Metarctia paremphares Holland , 1893

Przybyłowicz, Łukasz & Bąkowski, Marek, 2011, Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana, Zootaxa 3031, pp. 54-60 : 58

Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893

( Figs. 2 C, 3D–E)

Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893 . Psyche 6: 395.

Material examined. 3 Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve; 24–30.VIII.2006 ( ISEA).

Distribution. New for Ghana. Verified data come from Angola, Gabon, Kenya and Rwanda. Due to the taxonomic problems all other literature data should be treated with reservation.

Remarks. The phallus and vesica are illustrated here for the first time ( Figs 3 D–E) (gs - S136, ISEA). Their morphology (phallus short, wide; vesica membranous, short, widened basally) confirms the correct placement of M. paremphares in a group of similar, small, dark brown taxa which taxonomic position remains unclear ( Fig. 2 C). Due to the lack of comparative material the proper interpretation of the small differences is currently impossible. This assemblage contains also M. benitensis Holland, 1893 and M. hulstaertiana Kiriakoff, 1953 .

Figures

FIGURE 2. (A) Pseudothyretes kamitugensis. (B) Rhipidarctia (Hemirhipidia) postrosea. (C) Metarctia paremphares. (D) Metarctia priscilla. (E) Metarctia sp. (scale bar = 10 mm).

FIGURE 3. (A – C) Rhipidarctia (Hemirhipidia) postrosea (gs S 133 (3) S 134 (Ƥ), ISEA): (A) Male genitalia. (B) Phallus. (C) Female genitalia. (D – E) Metarctia paremphares (gs S 136, ISEA): (D) Male genitalia. (E) Phallus. (F – G) Metarctia priscilla (gs S 137, ISEA): (F) Male genitalia. (G) Phallus. (H) Metarctia haematica (gs S 131, ISEA) female genitalia. (I) Metarctia sp. (gs S 139, ISEA) female genitalia.