Amicta acutella Krüger, 1939
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.3.3 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74E07AE5-68E0-42D9-8F53-C0776EBACC2C |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5723506 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A04687E4-FF87-FFE1-0396-FAC2FDE8FEE2 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Amicta acutella Krüger, 1939 |
status |
stat. nov. |
Amicta acutella Krüger, 1939 View in CoL stat. rev.
Fig. 17-B View FIGURES 2–18
Amicta acutella Krüger 1939: 329 View in CoL , pl. 14, fig. 38. Type loc.: Libya, Bir Dufan, Wadi Sofeggin, (syntypes not available, Arnscheid & Sobczyk, 2020).
Description (after Krüger 1939: 329): “12 M(ales), in coll Mus. Libico. Origin: Bir Dufan, Wadi Sofeggin, end of September. Wingspan 20–23 mm. Head, Thorax and abdomen clear brown. Forewings monochrome, the hindwings darker. The antennae are darker, bipectinate and tapered near the tip. Rearside of the wings darker, monochrome. Acutella is similar to mauretanica , which I had collected after Graf Turati already in 1925 in Porto Bradia and which I have had assorted under Amicta murina in the catalogue of the Lepidoptera in Libya and from which she have now to be eliminated.“
Discussion. On the basis of the description and the figure this taxon is distinctly different by the characteristic unique wing-shape and, therefore, to all specimen examined by us. As Krüger told, he have collected 12 males (probably of unique shape) and, hence, it is very improbable that it is only an individual form of A. maliarda as de Freina (1989) mentioned. Moreover, Krüger knew A. maliarda at its best because he described it himself. Due to the wingspan it is somewhat slightly similar to A. mauretanica but conspecifity is not provable without dissection of the genitalia. The type locality is situated ca. 150 km south-east of Tripolis and ca. 20 km away from the Mediterranean coast. From our point of view A. acutella is most likely a separate species and in no way a synonym of A. maliarda . Unfortunately actual material was not available for this study and it is, therefore, not unlikely that further studies will show that A. acutella is a synonym of A. mauretanica .
Updated checklist of the genus Amicta with roughly distribution pattern (Countries of origin, where the type localities are located there are bolded):
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |
Amicta acutella Krüger, 1939
Arnscheid, Wilfried R., Rajaei, Hossein & Sobczyk, Thomas 2021 |
Amicta acutella Krüger 1939: 329
Kruger, G. C. 1939: 329 |