Zamarada euryscaphes Prout 1915

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Zamarada euryscaphes Prout 1915

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Zamarada euryscaphes Prout, 1915: 345 . Locus typicus: Eritrea: Asmara, 20.x.1905 (N. Beccari) (Holotype ♀ in NHMUK).

Zamarada iobathra Prout, 1932: 507 . Locus typicus: Kenya: Pori, Mbuyuni, 1110 m, iii.1912 (Alluaud & Jeannel) (Holotype ♀ in MNHN). Herewith downgraded from species rank ( Fletcher 1974) to subspecies of Z. euryscaphes ( Z. euryscaphes iobathra Prout, 1932 , stat. n.) based on genetical identity of Kenyan populations with the nominotypical populations of northern Ethiopia and Erithrea. Potential downgrading was earlier suggested by Fletcher (1974) based on study of the type specimens.

Zamarada polyctemon Prout, 1932a: 248 . Locus typicus: ‚Zaire‘ (D.R. Congo): Kafakumba 1929 (Holotype ♀ without abdo-men in MRAC Tervuren). Herewith downgraded from species rank ( Fletcher 1974) to subspecies of Z. euryscaphes ( Z. euryscaphes polyctemon Prout, 1932 , stat. n.) based on genetical identity of all populations around the country of type locality with the nominotypical populations as circumscribed above. Potential downgrading was earlier suggested by Fletcher (1974) based on study of the type specimens.

Literature records. Forêt de Wadera ( Herbulot, 1977, listed under the name ‚ Z. iobathra ‘). Asmara ( Fletcher 1974), reported as ‚Ethiopia‘ though being in Eritrea.

Examined material. 1Ƌ: S. ETHIOPIA, Oromia, 7 km NW Yabelo, 1950 m (lux), 4.9252°N 38.0435°E, 9.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier ( ZSM G 20334 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 101615 failure); 2Ƌ: S ETHIO-PIA SN Jinka , Mago mainroad , 6km WSW Jinka , 1437m, 05°47’35’’N 36°28’24’’E, 24.II.2012, leg. Hacker & Schreier ( ZSM G 20530/ Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 104326) .

Genetic data. BIN BOLD:AAM0109 (n=1 from Ethiopia; n=7 from Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia; maximum variation 0.5%). Nearest species: Z. calypso (4.5%).

Distribution. Nominotypical subspecies in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Togo, Senegal, (cfr. Fletcher 1974; Herbulot 1977; Sircoulomb 2007, 2009); Z. e. iobathra in Kenya, northern Tanzania (Arusha region: Prout 1932, Aarvik & Bjørnstad 2007); Z. e. polyctemon in Angola, Malawi, Tanzania (except north), Zambia, Zimbabwe (cfr. Fletcher 1974; Sircoulomb 2007; Joly et al. 2008). New for the fauna of Sierra Leone.

Remarks. In external appearance one specimen is reminiscent of the figure of iobathra in Fletcher (1974) , the others are similar to the figure of the Ethiopian euryscaphes .

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).