Afrikanetz witti Yakovlev, 2019

Yakovlev, R. V. & Witt, Th., 2019, Review of genus Afrikanetz Yakovlev, 2009 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with descriptions of four new species and establishment of new combination for Coryphodema zimbabwensis Mey, 2017 and Camellocossus austrorum Mey, 2017, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (3), pp. 317-322 : 322

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.28.3.11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13163899
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C30487BD-FFCA-740C-FEAD-F8EAFCACFC08
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Afrikanetz witti Yakovlev
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Afrikanetz witti Yakovlev View in CoL , sp.n.

Type locality: Kenya, Kibwezi.Type material: holotype ( MWM). Distribution : Kenya .

Afrikanetz zimbabwensis ( Mey, 2017) View in CoL comb.n. ( Fig. 11) Coryphodema zimbabwensis Mey 2017: 221 View in CoL . Type locality: Zimbabwe, Aberfoyle, Monde Valley . Type material: holotype ( TMSA). Distribution : Zimbabawe ( Manikalend Prov. ), Republic of Southern Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal , Mpumalanga, Limpopo Prov.) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. 2 ♂, Botswana, Chobe Rapids Kasana ,14– 15.09.1974 ( NHMZ) ; 1♂, S.Rodes. [ia], Bulawayo , 25.09.1976, E. Pinhey leg. ( NHMZ) ; 1 ♂, Richmond , Bulawayo, 09.1976, R.F. Koster ( NHMZ) ; 1 ♂, Suburbs. Bulawayo , 1.10.1977, E. Pinhey leg. ( NHMZ) ; 1 ♂, Bulawayo , Lak Bissen, 5.03.1978 ( NHMZ) .

NOTE. On a series from RAS and Zimbabwe, Mey [2017] described Coryphodema zimbabwensis , moreover, in the description he noted his uncertainty about attributing the new species to the genus Coryphodema Felder, 1874 (type species — Coryphodema capensis Felder, 1874 ). The external characters and male genital structure (the robust ribs on the valve inner surface) indicate the affiliation of C. zimbabwensis to the genus Afrikanetz .

Acknowledgments. The authors expresses sincere gratitude to the colleagues who helped in working with the material: Thomas Witt†, Harald Sulak (Munich), Didier Van den Spiegel, Alice Buset (Tervuren), Martin Krüger (Pretoria), Moira Fitzpatrick (Bulawayo) and Manfred Ströhle (Weiden). We are also thank Geoff Martin (London) and NHMUK Council of Trustees for the kind permission to publish the images of the type specimens deposited in the museum, and A. Bidzilya (Kiev) for his assistance in making the permanent preparations. The authors are grateful to Anna Ustjuzhanina (Tomsk) and Boris Kondratieff (Fort Collins) for language improvements.