Cameraria, Chapman, 1902

Prins, Jurate De & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2012, Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 3594 (1), pp. 1-283 : 39-40

Key to the species groups of the Afrotropical Cameraria based on external characters

1. Forewing with blackish-fuscous markings only ( Figs 25–27 )...................................... hexalobina group

– Forewing with white and black markings................................................................... 2

2. Forewing with median fascia straight, slightly oblique or angulated, or interrupted and shaped as two strigulae opposite each other................................................................................................ 3

– Forewing with median fascia narrow and sinuate............................................................. 5

3. First fascia at 1/4 very narrow, curving, edged apically ( Fig. 37 )..................................... torridella group

– First fascia at 1/4 broader than white markings at 1/2 of forewing, straight, edged on both sides ( Figs 33, 34 ). perodeaui group

5. Forewing with distinct edging of fasciae, with black scales arranged in rows ( Figs 35, 36 ).................. sokoke group

– Forewing with indistinct edging of fasciae with mottled black scales following apically white fasciae, black scales not arranged in rows ( Figs 28–32 )......................................................................... landryi group

Key to the species groups of the Afrotropical Cameraria based on male genitalia*

1. Tegumen with very small (visible at 150× enlargement), asymmetrically protruded tuba analis, transtilla H-shaped with long proximal appendages ( Fig. 167 ).............................................................. torridella group

– Tegumen symmetrical, with tuba analis not protruded, transtilla narrow ring shaped or incomplete..................... 2

2. Sternum VIII very deeply emarginated ( Fig. 152 )............................................... hexalobina group

– Sternum VIII with attenuating or rounded caudal part......................................................... 4

3. Tegumen with a pair of apical extended socii (or horn-like appendages), cucullus of valva gradually or abruptly dilated (Figs 162, 165).................................................................................. sokoke group

– Tegumen without extended apical appendages, valva equally narrow along its entire length or slightly tapering apically (Figs 154, 157, 160).............................................................................. landryi group

* Male of C. perodeaui is unknown.

Key to the species groups of the Afrotropical Cameraria based on female genitalia*

1. Ostium bursae opening in the middle of segment VII; ductus bursae anteriad antrum not crossed by a sclerotized plate, with distinct anastomosis to corpus bursae, corpus bursae globular, with oval signum area crossed by slender sclerotized ridge (Figs 303, 304)................................................................................ torridella group

– Ostium bursae opening at (sub)posterior margin of segment VII................................................. 3

3. Corpus bursae without signum ( Fig. 302 )....................................................... perodeaui group

– Corpus bursae with signum.............................................................................. 4

4. Two signa areas on corpus bursae; ostium bursae opening at level of the sclerotized posterior extention of segment VII ( Fig. 297)................................................................................... hexalobina group

– One signum area on corpus bursae; ostium bursae opening at depth of the sclerotized posterior emargination of segment VII ( Figs 298–300 )............................................................................. landryi group

* females of C. sokoke and C. zaira unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 21–26. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 21, Hyloconis luki, holotype ♂, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 23.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004800. 22, Neolithocolletis mayumbe, holotype ♂, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 22.iii.2006, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003293. 23, Neolithocolletis nsengai, paratype ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 16.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004793. 24, Neolithocolletis pentadesma, ♀, Seychelles, Fregate island, 4.x.2002, leg. J. Gerlach, in CUMZ. 25, Cameraria hexalobina, holotype 6364♂, South Africa, Punda Maria, 12.iv.1952, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA. 26, Cameraria hexalobina, paratype 6368♂, South Africa, Punda Maria, 15.iv.1952, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA.

FIGURES 27–32. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 27, Cameraria hexalobina, ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 05.iv.2006, leg. J. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003295. 28, Cameraria fara, holotype ♀, Cameroon, Faro riverside, 27.xi.2003, leg. J. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003284. 29, Cameraria landryi, holotype ♂, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 23.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004448. 30, Cameraria landryi, paratype ♂, DRC, Bas- Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 16.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004450. 31, Cameraria varii, holotype ♂, South Africa, Pretoria, 30.x.1968, leg. L. Vári, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004276. 32, Cameraria varii, paratype ♀, South Africa, Pretoria, 07.xi.1968, leg. L. Vári, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004277.

FIGURES 33–38. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 33, Cameraria perodeaui, holotype ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 16.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004799. 34, Cameraria perodeaui, paratype ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 23.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004798. 35, Cameraria sokoke, holotype ♂, Kenya, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 30.iii.2004, leg. J. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003275. 36, Cameraria zaira, holotype ♂, DRC, Ht. Katanga, Panda, 04.ii.1930, leg. J. Romieux, in MHNG. 37, Cameraria torridella, holotype ♂, Kenya, Rift Valley, Turi, 02.xii.1998, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003121. 38, Phyllonorycter achilleus, holotype ♂, Kenya, Rift Valley, Turi, ex mine 16.x.1999, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003125.

FIGURES 167–169. Male genitalia. Scale bar 100 µm. 167–169, Cameraria torridella, holotype, genitalia prep. MRAC/ KMMA 00287, in RMCA. 167, ventral view. 168, sternum VIII. 169, aedoeagus.

FIGURES 151–156. Male genitalia. Scale bar 100 µm. 151–153, Cameraria hexalobina, holotype, the drawing is made by Willy De Prins after the genitalia prep. Vári 6927, in TMSA. 151, ventral view. 152, sternum VIII. 153, aedoeagus. 154–156, Cameraria landryi, holotype, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00417, in RMCA. 154, ventral view. 155, sternum VIII. 156, aedoeagus.

FIGURES 300–302. Female genitalia. Scale bar 200 µm. 300–301, Cameraria varii, paratype, genitalia prep. De Prins 3453, in TMSA. 300, segments VII–X, ventral view. 301, corpus bursae. 302, Cameraria perodeaui, holotype, genitalia prep. MRAC/ KMMA 00451, in RMCA.

FIGURES 295–297. Female genitalia. Scale bar 200 µm. 295, Neolithocolletis pentadesma, genitalia prep. De Prins 3796, in CUMZ. 296–297, Cameraria hexalobina, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00418, in RMCA. 296, segments VII–X, lateral view. 297, corpus bursae.

FIGURES 298–299. Female genitalia. Scale bar 200 µm. 298, Cameraria fara, holotype, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00395, in RMCA. 299, Cameraria landryi, paratype, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00416, in RMCA.