Siccia lubumbashia, Volynkin, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 64, pp. 1-184 : 80-81

Siccia lubumbashia sp. n.

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( Figs 218, 219 , 422 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 218 , 422 ): male, [ DRC, Katanga Province , Lubumbashi] “Musée du Congo | Elisabethville | 16-III-1937 | Ch. Seydel ” / “Slide | AV7026 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( RMCA).

Paratypes: DRC: 1 male, same data as holotype but 3.iii.1935, gen. prep. No.: AV7025 ( RMCA) ; 1 male, same locality as previous but 14.iii.1934, Dr Bourguignon, gen. prep. No.: AV7027 ( RMCA) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 10.0 mm in males. Siccia lubumbashia is externally reminiscent of S. overlaeti but differs in the larger size and broader forewing. The male genital capsule of the new species is similar to S. overlaeti but distinguished by the broader valva with a markedly broader costal lobe, more asymmetrical and apically rounded cuculli (they are apically trapezoidal in the congener), and a markedly shorter spinulose proximal section of the sacculus. Additionally, unlike S. overlaeti , the distal saccular processes of S. lubumbashia bear two triangular lobes each (they are more or less trapezoidal in the congener), and the spines of the anellus are smaller and fewer. The phallus of S. lubumbashia is distally broader than in S. overlaeti and bears a robust carinal thorn. Compared to S. overlaeti , the vesica of the new species bears a more weakly sclerotised serrulate plate covered with smaller denticles.

The female is unknown.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The new species is known only from its type locality in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Katanga Province).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville). The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Figures

Figures 207–222. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 207, 209, 210, 212–216, and 220–222 in ANHRT (214: ex AKW); 211 in MfN; 217–219 in RMCA.

Figures 419–422. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 419 in MfN; 420 in ANHRT; 421 and 422 in RMCA (421 after Kühne (2007)).