Similisynagris aureus ( Gaede, 1929 ) Gorbunov, 2023

Gorbunov, O. G., 2023, A new genus and a new species of the tribe Similipepsini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Afr, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (3), pp. 305-312 : 306-312

Similisynagris aureus ( Gaede, 1929) , comb.n.

Figs 1–2, 7–11.

“ S.[imilipepsis] aurea n. sp. ” – Gaede, 1929: 536, pl. 77 row k. Type locality: “ Cameroon.” Holotype: ♂ ( ZMHB).

LITERATURE. Heppner, Duckworth, 1981: 44 ( Similipepsis ); Wang, 1984: 85 ( Similipepsis ); Arita, Špatenka, 1989: 66 ( Similipepsis ); Gorbunov, Arita, 1995: 378 ( Similipepsis ); Puhringer, Kallies, 2004: 9 ( Similipepsis ); De Prins, De Prins, 2011 –2021 ( Similipepsis ); Bąkowski et al., 2008: 790, figs 3, 4, 18a–e ( Similipepsis ); Puhringer, Kallies, 2023 ( Similipepsis ); Gorbunov, 2023b: xx ( Similipepsis ).

MATERIAL. 2 ♂♂ (Figs 1–2), Guinea, Kindia , environs of Kindia, Pastoria, 10.091890˚ N, 12.841998˚ W, 390 m, 14–16. V .1982, S. V. Murzin leg. ; Sesiidae pictures Nos 0013- 0016–2022; 1 male with genitalia preparation No. OG –007- 2022 ( COGM) .

REDESCRIPTION. Male (Figs 1–2). Wing span 21.6 mm; body length 12.0 mm; forewing length 9.6 mm; length of antenna 4.8 mm.

Head: antenna dorsally dark brown to black with olivegreen shine, ventrally light brown, distal 16 flagellomeres brown to light brown; scapus grey-brown with bright olivegreen shine dorsally and silvery-white ventrally; frons light sandy; both vertex and occipital fringe dark brown; basal palpomere of labial palpus covered with broad elongate scales, dark brown; mid and apical palpomeres ventrally white with brown with bronze-violet shine; mid femur dark brown with bright silver shine, dorsally light brown with light blue-violet violet shine; mid tibia dark brown to black with greenish-vioshine; neck plate dark brown to black with bronze shine. let shine and few dark yellow pointed scales exterior-distally;

Thorax dorsally completely dark brown with dark green- spurs brown with bronze-violet shine externally and white ish-purple shine with a tuft of black and white hair-like scales with golden tint internally; basal mid tarsomere dark brown to on metathorax laterally; thorax laterally grey-brown with black with greenish-violet shine and few dark yellow pointed bright greenish-violet shine; posteriorly both metepimeron and scales exterior-distally; remaining tarsomeres dorsally brown metameron smooth scaled, dark golden-yellow with golden- with blue-violet shine, ventrally dirty yellow with golden tint. violet shine. Fore coxa brown with bronze-violet shine and Hind coxa brown with bronze-violet shine; hind femur dark short longitudinal white with golden shine spot internally; brown with violet shine and small white spot with golden shine fore femur entirely dark brown with violet shine; fore tibia anterior-distally; hind tibia dark brown to black with greenishdorsally dark brown to black with blue-violet shine and few violet shine and few dark yellow pointed scales both exteriordark yellow pointed scales exterior-distally; ventrally brown medially and exterior-distally; spurs brown with bronze-violet with bronze-violet shine; fore tarsus dorsally brown with blue- shine externally and white with golden tint internally; basal violet shine, ventrally dirty yellow with golden tint. Mid coxa hind tarsomere dark brown to black with greenish-violet shine

Figs 1–6. Similisynagris gen.n.: 1–2 — S. aureus ( Gaede, 1929) , comb.n., ♂, alar expanse 21.6 mm, Sesiidae pictures Nos 0013-0014–2022; 3–6 — S. kapanga sp.n.; 3–4 — holotype ♂, alar expanse 23.9 mm, Sesiidae pictures Nos 0011-0012–2022; 5–6, paratype ♂, alar expanse 23.1 mm, Sesiidae pictures Nos 0007-0008–2022. 1, 3, 5 — dorsal view; 2, 4, 6 — ventral view.

Рис. 1–6. Similisynagris gen.n.: 1–2 — S. aureus ( Gaede, 1929) , comb.n., ♂, раЗмах крыльев 21.6 мм. Sesiidae снимки №№ 0013-0014–2022; 3–6 — S. kapanga sp.n.; 3–4 — голотип ♂, раЗмах крыльев 23.9 mm, Sesiidae снимки №№ 0011- 0012–2022; 5–6, paratype ♂, раЗмах крыльев 23.1 mm, Sesiidae снимки №№ 0007-0008–2022. 1, 3, 5 — вид сверху; 2, 4, 6 — вид сниЗу.

