Miresa amica ( Hering, 1928 ), 2023

Taberer, Tabitha R., Fiebig, Ralf, Giusti, Alessandro & László, Gyula M., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Delorhachis Karsch 1896 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Journal of Natural History 57 (1 - 4), pp. 54-129 : 103

Miresa amica ( Hering, 1928) comb. nov. ( Figures 59 , 130 )

Delorhachis amica Hering, 1928 , In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 14: 462, pl. 74, fig. c. Type locality: Cameroon, Lolodorf. Holotype, male (MfN).

Type material examined

Holotype. Male: red oblong label ′Type̍ || ′ Kamerun | Namiong b.Lolodorf | a. Lokundjefluss | Ulbrich V.E.Conrad S ̍. || handwritten ′17.IV.12̍ || handwritten ′ Delorhachis | amica m. | Type̍ | ′det. Mart.Hering ̍ || handwritten ′Genit.slide | SAV-08-41̍ || QR code label with unique MfN URI http://coll.MfN-berlin.de/u/fde8da ( MfN).

Figures

Figures 58–66. Adults. Figure 58. Miresa amator comb. nov.: HT of Delorhachis amator, Tanzania, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-42) (MfN); Figure 59. M. amica comb. nov.: HT of D. amica, Cameroon, Lolodorf, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-41) (MfN); Figures 60–62. M. purpurea comb. nov. 60: HT of D. purpurea, Cameroon, Lolodorf, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-58) (MfN); 61: HT of D. denisae syn. nov., [DRC], Kivu, J (gen. slide no. RF 1862) (RBINS); 62: HT of Chrysamma erythrochrysa syn. nov., [DRC], West Kivu, J (NHMUK); Figures 63, 64. M. gliricidae. 63: Ivory Coast, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, J (gen. slide no. TT 070) (ANHRT); 64: HT, Sierra Leone, Njala, ♀ (NHMUK); Figures 65, 66. Hilipoda gravidipes. 65: HT, Togo, Bismarckburg, ♀ (MfN); 66: HT of D. schultzei syn. nov., [Nigeria], Yola, J (gen. slide no. SAV-08-33) (MfN). Scale bar: 1 cm.

Figures 127–132. Male genitalia. Figures 127, 128. Delorhachis nigrivenosa. 127: HT, Togo, Misahöhe, gen. slide no. SAV-08-32 (MfN); 128: Gabon, Monts de Cristal, gen. slide no. TT 091 (ANHRT); Figure 129. Miresa amator comb. nov.: HT of D. amator, Tanzania, gen. slide no. SAV-08-42 (MfN); Figure 130. M. amica comb. nov.: HT of D. amica, Cameroon, Lolodorf, gen. slide no. SAV-08-41 (MfN); Figure 131. M. purpurea comb. nov.: HT of D. purpurea, Cameroon, Lolodorf, gen. slide no. SAV-08-58 (MfN); Figure 132. M. gliricidae: Ivory Coast, Mt. Tonkoui Peak, gen. slide no. TT 070 (ANHRT). Scale bars: 1 mm.