Afrocerura bifasciata tanganyikae ( Kiriakoff, 1963 )

Mulvaney, Lydia R. J., 2021, Notes on the life history and taxonomy of Cerurina marshalli (Noctuoidea: Notodontidae: Cerurinae), Metamorphosis 32 (1), pp. 1-12 : 7

Afrocerura bifasciata tanganyikae ( Kiriakoff, 1963)

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Afrocerura leonensis tanganyikae Kiriakoff, 1963: 215 . Afrocerura bifasciata tanganyikae ( Kiriakoff, 1963) : Schintlmeister & Witt, 2015: 31.

Name bearing type: ( Fig. 22 ) Holotype ♂: [without type label] “// [ Kenya] Mombasa, / October 05. / (Jackson). [black bordered label] // bifasciata Janse [handwritten] // Photo done by / A. SCHINTLMEISTER / #9.669 [yellow label] //” ( NHMUK).

Remarks

The holotype of this taxon was dissected and figured by Kiriakoff (1963) but the corresponding genitalia slide could not be located in NHMUK. Any future assessment of the holotype and conclusions drawn about its ranking at species or subspecies level therefore remains ambiguous. Schintlmeister & Witt (2015) considered tanganyikae to be a subspecies of bifasciata rather than leonensis and figured the male genitalia of a specimen from southern Tanzania (labelled incorrectly as Afrocerura tanganyikae ). Without access to any further material, their subspecific concept is here maintained.

Figures

Figures 18–31: Adults of examined Afrocerura spp. (all ANHRT, unless otherwise indicated), arrows indicate diagnostic generic characters. 18. A. leonensis, holotype ♀, Sierra Leone (NHMUK), a. antemedial fascia often interrupted or deleted entirely, b. subterminal fascia almost always present; 19. A. leonensis, Guinea, Dalaba (ANHRTUK00103029, LG5368♂); 20. A. bifasciata bifasciata, holotype ♀, Zimbabwe, (Type no. 1655) (TMSA); 21. A. bifasciata bifasciata, Zambia, Kasanka N.P. (ANHRTUK00073572, LG5363♂); 22. A. bifasciata tanganyikae, holotype ♂ [without holotype label] Kenya, Mombassa (NHMUK); 23. A. thomensis, holotype ♂, São Tomé (NHMUK); 24. A. thomensis, paratype (allotype) ♀, São Tomé (NHMUK); 25. A. thomensis, São Tomé, Bom Successo (ANHRTUK00041722, LG5362♂); Comparative specimens of A. cameroona: 26. A. cameroona, Gabon, Ivindo N.P. (ANHRTUK00044930, ANHRT slide no. 00521♂); 27. A. cameroona, holotype ♀, Cameroon, Bitye, (NHMUK); 28. A. cameroona, Zambia, Kitwe (ANHRTUK00081593, ANHRT slide no. 00523♀); 29. A. cameroona, Zambia, Kafue N.P. (ANHRTUK00081592, ANHRT slide no. 00522♂); 30. ♀(ZMHB) & 31. ♂ (ZMHB) A. cameroona, (=Cerura argentina Schultze, 1916 syntypes), Süd-Kamerun, Molundu.