308 New genus and new species of the tribe Similipepsini from Africa and few dark yellow pointed scales exterior-distally; second hind tarsomere dorsally brown with blue-violet shine and few dark yellow pointed scales exterior-distally, ventrally dirty yellow with golden tint; remaining tarsomeres dorsally brown with blue-violet shine, ventrally dirty yellow with golden tint. Forewing nearly opaque black with bright blue-violet shine dorsally and violet shine ventrally; external transparent area undeveloped, anterior and posterior transparent areas short and

Figs 7–11. Male genitalia of Similisynagris aureus ( Gaede, 1929) , comb.n. Genital preparation No. OG–007-2022. 7 — tegumen-uncus complex; 8 — valvae and saccus; 9 — aedeagus; 10 — apex of the aedeagus laterally; 11 — apex of the aedeagus ventrally. Scale bar: 0.5 mm for 7–9 and 0.2 mm for 10–11.

Рис. 7–11. Гениталии самца Similisynagris aureus ( Gaede, 1929) , comb.n. Препарат гениталий № OG–007-2022. 7 — тегумен- ункусный комплекс; 8 — вальвы и саккус; 9 — Эдеагус; 10 — вершина Эдеагуса сбоку; 11 — вершина Эдеагуса сниЗу. Масштаб 0,5 мм длЯ 7–9 и 0,2 мм длЯ 10–11. narrow at base of wing; cilia dark brown with bronze shine. ta [1995b]; figs 28–30 in Kallies & Arita [2001]; figs 10 and 11 Hindwing transparent, but surface between veins CuA 1 and in Arita & Gorbunov [2001]; figs 1 and 2 in Arita & Gorbunov CuA 2, CuA 2 and CuP in distal third, CuP and anal margin in [2003]; figs 1 and 2 in Kallies & Arita [2006]; figs 1, 5, 7 and distal half sparsely covered with brown scales with bright 9 in Bąkowski et al. [2008]; figs 1–6 in Gorbunov [2022]; and blue-violet shine; veins black with blue-violet shine; discal corresponding figs in De Prins & De Prins [2011 –2021]). spot narrow reaching base of vein M 3; outer margin narrow By the opaque forewing and by the coloration of the ababout as broad as cilia, dark brown with violet shine; cilia dark domen, S. aureus comb.n. looks like Afrotropical Proaegeria brown with bronze shine. vouauxi Le Cerf, 1916 (type locality: “Afrique occidentale, Jo-

Tergites 1 and 2 of abdomen dark brown with dark bronze- hann-Albrechts-Höhe-Station, Kamerun; …” ( Le Cerf, 1916: violet shine, remaining tergites and anal tuft bright golden- 14) [= Cameroon: Southwestern Region, vicinity of Kumba, yellow; ventrally abdomen dark brown with bronze-greenish southeast shore of the lake Barombi Mbo]) and P. murzini O. shine and admixture of white scales on sternite 2 basally and Gorbunov , 2023 (type locality: Guinea, Kindia , env. of Kingolden-yellow scales on sternites 3–7 laterally; anal tuft small, dia, Pastoria, 10.091890°N, 12.841998°W, 390 m (Gorbunov, pointed distally. 2023a: 40), but it differs from these two species in features of

Male genitalia (genital preparation No. OG–007-2022) the subfamily level, namely, the absence of the apical tuft of (Figs 7–11). Tegumen-uncus complex well-developed, broad; hair-like scales on the antenna and the venation of the wings. uncus well-sclerotized, sparsely covered with long and short Moreover, by the colouration of the abdomen, this species hair-like setae, slightly widened and rounded apically; tuba is somewhat similar to Afrotropical Metasphecia vuilleti Le analis with scaphium undeveloped, subscaphium narrow Cerf, 1917 (type locality: “Koulikoro, Haut-Sénégal et Niger, weakly sclerotized; tegumen broad with long and narrow gna- …” [ Le Cerf, 1917: 336] [= Mali: Koulikoro Region, Kouthos-like projection (Fig. 7); valva (Fig. 8) upturned in distal likoro]), Isocylindra melitosoma Meyrick, 1930 (type locality: half, broad in basal half, slightly narrowed and rounded distally “ Uganda; Kampala, …” [ Meyrick, 1930: 584]), and Synanthe- and densely covered with hair-like setae of various lengths on don xanthopyga (Aurivillius, 1905) (type locality: “ Adamaua: inner surface; sacculus short, narrowly well-sclerotized; sac- Petenye.” [Aurivillius, 1905: 45] [= Nigeria / Cameroon: Adcus (Fig. 8) short and broad, rounded basally; vinculum short amawa Plateau]), but they can also be distinguished from each about as long as saccus; aedeagus (Fig. 9) relatively broad and other by the structure of the antenna and the venation of the long, about 1.5 as long as valva, gradually narrowing distally wings. and slightly curved in distal third; apically with two narrow BIONOMICS. The larval host plant is unknown. Currently beak-shaped processes (Figs 10, 11); vesica with numerous known specimens were collected in May and October. minute spines. HABITAT. Unknown.

