Zamarada secutaria ( Guenée, 1858 )

Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), Zootaxa 4894 (3), pp. 301-328 : 308

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Zamarada secutaria ( Guenée, 1858) View in CoL

( Figs 14, 15 View FIGURES 10–18 , 41 View FIGURES 34–41 )

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

Literature records. Takusa: 6 miles S.W. of Lake Tana ( Fletcher 1974).

Examined material. 1♀: Ethiopie, Sidamo Wondo Genet , 2400 m, 18.11.1978, P.C. Rougeot (Coll. Herbulot pr. n. [1]5828); 1Ƌ : Ethiopia, West Shewa, Ambo, 2200 m a.s.l., v.2007, leg. V. Kravchenko & G. Müller ( ZSM G 20201 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 09909); 1Ƌ: S . ETHIOPIA, Oromia, 13km S Agere Maryam , 1960 m (lux), 5.5149°N 38.2529°E, 7.XI.2010, leg. De Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier ( ZSM G 20211 / Ƌ / LEP-SS-00521 failure) GoogleMaps ; 1♀: S. ETHIOPIA, Sidamo, 16km SW Kibre Mengist, 1700m, 5.8107°N 38.8880°E, 25.–26.III.2009, lg. R. Beck, M. Dietl ( ZSM G 20355 / ♀ / BC ZSM Lep 45490); 1Ƌ GoogleMaps : ÄTHIOPIEN, ( EIP) Äthiopisches Hochland, Bedele 3km N, 2050m, 08°28.571′N, 36°28.497′O, 10.vii.2015, Beck R. & R. Wanninger leg. ( ZSM G 20316 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 101616); 1Ƌ: S GoogleMaps . Ethiopia, Oromia, 6km ESE Jimma , 1850m (lux), 07°39‘34“N 36°53‘20“E, 30.10.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier ( ZSM G 20532/ Ƌ) GoogleMaps ; 1♀: S. Ethiopia, Oromia, Abiyata –Shala-Hayak NP, 1646m (lux), 07°31‘27“N 38°39‘44“E, 16.II.2012, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier ( ZSM G20533/ ♀) GoogleMaps ; 1♀: S. Ethiopia SN, 2,65km ESE Wondo Genet , 1950m (lux), 07°04‘36“N 38°38‘30“E, 5.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier GoogleMaps ; 1♀: ETHIOPIA, Oromia, 7km S Kibre Mengist , 1500m, 21.IV.2009, 5°48′46″N 38°57′41″E, S. Naumann, H. Schnitzler ( ZSM G 20804 / ♀); GoogleMaps 1Ƌ: S. ETHIOPIA—SN Arba Minch, Nechisar NP, 2.75 km sw headquarter, 1170 m (lux) 06°00’13,6’’N 37°33’23,4’’E, 22.II.2012, leg. Hacker & Schreier ( ZSM G 20813 / Ƌ) GoogleMaps .

Description. Adult Ƌ ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 10–18 ): forewing length: 10–12 mm. Hyaline area of wings light yellow, irrorated with brown and black; basal and medial fasciae in fore- and hindwing poorly defined or absent; costa of forewing light brown, irrorated with brown or black, especially in the medial part; discal spot on forewing grey or light brown, black-ringed; discal spot on hindwings punctiform and black. Non-hyaline terminal area of fore- and hindwings light brown, variably irrorated with brown or black. Termen yellowish-brown, interneurally black-spotted, better marked between R 4 and M3 on forewing.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 34–41 ). Uncus digitate, pointed apically. Ventral plate of gnathus as long as uncus, tapered and scobinate with rounded tip. Dorsal process of valva with a narrow, strongly sclerotized projection, apically spined. Dorsal process stout from the projection toward the base, thin and curved from the projection to the apex, which is pointed. Fulcrum extending beyond aedeagus, curved, with the apex bearing 2–4 stout thorn-shaped spines. Aedeagus with a scobinate ridge just below apex and a single cornutus-like lateral projection.

Differential diagnosis. The shape of dorsal process of valva with its projection and fulcrum are the diagnostic characters in male genitalia to discriminate Z. secutaria from Z. chrysothyra and Z. amicta .

Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAH8489 (n=3 from Ethiopia). Genetically heterogeneous, one specimen (BC ZSM Lep 45490) diverging by 1.3 %. Nearest species: Z. metallicata Warren, 1914 (4.4%)

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan ( Guenée 1858; Warren & Rothschild 1905; Rothschild 1915, 1921; Fawcett 1916; Prout, 1916; Wiltshire 1947).

Remarks. So far, only the female was known, unambiguous attribution of males to females was possible by DNA barcodes.

References

Fawcett, J. M. (1916) Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911 - 13. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1916 (4), 707 - 737. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1916. tb 02043. x

Fletcher, D. S. (1974) A revision of the old world genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the British Museum natural History, Entomology, Supplement 22, 1 - 498, 123 pls., 5 maps.

Guenee, A. M. (1858) X. Uranides et Phalenites In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenee, A. (Eds.), A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species general des Lepidopteres, Tome II, 10, pp. 1 - 584.

Prout, L. B. (1916) Geometridae. In: Poulton, E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1916 (1), 91 - 182.

Rothschild, W. (1915) On the Lepidoptera collected in 1913 - 1914 by Herr Geyr von Schweppenburg on a journey to the Hoggar Mountains (Sahara). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 16 (94 & 95), 247 - 258 & 392 - 402. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931508693730

Rothschild, W. (1921) On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919 - 1920. Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae, 28 (2), 215 - 229.

Warren, W. & Rothschild, W. (1905) Lepidoptera from the Sudan. Novitates Zoologicae, 12, 21 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 24266

Wiltshire E. P. (1947) Middle East Lepidoptera, VII: New species and forms from Egypt and Arabia. Bulletin of the Society Fouad I Entomology, 31 (1), 4 - 11.

Figures

FIGURES 10–18. Adults of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar—1 cm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides, and/or DNA barcoding, and/or nomenclatural status of the illustrated specimen are given. 10. Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 Ƌ; 11. Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 ♀; 12. Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909 Ƌ (ZSM G 20597); 13. Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909 ♀; 14. Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1857) Ƌ (ZSM G 20211); 15. Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1857) ♀; 16. Zamarada erugatoides sp. n. Ƌ (BC ZSM Lep 13737; ZSM G 20325, holotype); 17. Zamarada erugatoides sp. n. ♀ (paratype); 18. Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 Ƌ (ZSM G 20357).

FIGURES 34–41. Male genitalia of Ethiopian Zamarada species. Scale Bar(s)—1 mm. In parantheses the ID-numbers of genitalia slides are given. 34. Zamarada latilimbata Rebel, 1948 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20318); 35. Zamarada eurygnathus Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20599); 36. Zamarada anacantha Fletcher, 1974 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20203); 37. Zamarada phaeozona Hampson, 1909 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20348); 38. Zamarada mesotaenia Prout, 1931 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20525); 39. Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20207); 40. Zamarada chrysothyra Hampson, 1909 (gen.prp. ZSM G 20301); 41. Zamarada secutaria (Guenée, 1858) (gen.prp. ZSM G 20316).