Afrasura discocellularis discocellularis ( Strand, 1912 )

Volynkin, Anton V. & László, Gyula M., 2018, A review of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 from São Tomé Island with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4508 (2), pp. 237-248 : 245

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Afrasura discocellularis discocellularis ( Strand, 1912)

( Figs. 11, 12 View FIGURES 9–16 , 20 View FIGURES 17–20 , 27 View FIGURES 24–30 )

Asura discocellularis Strand, 1912 View in CoL , Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(9): 100 (Type locality: “Bibundi in Kamerun [ Cameroon]”).

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy): ♀, “ Kamerun, Bibundi , 16–31.I.05, G. Tessmann S.G.” / “ ♀ ” / “ Asura discocellularis m. Strand det. ♀ ” / red label “Type” / “genitalia slide No. 6” / “594” (Coll. ZMB).

Additional material examined. IVORY COAST: GoogleMaps 4 ♂, 1 ♀, 174m, Tai NP, Tai Research Station GoogleMaps , 05°49’59.8”N, 07°20’32.0”W, 14-23.XI.2015, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg., slide Nos: AV 2932 ♂, AV 2938 ♂, AV 2947 ♂, AV 2949 ♂, AV 2948 ♀ (coll. ANHRT) ; 1 ♂, 1171m, Mt. Tonkoui Peak , 07°27’15”N, 07°38’13”W, 12-18.VII.2015, Light Trap leg. Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E., slide No.: AV 2950 GoogleMaps ♂ (coll. ANHRT) ; 1 ♀, same site and collectors, but collected at 1-8.XI.2015, slide No.: AV 2944 ♀ (coll. ANHRT) ; 1 ♀, 59m, Azagny NP 05°14’33.7”N, 04°48’06.2”W, 26.XI.-1.XII.2015, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg., slide No.: 2953 GoogleMaps ♀ (coll. ANHRT) ; SIERRA LEONE: 1 ♂, 80m, Kalainkay, nr. Kamabai Northern Prov. 3-6.XI.2015, 09°10’52”N, 11°56’44”W, Light Trap R. Goff coll. Leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H., slide No.: AV 2936 GoogleMaps ♂ (coll. ANHRT) ; LIBERIA: 1 ♂, 1165m, Nimba County, ENNR, Nimba Mts camp, 7°31’45”N, 8°31’37”W, 03-13.XII.2017 MV Light Trap (125W) Aristophanous, M., Safian, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: AV 4487 GoogleMaps ♂ (coll. ANHRT) .

Distribution. The nominate subspecies is widely distributed in West Africa ( Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon) ( Durante 2009; 2012). Long series of recently collected specimens from Sierra Leone and Liberia were found in the collection of ANHRT representing new distribution data of the species.

References

Durante, A. (2009) Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2280, 27 - 52.

Durante, A. (2012) The genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 in Gabon, with description of five new species and a new species group (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 3478, 383 - 398.

Strand, E. (1912) Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition de Herrn G. Tessmann nach Sud-Kameroun und Spanish-Guinea. Lepidoptera III. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Section A, 1912 (9), 92 - 111. [in German]

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Afrasura spp.: adults. 9, A. discocellularis saotomensis, holotype ♂, São Tomé, Roca Bombaim (ANHRT); 10, A. discocellularis saotomensis, paratype ♀, São Tomé, Guadalupe (ANHRT); 11, A. discocellularis discocellularis, ♂, Ivory Coast (ANHRT); 12, A. discocellularis discocellularis, ♀, Ivory Coast (ANHRT); 13, A. hieroglyphica, syntype ♀ of Asura thomensis, São Tomé (©NHMUK); 14, A. hieroglyphica, holotype ♂, N Angola (©NHMUK); 15, A. hieroglyphica, ♂, São Tomé, Guadalupe (ANHRT); 16, A. hieroglyphica, ♀, São Tomé, Guadalupe (ANHRT).

FIGURES 17–20. Afrasura spp.: male genitalia. 17, A. pectinatissima, holotype ♂, São Tomé, Ponta Furada, slide AV3334♂; 18, A. friederikae, Uganda, slide NHMUK010314039 Volynkin; 19, A. discocellularis saotomensis, holotype, São Tomé, Roca Bombaim, slide AV4546♂; 20, A. discocellularis discocellularis, Ivory Coast, slide AV2949♂.

FIGURES 24–30. Afrasura and Parafrasura spp.: female genitalia. 24, A. pectinatissima, paratype, São Tomé, Ponta Furada, slide AV3335♀; 25, A. friederikae, paratype, W Kenya, slide L. Kühne 138/2004; 26, A. discocellularis saotomensis, holotype, São Tomé, Guadalupe, slide AV4400♀; 27, A. discocellularis discocellularis, Ivory Coast, slide AV2944♀; 28, A. hieroglyphica, São Tomé, Guadalupe, slide AV4505♀; 29, A. hieroglyphica, NW Angola, slide NHMUK010314043 Volynkin (©NHMUK); 30, P. pectinella, Liberia, slide AV4518♀.