Amyops gigas (Distant, 1899), 2021

László, Gyula M., Schintlmeister, Alexander & Vetina, Alvaro A., 2021, A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 201-243 : 210

Amyops gigas (Distant, 1899) stat. rev. ( Figs. 31 , 114 )

Hoplitis gigas Distant, 1899 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3(18): 463. Type locality: [ South Africa] Transvaal, Lydenburg District. Holotype, female (NHMUK).

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FIGURES 20–34: adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT, except where otherwise indicated). 20, Lopiena rubritincta, ♂; 21, Ibidem, ♀; 22, Pararethona hierax, ♂; 23, Ibidem, ♂; 24, Ibidem, ♀; 25, Pseudorethona albicans, ♂; 26, Ibidem, ♂; 27, Notocerura spiritalis, ♂; 28, Fentonina punctum, ♂; 29, Ibidem, ♀; 30, Amyops ingens, ♂ (Togo); 31, A. gigas, ♂; 32, Afroplitis bergeri sulaki, ♂; 33, Ibidem, ♂; 34, Ibidem, ♀.

FIGURES 113–114. Male genitalia (a: clasping apparatus, b: phallus, c: 8th abdominal segment). 113, Amyops ingens, slide No. W 26004 (Togo, MWM); 114, A. gigas, slide No. TM 16806 (RSA, TMSA).