Hypotrabala joiceyi Tams, 1925

Takano, Hitoshi & László, Gyula M., 2024, Descriptions of new Hypotrabala Holland, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Selenepherini) in the collections of the African Natural History Research Trust, with notes on allied genera and the description of a new genus, Ecologica Montenegrina 72, pp. 19-63 : 25

Hypotrabala joiceyi Tams, 1925

( Figs 22–23 , 80 )

Hypotrabala joiceyi Tams, 1925 , Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9) 16 (95): 559.

Type locality: Central African Republic, Bangui

The tip of the abdomen of the holotype in NHMUK is missing and was presumably dissected but lacks a corresponding slide or vial number. A specimen matching the holotype from D.R. Congo in ANHRT ( Fig. 22 ) displays a not dissimilar eighth sternite to that figured by Tams (1953: Fig. 15 ) and is here treated as being conspecific although further material is required for confirmation .

Figures

Figures 22–28. Hypotrabala species: 22. H. joiceyi Tams, 1925, ♂, northeast D.R. Congo [ANHRTUK 00381417]. 23. Id., holotype ♂ [NHMUK 0010292290]. 24. H. cinereamargo sp. n., holotype ♂. 25. Id., paratype ♂. 26. H. igneata sp. n., holotype ♂. 27. Id., paratype ♂. 28. Id., ♀.

Figures 78–83. Male genitalia of Hypotrabala species, a: clasping apparatus, b: lateral view of phallus, c: eighth sternite, d: dorsal view of phallus (a, b, c to scale, d magnified). 78. H. cinereamargo sp. n., holotype [LG 6310]. 79. H. igneata sp. n., holotype [LG 6305]. 80. H. joiceyi Tams, 1925, D.R. Congo [LG 6349]. 81. H. lydiae sp. n., holotype [LG 6318]. 82. H. tabithae sp. n., holotype [LG 6319]. 83. H. volynkini sp. n., holotype [LG 6312].

Figures 14–21. Hypotrabala species: 14. H. castanea Holland, 1893, ♂, Republic of Congo, Nouabalé-Ndoki NP [ANHRTUK 00284967]. 15. Id., ♂, Uganda, Kampala [NHMUK 010292297]. 16. H. smithi sp. n., holotype ♂. 17. Id., paratype ♂. 18. H. exquisita sp. n., holotype ♂. 19. Id., paratype ♂. 20. H. extenuata sp. n., holotype ♂. 21. Id., paratype ♂.