Mckenziana maighreadae, 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 : 72-76

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/6C4D87A8-1618-FFCB-87B6-FDAC167CFECB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mckenziana maighreadae
status	sp. nov.

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Mckenziana maighreadae View in CoL sp. n.

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( Figs 1–11 View Figures 1–11 , 35–37 View Figures 35–40 , 49 View Figures 49–50 , 56 View Figures 56–57 )

Holotype: ♂, Ghana, Ashanti Region, Kubease , 6.6759N, 1.3775W, 230 m, mid X.2011, GS 1273 ( CGM / USTTB) GoogleMaps . Paratypes (12♂, ♀). Sierra Leone : ♂, Eastern Province, Kono District, Tingi Hills Forest Reserve , 8.9514N, 10.7459W, 800 m, 13–15.IV.2010, leg. Rudloff, LBEOW1361-11 ( CMS) GoogleMaps . Liberia: 3♂, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Ridge Camp 2, 8.122442N, 9.947431W, 883m, 22–30.XI.2018, leg. S. Sáfián & G. Simonics, ANLMO8774-23 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Lofa County, Wonegizi Nature Reserve, Wetezu Camp , 8.082531N, 9.579961W, 551m, 19–27.III.2019, leg. S. Sáfián & S. Koivogui, ANLMO8762-23 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Nimba Mountains, W slope of Mount Gangra , 7.558258N, 8.637889W, 700 m, 16–17.III.2017, leg. Sz. Sáfián, G. Simonics, ANLMO8775-23 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps . Guinea: ♀, NW slopes of Mt Nimba, Zigépko , IV.2010, GS 0927 ( CGM / USTTB) ; ♂, Forêt Classée de Ziama, Seredou camp, 8.354036N, 9.325536W, 870m, 24.II– 6.III.2019, leg. S. Sáfián, G. Simonics, K. Florczyk & S. Koivogui, ANLMO8763-23 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps . Ivory Coast: ♂, Sassandra-Marahoué District, Vavoua , 7.37506N, 6.47698W, 275 m, 4.IV.1981, leg. H. Politzar, GS 10-029 (ex coll. Kuchler, CGM / USTTB) GoogleMaps ; ♂, north of Guiglo, galleries and wetlands of the Nzo River , XI.2010 ( CGM / USTTB) ; ♂, Montagne District, Man, Mount Tonkoui , 7.454167N, 7.636667E, 1200 m, IV.2016, leg. Ph. Moretto ( CPB) GoogleMaps . Ghana: ♂, Ashanti Region, Kumasi , 6.6801N, 1.6522W, 260 m, [year] 1912, leg. J.D.G. Sanders, GS 437 ( NHML) GoogleMaps ; ♂, Ashanti Region, Juaso , 6.5837N, 1.1213W, 230 m, 19.III.1937, leg. G.S. Cansdale ( NHML) GoogleMaps .

Description. Male ( Figs 1–4, 6–11 View Figures 1–11 ). Flagellum speckled cream-colored and brown, rami brown. Head, thorax and abdomen speckled brown and cream-colored. Forewing. Forewing length: 24–26 mm. Oval, elongated. Background color speckled brown and dark brown. Hindwing. Somewhat oval with indentation on veins and concavity on CuP. Background color reddish brown, basally orangish. Fringe speckled brown and dark brown. Genitalia ( Figs 35–37 View Figures 35–40 ). Cubile divided medially into a pair of somewhat oval processes with medial spur on the inner margin and short ventrodistal extension with dentated edge. Cucullus elongated, finger shaped with blunt apex, basally covered with setae. Sacculus is similar to cucullus but about half the length of it. Surface of vesica covered with minute dents. Female ( Fig. 5 View Figures 1–11 ). Head, thorax and abdomen speckled cream-colored and brown. Forewing. Forewing length: 39 mm. Hindwing and genitalia ( Fig. 49 View Figures 49–50 ) with generic characters, see above.

Variability. Male may be darker ( Fig. 9 View Figures 1–11 ) or lighter colored ( Fig. 3 View Figures 1–11 ); hindwing and abdomen may be brown ( Figs 2 View Figures 1–11 ), dark brown ( Fig. 10 View Figures 1–11 ) or reddish brown ( Fig. 4 View Figures 1–11 ). Ventromedial spur of aedeagus may be pointed ( Fig. 36 View Figures 35–40 ) or blunt ( Fig. 35 View Figures 35–40 ); medial spur on the inner margin of process of cubile may be smaller ( Fig. 35 View Figures 35–40 ) or bigger ( Fig. 37 View Figures 35–40 ).

Diagnosis. 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 ); while 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 ( Figs 38–40 View Figures 35–40 ), distributed eastwards from the Dahomey Gap ( Fig. 57 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. maighreadae sp. n. are brown ( Figs 1–4 View Figures 1–11 ) to dark brown ( Figs 6–11 View Figures 1–11 ), have short distal extension in cubile ( Fig. 35–37 View Figures 35–40 ), distributed westwards from the Dahomey Gap ( Fig. 56 View Figures 56–57 ); while adult males of M. roganae sp. n. do not get dark brown ( Figs 18–20 View Figures 12–24 ), have well pronounced distal extension in cubile ( Figs 41–44 View Figures 41–44 ), distributed eastwards from the Dahomey Gap ( Fig. 57 View Figures 56–57 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 56 View Figures 56–57 ). Westwards from the Dahomey Gap: Guinean montane forests in Sierra

Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast; eastern Guinean forests in Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Biology. Adults were collected in February – April and October – November from an altitude of 230 to 1200 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Maighread Isolina Diaz-McKenzie, beloved daughter of Sara Diaz and Dr. Karen McKenzie.