Epitarsipus rufithorax Le Cerf, 1922

Bartsch, Daniel, 2018, Taxonomic changes in Synanthedonini from Madagascar, with description of two new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4433 (1), pp. 174-186 : 177

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scientific name	Epitarsipus rufithorax Le Cerf, 1922
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Epitarsipus rufithorax Le Cerf, 1922 View in CoL comb. rev.

Figs 17–19 View FIGURES 13–24

Lectotype: ♀, Madagascar, Brickaville [Ampasimanolotra], 1917 ( MNHN).

Additional material examined: 1♂, 1♀, Madagascar, Reg. sud de l'Ile, Bekily, Sept. [19]33 ( MNHN) ; 1♀, S/W Madagascar, 27km N Tollara , 7m, dry forest near Ifaty, 9.- 13.11.2003, leg. Oelke ( SMNS) .

Epitarsipus rufithorax View in CoL was described on the basis of a male and a female from Brickaville [Ampasimanolotra] ( Le Cerf 1922). Viette (1982) designated the male as the lectotype and the female as a paralectotype. He concluded that the female, which is considerably different, belonged to another species, M. biedermanni View in CoL (see M. rufescens View in CoL below). This conclusion was based on the examination of a short series of both sexes of E. rufithorax View in CoL from “Reg. sud de l'Ile, Bekily” collected in Sept. 1933, which clearly showed that there is no relevant dimorphism between the sexes.

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FIGURES 13–24. Adult specimens of Madagascan Synanthedonini: 13–14. Malgassesia lemur (Le Cerf, 1957) comb. nov., male holotype. 15–16. Malgassesia ferdinandi nom. nov., male holotype. 17–19. Epitarsipus rufithorax Le Cerf, 1922 comb. rev. (17–18) male, Madagascar, Bekily, Region sud de l’Ile. (19) female, same data. 20–22. Cinctosesia polistiformis sp. nov. (20–21) male holotype (freshly emerged specimen). (22) male paratype (older specimen). 23–24. Nesosphecia mystica sp. nov., male holotype. Scale bars 10 mm, ventral view right.