Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909

Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 301-328 : 314-315

Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909

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Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909: 114 . Locus typicus: West Africa [ Nigeria]: Lagos (Lectotype Ƌ designated by Fletcher (1974) in NHMUK).

Zamarada polymnia Oberthür, 1912: 259 , 350, pl. 152 fig.1463. Locus typicus: Afriq. Occid. [ Cameroon]: Johann-Albrechts Höhe, Station Kamerun, 1898 (L. Conradt) (Holotype Ƌ in NHMUK).

Examined material. 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIA, Kaffa, 27 km to Bonga , 1900 m, 7°18′N 36°10′E, 1. V.2008, S. Naumann H. Schnitzler ( ZSM G 20189 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 26268); 2Ƌ : ETHIOPIA, Kaffa Prov., rd. Wushwush— 10 km to Bonga , 1700m, 7°16ʹN 36°12ʹE 2. V.2008, S.Naumann H.Schnitzler ( ZSM G 20190 / Ƌ); 1Ƌ 1♀ : ETHIOPIA, Bale Mountains, Harenna Forest , 1600 m (lux), 21.II.2010, Leg. F. Parisi, A. Sciarretta ( ZSM G 20291 / ♀ / LEP-SS- 00503); 1♀ : ÄTHIOPIEN, Prov. South Nation, Bonga 8 km W, 2100 m, 07°16.568N, 36°06.676O, 24.vi.2014, Riedel G. & Beck R. leg.; 2Ƌ: S . ETHIOPIA, W. Southern Nations, Wocha Maji Forest, 15km E Mizan, Teferi , 2385 m, 7°0’16.911“N 35°42’56.789“E, 12–25.IV.2015, D. Wiersbowsky; 2Ƌ: S Ethiopia SN, 11.2km W Bonga , 2050m (lux), 07°17‘00“N– 36°07‘58“E, 1.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier; 2Ƌ: S Ethiopia, Oromia, 6.5km NE Shebe, 2125m (lux), 07°32‘02“N– 36°33‘58“E, 29.X.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier; 2Ƌ: S Ethio- pia, Oromia, 6km ESE Jimma , 1850m (lux), 07°39‘34“N– 36°53‘20“E, 30.X.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier; 1Ƌ : 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.; 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 106727) .

Genetic data. On BOLD, under the name of Z. dentigera there is a larger cluster with five different BINs. In Ethiopia two BINs, BOLD:ACF4813 (n=5 from Ethiopia (Bale mts), Ghana, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic; maximum variation 0.5%) and BOLD:AAJ9516 (n=6 from western Ethiopia and Cameroon; maximum variation 0.5%), are represented, at a distance of 2.0% from each other. However, no morphological differences emerged in male genitals of Ethiopian species from different BINs and in that illustrated by Fletcher (1974).

Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( Fletcher 1974; Pinhey 1975; Herbulot 1998; Sircoulomb 2007). New for the fauna of Ethiopia.