Lemonia philopalus rungsi Rougeot, 1971

Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Volkova, Julia S., Yakovlev, Roman V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Ortiz, Antonio S., Bianco, Giovanni, Schneider, Tom, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2022, Description of a new Middle Eastern Lemonia species, comments on the Lemonia philopalus complex and Lemonia syriensis (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae: Lemoniinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 77-97 : 80-82

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https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2022.57.8

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scientific name

Lemonia philopalus rungsi Rougeot, 1971
status

stat. nov.

Lemonia philopalus rungsi Rougeot, 1971 View in CoL , stat. rev.

( Figs 13 View Figures 9–16 , 24–26 View Figures 17–27 , 56–57 View Figures 54–57 , 77–79 View Figures 77–79 )

Lemonia philopalus rungsi Rougeot, 1971 View in CoL , Les Bombycoïdes (Lepidoptera- Bombycoïdea   GoogleMaps ) de l’Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen 5, 24. Type locality: [ Morocco, Merchouch, 33.56131° N, 6.69188° W, 428 m] “Merchouche.” Holotype male (MNHN).

Diagnosis. Moroccan subspecies, it has a 2.13% genetic distance from the Iberian L. vazquezi and 4.86% from the Levantine-Egyptian L. levantina sp. n. ( Figs 77–78 View Figures 77–79 ). Externally and morphologically variable, no reliable character found to distinguish it from other species.

Variability. External line on forewing, and medial line and medial field on hindwing may be pronounced. Valva slightly different in shape.

Distribution ( Fig. 77 View Figures 77–79 ). In Northern and Central Morocco.

Taxonomic notes. 1. De Freina and Witt (1983) synonymized L. philopalus rungsi with L. philopalus vazquezi because of “ 2 males from Morocco, Tessaout, Temelelt, leg. Dr. A. Laborius from coll. Witt, Munich which correspond to the rungsi holotype as well as to the range of variation of the Spanish populations” (“Aus coll. Witt, München liegen zum Vergleich 2♂♂ Marokko, Tessaout, Temelelt, leg. Dr. A. Laborius vor, die sowohl dem rungsi - Holotypus entsprechen als auch in die Variationsbreite der spanischen Populationen einzureihen sind,” de Freina & Witt, 1983: 92). Regardless of the lack of any stable morphologic difference between the taxa, we restore the separate status of L. philopalus rungsi basing on a 2.13% genetic distance from the Spanish L. vazquezi , which is considered to be bona species (see below).

2. We leave L. philopalus rungsi and L. philopalus philopalus as separate subspecies until the Algerian-Tunisian population is barcoded and the two taxa relationship is clarified.

Type material examined: Morocco: Holotype ♂, Merchouch , 33.56131° N, 6.69188° W, 428 m, 4.I.1967, leg. Ch. Rungs ( MNHN) GoogleMaps . Additional material examined: Morocco: 6♂, Tamallalt , 31.81319° N, 7.52201° W, 584 m, 1975, 30.XI.1977, 22.XII.1977, 5.I.1977, leg. A. Laborius, slide Lemon-11 ( MWM / ZSM, CGM) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Tangier, 35.75946° N, 5.83395° W, 53 m, XI.1928 ( ZISP) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Meknes- Tafilalet , Ifrane , Central Atlas, Azrou, 1600 m, 1.V.1990, leg. Diemer, SASNC135-11 ( CWB) .

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Brahmaeidae

Genus

Lemonia

Loc

Lemonia philopalus rungsi Rougeot, 1971

Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Volkova, Julia S., Yakovlev, Roman V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Ortiz, Antonio S., Bianco, Giovanni, Schneider, Tom, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C. 2022
2022
Loc

Lemonia philopalus rungsi

Rougeot 1971
1971
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