Tipulamima haugi ( Le Cerf, 1917 ) (Macrotarsipodes)

Bartsch, Daniel & Sáfián, Szabolcs, 2022, Taxonomic changes and review of the genera Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae), Zootaxa 5094 (1), pp. 103-128 : 110

Tipulamima haugi ( Le Cerf, 1917) (Macrotarsipodes)

( Figs 6–8 )

Macrotarsipodes haugi Le Cerf, 1917: 343 ; Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 7.

Tipulamima haugi Hampson 1919: 57 ; Gaede 1929: 519; Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 41; Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 33.

Type material examined. Lectotype ♀ ( Fig. 8 ), Paralectotype ♂ ( Figs 6–7 ) [found in copula], designated herein, Lambarené (Ogooué), Congo francais, 16.X.1912, R. Ellenberger leg. Lectotype ♀, with labels: “ Lambaréné / Ogooué ( Congo frs.) / 16 octobre 1912 / R. Ellenberger, / (♂ ♀ accouplés)”; Macrotarsipodes / haugi Le Cerf. / [P. Viette 3 1951].”; “Allotype” . Paralectotype ♂, with labels: “ Lambaréné / Ogooué Congo frs / 16 octobre 1912 / R. Ellenberger / ♂ ♀ in copula”; “pour les patts et le / thorax en dessous, bien [...]”; “ Macrotarsipodes / haugi Le Cerf / Et. Lepid. comp., 14, / 1917. p.343, fig. no / 3952 [P. Viette, 1951].”; “TYPE”; “SMNS / Lepidoptera / Präparat-Nr. / 1146 / Euparal” (genitalia examined, Bartsch GU 2007–27) ( MNHN) .

The two type specimens are the only representatives of this species. We select the female as the lectotype, as only this sex is known in most similar species. Both specimens are somewhat damaged, the originally bright bluemetallic shine (according to Le Cerf 1917) is largely lost.

Genitalia. The genitalia of the male are figured by Bartsch & Berg (2012). Crista sacculi of valva without distal ridge, the recurved section rather broad, scarcely covered with setae; vesica dorso-proximally slightly enlarged with simple sclerotized plate.

Diagnosis. Both sexes are well characterized by the unique shapes of their transparent wing areas. The female differs from all its congeners by the almost completely opaque, black forewings; the male by the extremely broad discal spot of the forewing. See also diagnosis of T. flavifrons .

Figures

FIGS 3–14. Type specimens of Tipulamima. 3–5. T. flavifrons Holland, 1893. (3–4) holotype ♀. (5) ♀ Uganda, Kawanda. 6–8. T. haugi (Le Cerf, 1917). (6–7) paralectotype ♂. (8) lectotype ♀. 9–14. T. pterotarsa (Meyrick, 1933). (9–10) holotype ♀. (11, 14) ♂ Cameroon, SW slope of Mount Cameroon. (12–13) ♀ Ghana, Central Region, Abrafo village. Scale 10 mm.