Zamarada hyalinaria ( Guenée, 1858 )

Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 301-328 : 310-311

Zamarada hyalinaria ( Guenée, 1858)

( Figs. 21 , 45 )

Stegania hyalinaria Guenée, [1858] :45. Locus typicus: Abyssinie [ Ethiopia], 1850 (Holotype ♀ in MNHN).

Literature records. C. Abyssinia, Hoache; Dangila, 40 miles S. of Lake Tana; Nolé Kaba; Giam Giam (Djemdjem); Youbdo, Birbir River; Kaffa, Gembi ( Fletcher 1974).

Examined material. 1♀: S. ETHIOPIA, Oromia, 13 km S Agere Maryam , 1960 m (lux), 5.5149°N, 38.2529°E, 7.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Pecks, Schreier ( ZSM G 20589/ ♀ / BC ZSM Lep 104331); 2Ƌ 4♀: ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Amber (30 km S of Debre Markos), 2460 m, 19.VIII.2017, 10°15‘15‘‘N, 37°51‘35‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba ( ZSM G 20955/Ƌ); 3Ƌ 2♀: ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Wof Washa , 2900 m, 14.IX.2017, 9°44‘38‘‘N, 39°44‘50‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Wof Washa , 2900 m, 15.IX.2017, 9°44‘38‘‘N, 39°44‘50‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba ; 2♀: ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Wof Washa , 2900 m, 16.IX.2017, 9°44‘38‘‘N, 39°44‘50‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Wof Washa , 2900 m, 18.X.2017, 9°44‘38‘‘N, 39°44‘50‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Wof Washa , 2900 m, 19.X.2017, 9°44‘38‘‘N, 39°44‘50‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Wof Washa , 2900 m, 20.X.2017, 9°44‘38‘‘N, 39°44‘50‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Choke Mt. , 2530 m, 22.IX.2017, 10°25‘16‘‘N, 37°43‘17‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Choke Mt. , 2530 m, 23.IX.2017, 10°26‘27‘‘N, 37°43‘48‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Choke Mt. , 2510 m, 7.III.2018, 10°25‘46‘‘N, 37°44‘08‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 3Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Choke Mt. , 2590 m, 16. V .2018, 10°26‘27‘‘N, 37°43‘48‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Choke Mt. , 2530 m, 19. V .2018, 10°25‘16‘‘N, 37°43‘17‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIA, Amhara Region, Choke Mt. , 2590 m, 4.VII.2018, 10°26‘27‘‘N, 37°43‘48‘‘E, Leg. Tesfu Tujuba; 1Ƌ 1♀: ETHIOPIA, Bonga Guesthouse , 13. VI .2019, leg. R. Beck ; 1Ƌ: ÄTHIOPIEN , Reg.Sidamo / Oromia, Bale Mts., Prov. Bale , Goba to Sof Omar , 1640 m, 06°58′N, 40°34′O, 10./ 12.v.2012, Dietl M. + S. & R Beck .

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:ADR9019 (n=1 from Ethiopia). Three supposedly conspecific DNA barcodes from Yemen (cf. Hausmann 2006) at a genetic distance of 2.7–3.0% (short sequence fragments), requiring further, integrative taxonomic research.

Distribution. Algeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Yemen ( Rothschild 1915; Fletcher 1974, 1958; Wiltshire 1980; Hausmann 1999).

Figures

FIGURES 19–25. Adults of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar—0.86 cm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides and/or DNA barcoding of the illustrated specimen are given. 19. Zamarada torrida Fletcher, 1974 Ƌ; 20. Zamarada torrida Fletcher, 1974 ♀ (ZSM G 20816); 21. Zamarada hyalinaria (Guenée, 1858) Ƌ (DAEF G 63); 22. Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974 Ƌ (ZSM G 20515); 23. Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974 ♀ (BC ZSM Lep 45524); 24. Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 Ƌ (BC ZSM Lep 46783; ZSM G 20592); 25. Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 ♀.

FIGURES 42–47. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar(s)—1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 42. Zamarada erugatoides sp.n. (gen.prp. ZSM G 20200, paratype); 43. Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20353); 44. Zamarada torrida Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20302); 45. Zamarada hyalinaria (Guenée, 1857) (gen.prp. ZSM G 20955); 46. Zamarada melasma Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20195); 47. Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20356).