Leptometa danieli, Sulak & Saldaitis & Yakovlev & Volkova & Traore & Müller & Revay & Prozorova & Prozorov, 2024

Sulak, Harald, Saldaitis, Aidas, Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Traore, Mohamed M., Müller, Günter C., Revay, Edita E., Prozorova, Tatiana A. & Prozorov, Alexey M., 2024, Two new species for the Afrotropic genus Leptometa: Leptometa danieli and Leptometa gabrielae (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 71, pp. 30-40 : 34-40

Leptometa danieli sp. n.

https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4410E77A-F43E-4BBF-92D1-E4E28267B47F

( Figs 8–10 , 18–19 , 21 –23)

Holotype: ♂, DRC, Mai-Ndombe Province, Ekongo camp, 2.75613° S, 20.31538° E, 350 m, XI.2017, leg. A. Prozorov, T. Prozorova et al., GS 0763 ( CGM / USTTB) . Paratypes. DRC: 21♂, same data as HT but X.2017, XI.2017, XII.2017, I.2018, II.2018, VI.2018, GS 0761, 0762 ( CGM / USTTB) . Gabon: ♂, Ogooué-Ivindo Province, Belinga, Mwadi trail, 800 m, 20.III.1963, leg. G. Bernardi, GS 2005-26 ( MNHN) ; ♂, Lastourville , 24.XII.1991, leg. P. Basquin ( CAC) ; ♂, Pont de la Lolo , 10.V.1994, leg. P. Basquin ( CPB) ; ♂, Forêt des Abeilles , 9.V.1994, leg. P. Basquin ( CPB) . CAR: 3♂, Sébokélé Forest , 27.III.1977, 4.XI.1978, 28.II.1981, leg. P. Basquin ( CPB) .

Description. Male ( Figs 8–10 ). Flagellum, head and thorax covered with speckled reddish brown and whitish scales. Abdomen dorsally yellow with black transversal stripes, apically fawn. Forewing. Forewing length: 21–22 mm. Elongated, somewhat oval with slightly wavy outer margin and rather acute apex. Background color speckled reddish brown and whitish. Pattern consists of somewhat triangular pale yellow discal spot, dark brown unbroken doubled crenulated transversal ante- and postmedial lines, and fragmented wavy external line. Basal, medial and external fields dark, space between external field and postmedial line lighter. Fringe speckled reddish brown and brown. Hindwing. Somewhat oval with angle on Rs. Dark brown with fawn veins and anal field. Fringe speckled reddish brown and brown. Genitalia ( Figs 16–17 ). Tegumen helmet-like with two pairs of outgrowths: tiny nipple-like on the top and somewhat triangular on the front. Socii mitten-like, the dorsal ridge is more sclerotized, covered with setae. Valvae short, finger-shaped, basally widened and fused with juxta. Juxta an oval plate surrounding aedeagus, it has a pair of very short extensions along aedeagus. Aedeagus claw-like with tiny vesica everting laterally. Vinculum medially split into a pair of elongated somewhat triangular projections. The eighth sternite is trapezoid with the dentated caudal margin and elongated apodemes. Female remains unknown.

Diagnosis. Leptometa knudlarseni overall lighter colored, has contrasting divided medial field and vague discal mark on forewings ( Fig. 1 ), longer top pair and smaller frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Fig. 11 ), while L. danieli sp. n. overall darker colored, has undivided medial field of background color and pale yellow discal spot on forewings ( Figs 6–7 ), shorter top pair and larger frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Figs 16–17 ).

Leptometa sophiae overall lighter colored, has many-sided medial field and vague discal mark on forewings ( Fig. 2 ), longer top pair and smaller frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen, and longer juxta extensions ( Fig. 12 ), while L. danieli sp. n. overall darker colored, has somewhat trapezoid medial field and pale yellow discal spot on forewings ( Figs 6–7 ), shorter top pair and larger frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen, and short juxta extensions ( Figs 16–17 ).

Leptometa adalensis overall lighter colored, has divided medial field and vague discal mark on forewings ( Fig. 3 ), longer top pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Fig. 13 ), while L. danieli sp. n. overall darker colored, has undivided medial field and pale yellow discal mark on forewings ( Figs 6–7 ), shorter top pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Figs 16–17 ).

Leptometa matuta overall lighter colored, has somewhat triangle forewings with black discal dot ( Fig. 4 ), longer top pair and smaller frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Fig. 14 ), while L. danieli sp. n. overall darker colored, has somewhat semilanceolate forewings with pale yellow discal spot ( Figs 6–7 ), shorter top pair and larger frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Figs 16–17 ).