Female. Unknown. DISTRIBUTION. Currently, this species is known from

INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY. The specimens slightly Guinea (the first record for the country), Cameroon and the vary in the number of brown scales with bright blue-violet Democratic Republic of the Congo. shine on the hindwing between vein CuA 1 and anal margin, white scales on the sternite 2 and golden-yellow scales on the Similisynagris kapanga sp.n. sternites 3–7 laterally on the abdomen ventrally. Besides this, Figs 3–6, 12–16. this species is slightly variable in individual size: alar expanse: 20.0– 21.9 mm; body length 9.0–12.0 mm; forewing 9.0–9.6; MATERIAL. Holotype. ♂ with labels: “ DR Congo, Luantenna 4.5–4.9 mm. alaba / Province, / Kapanga Territory, Kapanga , / IV.1933 /

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. S. aureus comb.n. is F.G. Overlaet leg.”; “ SESIIDAE / Pictures Nos / 0011-0012– clearly separated from S. kapanga sp.n. in the presence of 2022 / Photo by O. Gorbunov”; “ HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Similisynashort anterior transparent area of the forewing (completely gris kapanga / O. Gorbunov, 2023 / O. Gorbunov des., 2022”. undeveloped in S. kapanga sp.n.; cf. Figs 1–2 with Figs 3– 6 Paratypes. 4 ♂♂ with same locality and date as in the in this article), in the colouration of the abdomen (dorsally holotype, F.G. Overlaet leg. Sesiidae pictures Nos 0003-0010– tergites 1 and 2 dark brown with dark bronze-violet shine, re- 2022; 1 male with genitalia preparation No. OG–010-2022. maining tergites and anal tuft bright golden-yellow; ventrally DESCRIPTION. Male (holotype) (Figs 3–4). Wing span dark brown with bronze-greenish shine and admixture of white 23.9 mm; body length 12.5 mm; forewing length 10.5 mm; scales on sternite 2 basally and golden-yellow scales on ster- length of antenna 5.1 mm. nites 3–7 laterally in S. aureus comb.n., vs. dorsally tergite Head: antenna black with dark greenish shine, narrowly 1 black with dark violet shine; tergite 2 black with dark vio- silvery white dorsally in basal half; distal 21 flagellomeres dark let shine and small yellow spot posterior-laterally; remaining brown to black; scapus black with dark greenish shine ventraltergites and anal tuft brown with dark bronze shine; ventrally ly and narrowly silvery white dorsally; frons dark brown with brown with bronze-violet shine and few white scales on ster- greenish shine; vertex dark brown to black with dark blue-vionite 2 anteriorly in S. kapanga sp.n.). In addition, these two let shine; basal palpomere of labial palpus covered with broad species are well separated from each other by the shape of the elongate scales, black with dark greenish-violet shine, mid paluncus, valva and saccus in the male genitalia; cf. Figs 7 and pomere dark brown with greenish shine dorso-externally and 8 with Figs 12 and 13. From all other species of the tribe Si- silvery white ventro-internally, apical palpomere completely milipepsini, this species can be distinguished in the character silvery white; occipital fringe dark brown to black with dark of the coloration of the abdomen (segments of the abdomen blue-violet shine; neck plate dark brown to black with greencingulated by whitish, yellow or orange distal rings or strips in ish-violet shine. all currently known species of the tribe Similipepsini , vs. ab- Thorax: patagia dark brown with dark violet shine; tegula, domen without any bright coloured strips or rings, but tergites meso- and metathorax completely dark brown with very faint 2–7 coloured distinctly different than two basal ones in S. au- purple shine; thorax laterally dark brown with violet shine; reus comb.n.; cf. Figs 1–6 in this article with figs 1–4 in Arita posteriorly metepimeron covered with broad elongate dark & Špatenka [1989]; fig 8 in Špatenka & Arita [1992]; fig. 2 in brown scales with greenish shine, metameron smooth scaled, Gorbunov & Arita [1995a]; figs 1, 3 and 4 in Gorbunov & Ari- dark brown with greenish-violet shine and few white scales at 310 New genus and new species of the tribe Similipepsini from Africa base of metacoxae. Fore coxa dark brown with bronze-violet shine; fore femur entirely dark brown with greenish-bronze shine; fore tibia dorsally black with dark greenish-violet shine, ventrally brown with violet shine; basal fore tarsomere black with dark greenish-violet shine dorsally, remaining tarsomeres dorsally and fore tarsus ventrally brown with violet shine. Both mid coxa and mid femur entirely brown with greenish-violet shine; mid tibia exterior-dorsally black with greenish shine,

Figs 12–16. Male genitalia of Similisynagris kapanga sp.n. Genital preparation No. OG–010-2022. 12 — tegumen-uncus complex; 13 — valvae and saccus; 14 — aedeagus; 15 — apex of the aedeagus laterally; 16 — apex of the aedeagus ventrally. Scale bar: 0.5 mm for 12–14 and 0.2 mm for 15–16.

