Typhonoya longipennis ( Hering, 1941 )

Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Mapilanga, Jean Joseph, Hausmann, Axel, Müller, Günter C., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S. & Zolotuhin, Vadim V., 2021, A new species of Typhonoya Prozorov (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini) from the moist broadleaf forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zootaxa 5067 (3), pp. 417-428 : 423

Notes on Typhonoya longipennis ( Hering, 1941)

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Distribution. The following countries were mentioned previously in Prozorov, 2011 as the range of this species: Liberia, Ivory Coast, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. New material is examined: GUINEA: 1♂, Sérédou, 23.II.1958, R. Pujol leg. (MNHN). LIBERIA: 1♂, Putu Range, 5.6672°, −8.18694, 20.XII.2010 – 5.I.2011, Sz. Sáfián, E. Zakar leg. (RMCA). IVORY COAST: 1♂, Taï National Park, 11.XII.1982, H. Politzar leg. (ZSM/MWM). DRC: 1♂, Mai-Ndombe, Ekongo camp, 02°45’23.09”S, 20°18’55.37”E, XII.2017, A.&T. Prozorovs, V. Kravchenko & al. leg. (ZSM/BUM, genitalia slide 0595). TANZANIA: 1♀, Morogoro Dist., Kitulangalo Forest Reserve, 420–540 m, 1.I.1993, L. Aarvik leg. (NHMO); 2♂, Biharamulo Dist., Nyakanazi, 17.III.1990, A. Bjørnstad leg. (NHMO, nr. 20240, 20241); 1♂, Kigoma Dist., Tubira Forest, 4.XI.1989, A. Bjørnstad leg. (NHMO, nr. 17860); 1♂, Mpanda Dist., 57 km S Uvinza, 1650 m, 9.XI.1990, A. Bjørnstad leg. (NHMO, nr. 22534); 1♂, Kasulu Dist., 10 km SE Rungwe, 20.I.1990, A. Bjørnstad leg. (NHMO, nr. 19053). MALAWI: 1♂, Lilongwe Dist., Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, 14°15’S, 33°25’E, 1300 m 29.III–1.IV.2010 (CVZ); 3♂, Mzimba Dist., Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S, 39°59’E, 1375 m, 30.I.2011, R. Murphy leg. (CAS); 1♂, same data but 3.XI.2008 (CAS); 1♂, Mangochi Dist., 25 km E Mangochi, Namizimu Forest Reserve, Uzuzu Hill, 14°24’46”S, 35°22’42”E, 1010 m, 17–18.IV.2011, R. Yakovlev leg. (CAS); 1♀, Nkhata Bay Dist., Nkhata Bay, Kolwe Forest Reserve, 11°36’39”S, 34°14’60”E, 540 m, 19.IV.2011, R. Yakovlev leg. (CAS). MOZAMBIQUE: 2♂, Maputo, Marracuene Dist., Jay’s Beach Lodge, 25°42’S, 32°45’E, 26.VIII.2001, K. Gainsford leg. (DNHM). RSA: 1♀, KwaZulu-Natal, Ndumu, Tembe Elephant Reserve, 27°03’S, 32°25’E, 100 m, 2.II.2002, M. Mansell leg. (DNHM). Labels of the following imagoes were not archived in full due to the short-term nature of museum visits, although we suggest mentioning them: KENYA: 5♂, 1♀, [former] Coast Prov., Malindi (DNHM); 4♂, Gede, Arabuko Sokoke National Reserve (DNHM). MALAWI: 1♂, Northern Prov., Mzuzu Dist. (DNHM). ZIMBABWE: 1♂, Manicaland Prov. (DNHM); 1♂, Aberfoyle, 850 m (DNHM); 1♂, Honde Valley, Aberfoyle (DNHM); 1♂, [Harare] Salisbury, S. Rhodesia (NHMZ). Earliest and newer collection sites are marked on the conclusive map ( Fig. 35 ).

Biology. In Prozorov, 2011 flying period is a mosaic: January, February, April, May, July, October, and December. Here we add March, August, September and November. Thus, only specimens collected in June are not yet known but it is more likely that T. longipennis is polyvoltine and flies the whole year round. The species is collected in tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (Guinean montane, western Guinean lowland, central Congolian lowland, northeast Congolian lowland, Albertine Rift montane and northern Swahili coastal forests ecoregions) and tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands (central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands and dry miombo woodlands ecoregions) ( Dinerstein et al., 2017).

Figures

FIGURES 14–25. Typhonoya adults. 14–19. T. kravchenkoi, all DRC, Kasaï-Occidental, NE Ilebo: 14. Male holotype, genitalia slide 0610 (ZSM). 15. Male paratype, genitalia slide 0614 (CGM/BUM). 16. Female paratype, genitalia slide 0613 (CGM/ BUM). 17. Male paratype (CGM/BUM). 18. Male paratype, genitalia slide 0612 (CGM/BUM). 19. Female paratype, genitalia slide 0611 (CGM/BUM). 20–25. T. longipennis. 20. Male holotype, DRC, Lubumbashi (RMCA). 21. Female, Zimbabwe, Harare (NHMUK). 22. Male, Kenya, South Coast, Buda Forest (MWM). 23. Female, Zimbabwe, Solwezi, genitalia slide 1517 (NHMUK). 24. Male, Ivory Coast, San Pedro, genitalia slide 0375 (CGM/BUM). 25. Male, DRC, Mai-Ndombe, Ekongo camp, genitalia slide 0595 (CGM/BUM).

FIGURES 34–35. Map of collecting localities of Typhonoya. 34. T. kravchenkoi. 35. T. longipennis. Based on Dinerstein et al., 2017, star indicates the type locality, circle shows another collecting site.