Camaegeria sophax ( Druce, 1899 ) Druce, 1899

Bartsch, Daniel & Berg, Jutta, 2012, New species and review of the Afrotropical clearwing moth genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Synanthedonini), Zootaxa 3181, pp. 28-46 : 33

Camaegeria sophax ( Druce, 1899) n. comb.

Figs. 11–12

Aegeria sophax Druce, 1899: 203 . Holotype Ƥ ( Figs. 11–12 ): E. Africa, Delagoa Bay [ Mozambique, Baia de Maputo], Monteiro leg. (BMNH).

Hampson 1919: 57 ( Tipulamima ); Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 6 ( Tipulamima ); Gaede 1929: 519 ( Tipulamima ); Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 41 ( Tipulamima ); Vari, Kroon & Krüger 2002: 67 ( Tipulamima ); Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 33 ( Tipulamima ).

Diagnosis. This species has distinct sexual dimorphism. The male is well characterised by intensive red colour of the mesothorax laterally, metathorax and tergites 1–3, forewing base and the tip of the abdomen. In similar congeners at least one of these segments is black. The female is uniformly black with intensive green-metallic gloss, except for the red forewing base. The genitalia have not been dissected. See also Camaegeria aristura .

Further specimens examined: 1 ♀, Durban, 9.Jan.1918; 1 ♀, Bulawayo, 18.Dec.1924 (TMBS).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Specimens of Camaegeria Strand, 1914. Scale bar: 10 mm. 1 – 4. C. aristura (Meyrick, 1931): 3 holotype (1); 3, holotype of Aegeria leptomorpha Meyrick, 1931 (2); 3, syntype of Aegeria hadassa Meyrick, 1932 (3); Ƥ, syntype of A. hadassa Meyrick, 1932 (4). 5 – 7. C. auripicta Strand, 1914: Ƥ holotype upperside (5), underside (6); 3, Cameroon, Basho (7). 8 – 9. C. monogama (Meyrick, 1932): Ƥ holotype (8), Ƥ, holotype of Macrotarsipus lioscelis Meyrick, 1935 (9). 10. C. exochiformis (Walker, 1856), Ƥ holotype. 11 – 12. C. sophax (Druce, 1899), Ƥ holotype, upperside (11), lateral view (12).