Рис. 12–16. Гениталии самца Similisynagris kapanga sp.n. Препарат гениталий № OG–010-2022. 12 — тегумен- ункусный комплекс; 13 — вальвы и саккус; 14 — Эдеагус; 15 — вершина Эдеагуса сбоку; 16 — вершина Эдеагуса сниЗу. Масштаб 0,5 мм длЯ 12–14 и 0,2 мм длЯ 15–16. small white spot with greenish luster in basal third and small ally; remaining tergites and anal tuft brown with dark bronze white spot with electric blue luster distally; mid tibia interior- shine; ventrally brown with bronze-violet shine and few white ventrally brown with violet shine; spurs silvery white with nar- scales on sternite 2 anteriorly in S. kapanga sp.n., vs. dorsally row black stripe both interior-laterally and exterior-laterally; tergites 1 and 2 dark brown with dark bronze-violet shine, rebasal mid tarsomere exterior-dorsally black with dark greenish maining tergites and anal tuft bright golden-yellow; ventrally shine, remaining tarsomeres exterior-dorsally and mid tarsus dark brown with bronze-greenish shine and admixture of white interior-ventrally brown with violet shine. Hind coxa brown scales on sternite 2 basally and golden-yellow scales on sterwith greenish-violet shine and few white scales medially; hind nites 3–7 laterally in S. aureus comb.n.), by the absence of femur brown with greenish-violet shine and few yellow scales the anterior transparent area of the forewing; cf. Figs 3–6 with at posterior margin subdistally; hind tibia exterior-dorsally Figs 1–2 in this article, and by the conformation of the male black with dark greenish shine and small white spot both at genitalia; cf. Figs 12–16 with Figs 7–11 in this article. For difbase of mid spurs and distally; hind tibia interior-ventrally ferences this new species with all other species of the tribe brown with blue-violet shine; exterior spurs white with nar- Similipepsini see “Differential diagnosis” for the previous sperow black stripe with greenish shine, interior spurs black with cies above.

greenish-violet shine; basal hind tarsomere exterior-dorsally BIONOMICS. The larval host plant is unknown. The type black with dark greenish shine and small white spot distally, species was collected in April.

remaining tarsomeres exterior-dorsally and hind tarsus in- HABITAT. Unknown.

terior-ventrally brown with greenish-violet shine. Forewing DISTRIBUTION. This new species is only known from dorsally with costal and anal margins, CuA-stem and surface the type locality in the territory of Kapanga in the Lualaba distally of discal vein dark brown to black with dark violet Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

shine; anal lobe black with dark blue shine; both anterior and ETYMOLOGY. The name of this new species comes from external transparent areas undeveloped, dark brown to black the name of the territory of Kapanga in the Lualaba Province with bright blue shine; posterior transparent area narrow and of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

short, not reaching middle of wing; ventrally costal margin yellowish, other opaque parts dark brown to black with blue- Acknowledgements. I wish to express my hearty thanks to violet shine; cilia dark brown with blue-violet shine. Hindwing my friends Dr. Sergei V. Murzin and late Mr. Vladimir A. Gantransparent; veins, outer margin, opaque parts between veins son (1924–2016) (both Moscow, Russia) for the gift of mate- CuA 1 and CuA 2, and anally of vein CuP, and cilia dark brown rial. I am indebted to Dr Anatoly V. Krupitsky (Moscow, Ruswith bright violet shine dorsally and bronze-violet shine ven- sia) for carefully checking the English of an advanced draft .

trally; discal spot undeveloped; outer margin extremely nar- The study was conducted using the equipment of the Joint Usrow, about 0.5 times as broad as cilia. age Center “Instrumental methods in ecology” at A.N. Severtsov Dorsally tergite 1 of abdomen black with dark violet shine; Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences tergite 2 black with dark violet shine and small yellow spot (Moscow, Russia).The investigation was fulfilled within the State posterior-laterally; remaining tergites and anal tuft brown with project No АААА- А18-118042490060-1 of the A.N. Severtsov dark bronze shine; ventrally abdomen brown with bronze-vio- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Scilet shine and few white scales on sternite 2 anteriorly; anal tuft ences.

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