini of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae)
Author
László, Gyula M.
Author
Vetina, Alvaro A.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-26
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.3
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Nola politzari
Hacker, 2012
(
Figs 6, 7
,
47
,
68
)
Nola politzari
Hacker, 2012
,
Esperiana
17: 75. Type locality: [
Burkina Faso
],
Folonzo am Fluss
, Comoe.
Holotype
male, in coll. ZSM.
Material
examined:
Mozambique
,
Maputo
Special Reserve.
2 ♂
,
9m
,
Mangrove Camp
,
Mangrove-Woodland Mosaic
,
26°19'35.9"S
,
32°42'35.7"E
,
7–9.XII.2016
,
Light Trap
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Cristovao, J.
,
Laszlo, G.
,
Miles, W.
leg., slide
No.
:
LGNA
329
♂;
1 ♂
,
15m
,
Ponta Milibangalala
,
Dune Grassland
,
26°26’58.6”S
,
32°55’29.8”E
,
25–30.V.2017
,
MV
Light Trap
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Laszlo
, G.,
Miles
, W.,
Vetina, A.
leg.
;
2 ♀
,
22m
,
West Gate
,
Sand Forest
,
26°30'14.2"S
,
32°42'59.6"E
,
30.V.–9.
VI
.2017,
MV
Light Trap
,
Aristophanous, M.
,
Laszlo
, G.,
Miles
, W.,
Vetina, A.
leg., slide
Nos
:
LGNA
509
♀,
LGNA
510
♀ (coll. ANHRT, MHNM).
Remark.
The species is very similar to
Nola squalida
Staudinger, 1870
, and
Nola afrotaeniata
Hacker, 2012
, the differences between the three species, however, are well expressed in the female genitalia (
Hacker
et al
2012
). The concept of Hacker on the distribution of
N. squalida
seems to be correct considering the species being widely distributed from the West Mediterranean, throughout the Arabian peninsula towards Central Asia and the westernmost chains of the Himalayas. In the Subsaharan Africa
N. squalida
is replaced by its sister species
N. afrotaeniata
and
N. politzari
which are two evidently different species due to their female genitalia. The males are, however not distinguishable displaying in all three species the typical
squalida
-like genitalia configuration. Thus, it can be declared, that only the female specimens of the species group can satisfactorily be identified. The female specimens collected in the Maputo Special Reserve are identical in genitalia with the
holotype
of
N. politzari
described from
Burkina Faso
, thus the
squalida
-like species from South
Mozambique
is identified here as
N. politzari
, new country record for
Mozambique
representing the southernmost occurrence of the species known to date. Nevertheless it cannot be excluded, that
N. afrotaeniata
also occurs in South
Mozambique
.