Revaya edita, Prozorov & Prozorova & Yakovlev & Volkova & Saldaitis & Sulak & Revay & Müller, 2023

Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2023, A new genus of Afrotropical Lasiocampini: Revaya gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), Zootaxa 5369 (2), pp. 207-222 : 218-219

Revaya edita sp. n.

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Holotype: ♁, E Tanzania, Tanga Region, Ushongo Beach , 5.54183S, 38.968E, 10 m, 14–15.V.2010, GS 0097 ( CGM / USTTB) . Paratypes: 3♁, S Kenya, South Ukambani , 28.V–1.VI.1995, 5.VII.1995, 1.IV.2005, leg. H. Politzar, GS 10-037, ex coll. Kuchler ( CGM / USTTB) ; ♁, S Kenya, Kibwezi , 10.VI.1996, leg. K. Politzar, GS P.B. 2023-07-03 ( CPB) ; ♁, E Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Uluguru Mts , 600 m, V–VI.1971, leg. L. Berger, N. Leleup, J. Debecker, GS 2011-121 ( RMCA) ; 2♁, N Malawi, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo , 11.383S, 33.983E, 1375 m, 25.X.2008, 25.III.2015, leg. R.J. Murphy, GS 0098, 1269 ( CGM / USTTB) ; ♁, C Zambia, Lusaka Province, lower Zambezi, Chiawa , 11.383S, 33.983E, 375 m, 10.III.2008, leg. J. Lenz ( DMNH) .

Description. Male ( Figs 7–11 ). Forewing. Forewing length: 20–22 mm. External wavy line has medial dark strokes. Hindwing. Has external dark brown field. Genitalia ( Figs 24–27 ). Cucullus elongated, claw shaped with pointed apex. The eighth sternite has tiny dents along the caudal margin. Female remains unknown but expected to be similar to male in coloration but larger in size.

Variability. Medial and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite in male genitalia vary in size ( Figs 24–26 ).

Diagnosis. Adult males of R. edita sp. n. have wider forewing with medial dark strokes in the external line, the hindwing has an external dark brown field and the overall coloration is darker ( Figs 7–11 ), the cucullus and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite are relatively long, the caudal margin of the sternite has tiny dents ( Figs 24–27 ), whilst adult males of R. yahya sp. n. have apically narrower forewing without medial dark strokes in the external line, the hindwing lacks an external dark brown field and the overall coloration is paler ( Figs 1–3, 6 ), the cucullus and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite are relatively short ( Figs 20–23 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 38 ). Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets in southern Kenya, northern Swahili coastal and Eastern Arc forests in eastern Tanzania, Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands in northern Malawi, Zambezian mopane woodlands in central Zambia.

Biology. Adults were collected from March to June from an altitude of 10 to 1375 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Edita Barham—a granddaughter of Prof. Dr. Dr. Edita E. Revay .

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Adults of Revaya spp. 1–6. R. yahya. 1. HT ♁, NE RSA, Ben Lavin Natural Reserve, GS 1271 (CGM). 2. PT ♁, NE RSA, Klaserie River, GS 1270 (CGM). 3. PT ♁, E Zimbabwe, Marondera, GS Las-47 (NHMZ). 4. PT ♀, NE Botwana, Pandamatenga, Las-69 (DMNH). 5. PT ♀, SW Mozambique, Massangena, Las-48 (DMNH). 6. PT ♁, SW Zimbabwe, Khami, Las-46 (NHMZ). 7–11. R. edita, ♁. 7. HT, NE Tanzania, Ushongo Beach, GS 0097 (CGM). 8. PT, SE Kenya, South Ukambani, GS 10-037 (CGM). 9–10. PT, N Malawi, Nkhorongo, GS 1269, 0098 (CGM). 11. PT, C Zambia, Chiawa, GS Las-57 (DMNH). Scale bar—1 cm.

FIGURES 24–27. ♁ genitalia of Revaya edita. 24–25. PT, N Malawi, Nkhorongo, GS 1269, 0098 (CGM). 26. HT, NE Tanzania, Ushongo Beach, GS 0097 (CGM). 27. PT, C Zambia, Chiawa, GS Las-57 (DMNH). Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURES 37–39. Collecting sites of Revaya yahya (37) and R. edita (38; for details visit bit.ly/revayamap) and NJ tree (39; COI 658 bp, K2P, bootstrap 1000, built with MEGA X) with pairwise distances (%) between R. yahya, Catalebeda producta, Ptyssophlebia discocellularis and Chondrostegoides magna as an outgroup. Circles with stars are for the collecting localities of primary types, other tags are for the additional material.

FIGURES 20–23. ♁ genitalia of Revaya yahya. 20. PT, SW Zimbabwe, Khami, Las-46 (NHMZ). 21. PT, E Zimbabwe, Marondera, GS Las-47 (NHMZ). 22. HT, NE RSA, Ben Lavin Natural Reserve, GS 1271 (CGM). 23. PT, NE RSA, Klaserie River, GS 1270 (CGM). Scale bar—1 mm.