Xyleutes geminatus, (Gaede, 1930)

Yakovlev, R. V. & Witt, Th. J., 2018, Redescription of the little known genus Eburgemellus Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), Far Eastern Entomologist 364, pp. 1-5 : 4-5

Eburgemellus geminatus (Gaede, 1930)

Figs 1‒6

Xyleutes geminatus Gaede, 1930: 546 , Taf. 80c (holotype – male, Africa: Kriby, S. Cam.

[= Kribi, SW Cameroon]; in BMNH; examined).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Cameroon: Kriby, S. Cam., 1 ♂ ( BMNH, GenPr

Coss‒287); Gabon: Baraka , 3 km NE No-Ayong village, 0°36’24” N, 9°41’37” E ,

1–3. VI 2011 , 2 ♂, leg. Viktor Siniaev & Yury Bezverkhov ( MWM); Congo: Kafa-

kumba, X 1931, 1 ♀, leg. F.G. Overlaet ( MRAC); Cot d’Ivoire: Elfenbeinkoste ,

Danane, 4.III 1981, 2 ♂, leg. Dr. Politzar (GPr Heterocera MWM: 33.165) .

DISTRIBUTION. Cameroon, Cot d’Ivoire, Congo, Gabon ( Fig. 6 ).

The authors express their gratitude to the colleagues: Didier Van den Spiegel,

Alice Buset (Tervuren), Jurate and Willy De Prins for the possibility to examine the materials on Cossidae at MRAC. We are indebted to the BMNH Council of

Trustees for kindly granting me the permission to publish images of type specimens preserved in the Natural History Museum. The authors are grateful to Anna

Ustjuzhanina (Tomsk) for the help in translation of the paper. The English text was reviewed by Prof. Boris Kondratieff (Fort Collins). We also express our gratitude to

O. Bidzilya (Kyev) for making the genital preparations. The financial support for this study was provided by the grant No. 18-04-00440 А from the Russian

Foundation for Basic Research.

Figures

Figs 1–5. Imago and male genitalia of Eburgemellus geminatus (Gaede, 1930). 1 ‒ holoty-

Fig. 6. Map of distribution of Eburgemellus geminatus (Gaede, 1930).