Tipulamima grandidieri ( Le Cerf, 1917 ) (Macrotarsipodes)

Bartsch, Daniel & Sáfián, Szabolcs, 2022, Taxonomic changes and review of the genera Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae), Zootaxa 5094 (1), pp. 103-128 : 114-117

Tipulamima grandidieri ( Le Cerf, 1917) (Macrotarsipodes)

( Figs 21–23 , 30 )

Macrotarsipodes grandidieri Le Cerf, 1917: 341 ; Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 6.

Tipulamima grandidieri: Hampson 1919: 56 ; Gaede 1929: 519; Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 41; Viette 1982: 17; Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 33; Bartsch 2018: 174.

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ ( Fig. 21 ): Madagascar Centre, Tananarive, Sikora leg.; with labels: “Tana / narive / m. Sikora”; “museum / Paris”; “ HOLOTYPE ”; “ Macrotarsipodes / grandidieri Le Cerf / Et. Lepid. comp., vol.XIV, / 1917, p. 341, fig. 3951. / (P.Viette VIII-1952).” ( MNHN).

Further specimens examined. 2♂, Madagaskar, Tolongoina , Mandriandry, 500 m, Plantage Rala, 21°35'02,8'' S, 47°30'41,7'' E, 10.XI.2006, leg. K. Schütte (genitalia of one specimen examined, D. Bartsch GU-No 2007–17; Fig. 50) ; 1♂ ( Figs 22–23 ), Madagascar Est , Moramanga , Andasibe , vic. Anevoka , Foret Pluviale de Maromiza NR., mountain-ridge in disturbed primary Forest, at pheromone, 8.XII.2006, 1150 m, 18°58'23"S, 48°28'09"E, leg. J. Berg & D. Bartsch ( SMNS) .

Genitalia ( Fig. 30 ). Crista sacculi of valva distally somewhat enlarged, basad bent part narrow and short; vesica dorso-proximally with two strong sclerotized, closely parallel arranged cornuti with several short thorns. Female unknown.

Variation. In the fresh specimens, the black scaling of the forewings and hindlegs is somewhat more extensive and the forewing discal spot slightly narrower than in the holotype.

Diagnosis. Tipulamima grandidieri is unmistakable and easily identified by the dorsally rufous and black ventrally mainly red coloration of the body, the large transparent areas of the wings and the black margins, orange veins with black tips and orange discal spots.

Figures

FIGS 15–26. Specimens of Tipulamima. 15. T. flammipes (Hampson, 1910), lectotype ♂. 16–17. T. pyrosoma Hampson, 1919, holotype ♀. 18–20. Tipulamima hesperia sp. nov. 18–19. ♂ Guinea, Nimba Mts. (20) ♂ Ghana, Kumasi. 21–23. T. grandidieri (Le Cerf, 1917). (21) holotype ♂. 22–23. ♂ Madagascar Est, Moramanga, Andasibe. 24–26. T. seyrigi Viette, 1955. (24–25) holotype ♀. (26) ♀ Madagascar, Sambirano. Scale 10 mm.

FIGS 29–31. Genitalia structures of Tipulamima. 29. T. flammipes (Hampson, 1910), lectotype ♂. 30. T. grandidieri (Le Cerf, 1917), ♂, Madagaskar, Tolongoina, Mandriandry (left valva removed). 31. T. hesperia sp. nov., holotype ♂, Guinea, Nimba Mts. Scale 1 mm.