Zamarada dyscapna Fletcher, 1974

Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 301-328 : 313

Zamarada dyscapna Fletcher, 1974

( Figs 27 , 49 )

Zamarada dyscapna Fletcher, 1974: 89 , test-figs 124,125; pl. 28 figs 561–562, pl. 102 fig. 915. Locus typicus: Liberia: Nimba, Grassfield, vii–viii.1967 (A. Forbes-Watson) (Holotype Ƌ in NHMUK).

Examined material. 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIA, Kaffa, 27km to Bonga, 1900m, 7°18′N 36°10′E, 1. V.2008, S.Naumann, H.Schnitzler ( ZSM G 20188 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 26260); 1Ƌ : ÄTHIOPIEN, Prov. South Nation, Bonga 8 km W, 2100 m, 07°16.568N, 36°06.676 O, 24.vi.2014, Riedel G. & Beck R. leg. ( ZSM G 20345 / Ƌ); 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben , Prov. South Nations, Wushwush , 15 km W Bonga, 1910 m, 07°18.184 N, 36°03.520 O, 21.vi.2014, Riedel G. & Beck R. leg. ( ZSM G 20346 / Ƌ); 2Ƌ : ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Bonga , 25 km SW, 1860 m, 07°18‘46“ N, 36°03‘19“ O, 16.viii.2017, Beck R. & G. Riedel leg ( ZSM G 20820/ Ƌ); 1Ƌ 1♀ : ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Bonga , 4 km E, 1620 m, 07°14‘9“ N, 36°16‘5“ O, 18.viii.2017, Beck R. & G. Riedel leg ( ZSM G 20818/ Ƌ); 1Ƌ: SW . ETHIOPIA, Southern Nations, Mizan Teferi, Dinbi Dufeta , 1265 m, 6°58’46 N– 35°29’55 E, 11. VI.2019, leg. R. Beck (BC ZSM Lep 106726/ Ƌ) .

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAJ9519 (n=3 from Ethiopia; n=1 from Cameroon; maximum variation 0.8%). Nearest species: Z. hero Prout, 1921 (6.4%).

Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia ( Fletcher 1974). New for the fauna of Ethiopia.

Remarks. Genetically 2.6 % divergent from a DNA barcode from Mt. Nimba, Guinea (locus typicus) but identical with the DNA barcode of a specimen from south-western Cameroon. Further research is needed to decide if a cryptic species is the reason for this genetic divergence. Genitalia similar to the figure of the type in Fletcher (1974).

Figures

FIGURES 26–33. Adults of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar—1.4 cm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides and/or DNA barcoding of the illustrated specimen are given. 26. Zamarada excavata pollex Fletcher, 1974 Ƌ (ZSM G 20528); 27. Zamarada dyscapna Fletcher, 1974 ♀; 28. Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 Ƌ; 29. Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 Ƌ; 30. Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 Ƌ; 31. Zamarada calypso Prout, 1926 Ƌ (ZSM G 20812); 32. Zamarada euryscaphes iobathra Prout, 1932 Ƌ (ZSM G 20951); 33. Zamarada reflexaria apsis Fletcher, 1974 ♀.

FIGURES 48–54. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar(s)—1.5 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 48. Zamarada excavata pollex Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20222); 49. Zamarada dyscapna Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20188); 50. Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20187); 51. Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20190); 52. Zamarada calypso Prout, 1926 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20812); 53. Zamarada euryscaphes iobathra Prout, 1932 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20530); 54. Zamarada reflexaria apsis Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20326).