Leptometa sapelensis overall lighter colored, has somewhat triangular forewings with smooth medial lines and black discal dot ( Fig. 5 ), lacks top pair and has smaller frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Fig. 15 ), while L. danieli sp. n. overall darker colored, has somewhat semilanceolate forewings with crenulated medial lines and pale yellow discal spot ( Figs 6–7 ), has top pair and larger frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Figs 16–17 ).

Leptometa gabrielae sp. n. overall lighter colored, has lighter tegulae, somewhat triangle forewings with dark basal and medial fields limited by postmedial line, light hindwing, lacks stripes on abdomen ( Figs 6–7 ), smaller top pair but larger frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Figs 16–17 ), while L. danieli sp. n. overall darker colored, has evenly colored thorax, somewhat semilanceolate forewings with gradually lightening pattern towards external margin, dark hindwing, stripes on abdomen ( Figs 8–10 ), larger top pair but smaller frontal pair of outgrowths on tegumen ( Figs 18–19 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 21 ). Northwest Congolian lowland forests in Gabon and Central Congolian lowland forests in DRC.

Biology. Adults were collected in October–February and April from altitudes up to 800 m. Preimaginal stages unknown.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Daniel Ebert (Munich, Germany).

Acknowledgments

We thank Alexandre Cipolla (CAC), John Rawlins (CMNH), Joël Minet (MNHN), Scott E. Miller (USNM), Axel Hausmann, Ulf Buchsbaum, and Mei-Yu Chen (ZSM) for providing access to the material and helping to process it.

We are thankful to †Vasiliy D. Kravchenko (Tel Aviv University, Israel) for preliminary work in the Ekongo camp in March and April of 2017: setting up most traps, training local workers, and taking care of material under harsh conditions. We express our gratitude to the LuiKotale Bonobo Project leaders Barbara Fruth and Gottfried Hohmann for their help with the general curating of the insect collection from the project in Ekongo. A heartfelt thank you to LuiKotale and Ekongo camp managers Roman Keller and Alexis Louat who helped to organize, manage and maintain the daily work efforts in the camp. We appreciate the irreplaceable help of the Bekombo village people with collecting, sorting, packing, and transporting insects from Ekongo as well as with the daily routine in the camp.

A portion of the presented work was done by Alexey Prozorov with the financial support of the Thomas-Witt-Stiftung.

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Figures

Figures 1–10. ♂ of Leptometa spp. 1. L. knudlarseni, HT, DRC, Ekongo camp, GS 0831 (ZSM). 2. L. sophiae, HT, DRC, Ekongo camp, GS 0844 (ZSM). 3. L. adalensis, HT, DRC, Ekongo camp, GS 0838 (ZSM). 4. L. matuta, Sierra Leone, GS 2008-01 (USNM). 5. L. sapelensis, HT of Gastroplakaeis irrorata, Cameroon, Efoulan, GS 2008-23 (CMNH). 6–7. L. gabrielae sp. n., DRC, Ekongo camp (CGM/USTTB). 6. HT, GS 0764. 7. PT, GS 0765. 8–10. L. danieli sp. n., DRC, Ekongo camp (CGM/USTTB). 8. HT, GS 0763. 9–10. PT. Scale bar – 1 cm.

Figures 11–19. ♂ genitalia of Leptometa spp. 11. L. knudlarseni, HT, DRC, Ekongo camp, GS 0831 (ZSM). 12. L. sophiae, HT, DRC, Ekongo camp, GS 0844 (ZSM). 13. L. adalensis, HT, DRC, Ekongo camp, GS 0838 (ZSM). 14. L. matuta, Sierra Leone, GS 2008-01 (USNM). 15. L. sapelensis, HT of Gastroplakaeis irrorata, Cameroon, Efoulan, GS 2008-23 (CMNH). 16–17. L. gabrielae sp. n., DRC, Ekongo camp (CGM/USTTB). 16. HT, GS 0764. 17. PT, GS 0765. 18–19. L. danieli sp. n., DRC, Ekongo camp (CGM/USTTB). 18. HT, GS 0763. 19. PT, GS 0761. Lobes of vinculum erased from Figs 11–15. Scale bar – 1 mm.

Figures 20–21. Collecting localities and adult male in nature. 20. L. gabrielae sp. n. 21–23. L. danieli sp. n.