Mckenziana ciani, Prozorov & Cipolla & Ignatev & Yakovlev & Saldaitis & Prozorova & Revay & Volkova & Sulak & Lamah & Traore & Müller, 2023

Prozorov, Alexey M., Cipolla, Alexandre, Ignatev, Nikolai, Yakovlev, Roman V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Prozorova, Tatiana A., Revay, Edita E., Volkova, Julia S., Sulak, Harald, Lamah, Simon Pierre, Traore, Mohamed M. & Müller, Günter C., 2023, A new genus of Afrotropical Lasiocampini: Mckenziana gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 69, pp. 64-83 : 76-78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2023.69.7
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3605B8F9-84A8-4F8D-8969-16743616254D
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EEB5B636-7BB2-4AD7-BFD0-19DC88177875
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:EEB5B636-7BB2-4AD7-BFD0-19DC88177875
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mckenziana ciani
status	sp. nov.

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Mckenziana ciani View in CoL sp. n.

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( Figs 12–17 View Figures 12–24 , 38–40 View Figures 35–40 , 57 View Figures 56–57 )

Holotype: ♂, DRC, Kongo Central Province, Mayumbe, Luki Natural Reserve , 5.617N, 13.083E, 320 m, 16.V.2007 leg. J. & W. De Prins, GS GU-2008-34, LBEOW573-10 ( RMCA) GoogleMaps . Paratypes (23♂). Cameroon : ♂, Littoral Region, Mount Kupe , 4.80138N, 9.70805E, 1200m, II.2001, leg D. Bouchard ( CAC) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Centre Region, Nkolmetet , 3.44N, 11.76E, 700 m, IV.2016 ( CAC) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Centre Region, Zalom , 3.8N, 11.61E, 700 m, IX.2018 ( CAC) GoogleMaps ; 13♂, Centre Region, Obout , 3.47085N, 11.73613E, 675 m, 1999–2001, IV.2019, II.2020, XI.2021, II.2022 ( CAC) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Centre Region, Ngila , 4.70897N, 11.67552E, 645 m ( CPB) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Centre Region, forest of Dzeng , 3.76047N, 11.88632E, 700 m, 20.III.1975, leg. Ph. Darge ( CPB) GoogleMaps . Gabon: ♂, Estuaire Province, Crystal Mountains National Park , 750 m, 24.VI.1993, leg. P. Basquin ( CPB) ; ♂, Estuaire Province, Mvoum , 0.31204N, 9.82195E, 30 m, 1.VI.1989, leg. P. Basquin, GS 2023-07-01 ( CPB) GoogleMaps . CAR: ♂, Ombella- M’Poko Prefecture, forest of Sabokiri , 30.III.1982 ( CPB) . DRC: ♂, Tshopo Province, 17 km N Kisangani, Masako Field Station , 0.6N, 25.25E, 388 m, 2–8.II.2008, leg. A. Gurkovich & V. Zolotuhin, GS 13719, LBEOW092-10 ( CGM / USTTB) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Maniema Province, Lubutu , 0.75S, 26.57E, 525 m, X.2018, leg. Th. Bouyer ( CAC) GoogleMaps .

Description. Male ( Figs 12–17 View Figures 12–24 ). Flagellum covered with dark and light brown scales, rami brown. Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown. Forewing. Forewing length: 24–30 mm. Narrow, elongated. Background color dark brown. Fringe dark brown. Hindwing. Somewhat triangular, external margin more or less concave with indentation on veins. Background color dark brown. Fringe dark brown. Genitalia ( Figs 38–40 View Figures 35–40 ). Each process of cubile bears big medial spur and numerous small dents along the inner margin with short distal extension. Sacculus wide with pointed apex. Female remains unknown but expected to be similar to male in coloration but larger in size.

Variability. External margin of hindwing may be almost straight ( Fig. 12 View Figures 12–24 ) or concave ( Fig. 14 View Figures 12–24 ). Apex of sacculus may be almost straight ( Fig. 39 View Figures 35–40 ) or bent ( Fig. 38 View Figures 35–40 ).

Diagnosis. Adult males of M. ciani sp. n. are dark brown with straight or concave external margin of the hindwing ( Figs 12–17 View Figures 12–24 ), have slightly bigger dents on the inner margin of cubile ( Fig. 38–40 View Figures 35–40 ), distributed eastwards from the Dahomey Gap ( Fig. 57 View Figures 56–57 ); while adult males of M. maighreadae sp. n. are brown ( Figs 1– 4 View Figures 1–11 ) to dark brown ( Figs 6–11 View Figures 1–11 ) with convex external margin of the hindwing ( Figs 1–4, 6–11 View Figures 1–11 ), have relatively small dents on the inner margin of cubile ( Figs 35–37 View Figures 35–40 ), distributed westwards from the Dahomey Gap ( Fig. 56 View Figures 56–57 ). The two species have the p -distance of 2.28–3.04% ( Fig. 60 View Figures 58–60 ).

Adult males of M. ciani sp. n. are dark brown with straight or concave external margin of the hindwing ( Figs 12–17 View Figures 12–24 ), have short distal extension in cubile ( Figs 38–40 View Figures 35–40 ); while adult males of M. roganae sp. n. are brown with convex external margin of the hindwings ( Figs 18–20 View Figures 12–24 ), has well pronounced distal extension in cubile ( Figs 41–44 View Figures 41–44 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 57 View Figures 56–57 ). Eastwards from the Dahomey Gap: northwest Congolian lowland forests in central and southern Cameroon and southwestern CAR; Congolian coastal forest in northern and western Gabon and Kongo Central Province of DRC; northeast Congolian lowland forests in Tshopo Province of DRC.

Biology. Adults were collected from February to June and from September to November from an altitude up to 1200 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Cían Mikheil Diaz-McKenzie, beloved son of Sara Diaz and Dr. Karen McKenzie.