Davidlivingstonia lenzi Yakovlev, 2020

Yakovlev, Roman V., 2020, On the taxonomy of Zeuzera boisduvalii Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) species complex with description of a new genus and three new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 38, pp. 215-226 : 223-225

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.38.31

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D62F6370-F09C-4DD3-AC1B-31BD355E5DB4

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Felipe

scientific name

Davidlivingstonia lenzi Yakovlev
status

sp. nov.

Davidlivingstonia lenzi Yakovlev spec. nov.

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Type material: Holotype (male). “ Zambia, 777 m, Ndole Bay , on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, S08°28′42′′, E30°26′59′′, 30.iv.−5.v.13, leg. Smith, Takano & Oram”, ANHRT:2017.19, unique number: ANHRTUK 00051030, gen. slide No.: ANHRT 00040 ( ANHRT). GoogleMaps

Paratypes. Zambia: 8 males, 1 female, with the same data as in the holotype, unique numbers: ANHRTUK 00047120, 00082981-00082987, gen. slide No.: LG 5184 (male) ; 2 females, same locality, 23−25.xi.2012, leg. Smith & Takano, ANHRT:2017.7, unique numbers: ANHRTUK 00052291, 00082988, gen. slide No.: ANHRT 00041 ( ANHRT) ; Zimbabwe: 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Umtali district , 8.xii.1931, P.A. Sheppard ; 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Umtali district , 27.xi.1932, P.A. Sheppard ; 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Vumba , 13.xii.1962, B.D. Barnes ; 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Vumba , 28.xi.1958, A.T. Duke ; 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Salisbury , 21.xi.1959, A.T. Duke ; 3 males, S. Rhodesia, Salisbury , 13−25.xii.1966, A.T. Duke ; 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Salisbury , 21.xi.1959, A.T. Duke ; 1 male, S. Rhodesia, Salisbury , i.1961, A.T. Duke ( NHMZ) ; Kenya: 1 male, Seengai , 18.xi.1973, leg. Dr. Politzar ; 1 male, Sigor , 24.viii.1973, leg. Dr. Politzar, gen. slide Heterocera No.: 32.933) ( MWM) . Tanzania: 1 male, Mpanda, Sibwesa , xii.1969, leg. J. Kielland ( ZSM) . Burundi: 19 males, Urundi, Usumbura , 900m, 21.10.- 13.11.1961, Dr. M. Fontaine ; 1 male, Urundi, Kitega , 5.02.1935, P. Lefevre ( MRAC) . Malawi: 1 male, Chintheche , 2.05.1978, R. Jocque ( MRAC) ; 2 females, Nkhata Bay, Kolwe Forest Reserve , 11°36'39" S 34°14'60" E, 540m, 19.04.2011, leg. R. Yakovlev ( RYB) . South Sudan: 1 female, UNMISS, Bentiu , N09°19’43”, E29°47’18”, 13.vii.2017, leg. T.C. Nicholson- Roberts, ANHRT: 2017.34 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, White Nile, Lat. 6º6′ N, Malek , Feb. 11 1912, G.B. Longstaff ( NHMUK) . Uganda: 1 male, Masindi Distr., Budongo Forest , 50 km W Masindi, N01º42.931, E 31º28.183, 1090m, 14−16.xi.2007, leg. Fibiger & Aarvik GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Kabarole Distr., Matiri Forest , 50 km E Fort Portal, N00º36.300, E 30º42.089, 1250m, 12.xi.2007, leg. Fibiger & Aarvik ( NHMO) GoogleMaps ; 4 males, Western distr. , Kibale NP, N00º24.177′, E30º23.001′, 1500m, 17−21.x.2012, leg. Elk Ott & H. Sulak GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Western Region, Prov. Fort Portal , Kibale N.P., N00º32.086′, E30º17.623′, 10−16.v.2011, 1520m, leg. H. Sulak GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Western Region, Kibale N.P., Chimps Nest , 1200m, 18−22.i.2011, leg. H. Sulak & Tom Kolb ; 1 male, Western Region, Kabarol district, Planet Ringwo , N00º26.006′, E30º17.508′, 17−19.vi.2011, 1240m, leg. H. Sulak ( MWM) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Distr. Kabarole, near Fort Portal, Kibale NP, 1200m, March / April 2011 ; 1 male, Itwara forest , Kyenjojo, xii.2002 ( MSW) ; 1 male, Bwaba Forest, Fort Portal , 2400′, iv.1961 ( NHMZ) ; Mozambique: 1 male, Salone River , 25 km S. Morrameu, 8.xi.1967, E. Pinhey ( NHMZ) .

Description. Male. Forewing length 12−16 mm. Forewing light- yellow with pattern consisted of fine dashes throughout the wing, brown dashes larger and denser discally. Hindwing white with poorly expressed grey pattern of dashes medially.

Male genitalia. Uncus pyramidal, short, apically pointed; valvae narrow, distal margin semicircular, costal and ventral margins smooth, almost straight; juxta wide with short leaf-like posterio-lateral processes; saccus 1.25 times shorter than valva, wide between base and medium third, distal section sharply tapering to apex, apex pointed. Phallus typical of the genus.

Female. Forewing 18−23 mm. Wing pattern analogous to that of male.

Female genitalia. Ovipositor relatively short, thick; papillae anales tapering, with ribbed notches laterally; apophyses anteriores and posteriores equal equal in length; antrum cup-like, poorly immersed; ductus bursae relatively short, thick; corpus bursae small, sack-like, with small star-shaped signum bursae on lateral surface; thin short ductus with small bag-like bulla seminalis.

Diagnosis. The new species clearly differs from all species of Genus in a series of characters:

- the thickening of brown dashes in the forewing discal area;

- the poorly expressed pattern of dashes on the hindwing medially;

- the specific shape of the saccus;

- from D. boisduvalii the new species differs in the female genital structure: the shorter and thicker ductus bursae and the shorter ductus of the bulla seminalis.

Etymology. The species is named after Mr. Jürgen Lenz – German lepidopterist. He was one of the largest specialists in African Geometridae .

Distribution. Eastern and South-Eastern Africa ( Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Eastern Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda).

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

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