Rhynchobombyx maddox, Prozorov & Saldaitis & Sulak & Yakovlev & Murphy & Petrányi & Revay & Volkova & Prozorova & Müller, 2023
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Rhynchobombyx maddox |
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Rhynchobombyx maddox View in CoL sp. n.
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( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 , 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 , 49 View Figures 46–49 )
Holotype: ♂, Angola, Cuanza Sul Province, road Quibala – Mussende , ca. 80 km E Quibala, 10.59547 S, 15.64408 E, 1352 m, 22.XI.2017, leg. S. Naumann, E. Ott & H. Sulak, GS 0628 ( CGM / USTTB) GoogleMaps . Paratypes, Angola ( CGM / USTTB): ♂, Huambo Province, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi , 12.77801 S ,
14.90628 E, 1400 m, 26.III.2014, leg. H. Sulak, S. Naumann & E. Ott, GS 1285; ♂, Benguela Province, between Ganda and Dende , 13.12955 S, 14.70055 E, 1210 m, 25.III.2014, leg. H. Sulak, S. Naumann & E. Ott, GS 1286.
Description. Male ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ). Head and thorax brown. Abdomen brownish or reddish beige. Forewing. Forewing length: 13. Semilanceolate, apex obtuse, external margin slightly waved. Background color brown or reddish brown. Pattern consists of dark brown crenulate antemedial, postmedial and external lines, and dark discal dot on R-Cu cell outer margin. Cilia speckled brown and dark brown. Hindwing. Oval-shaped, external margin rounded, slightly waved. Beige, costal and tornal fields darker. Cilia brownish. Male genitalia ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ). Tegumen band-shaped, dorsolaterally bears a pair of sclerotized socii with more or less pronounced two apexes. Vinculum thin, ventrally widened into cup-like form. Sacculus elongated, finger-like, c-shaped with blunt apex. Cucullus tubercle-like, covered with chaetae. Juxta fused with aedeagus. Aedeagus cylindrical with uneven dorsal sclerotized field and ventrobasal c-shaped spur with blunt apex. Vesica bag-shaped. Female remains unknown.
Variability. Background color of forewings vary from brown ( Fig. 13 View Figures 1–15 ) to reddish brown ( Fig. 15 View Figures 1–15 ). Two apexes of socia may be more ( Fig. 40 View Figures 32–40 ) or less ( Fig. 31 View Figures 28–31 ) pronounced.
Diagnosis. Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings with low contrast pattern ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), smaller vesica ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. nasuta have orange to brown forewings with darker contrasting pattern ( Figs 16, 18 View Figures 16–27 ), larger vesica ( Fig. 37 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola, Congo, and Tshuapa and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC, and CAR (new record).
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), lack cornutus on vesica ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. gavinfilippone have orangish forewings ( Fig. 19 View Figures 16–27 ), cornutus on vesica ( Fig. 33 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Haut-Uele Province, DRC.
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), short socii, c-shaped cucullus, tubercle-like sacculus ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. avadomenicarocchio have orangish brown forewings ( Fig. 21 View Figures 16–27 ), elongated claw-like socii, cucullus, and sacculus ( Fig. 36 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), lack cornutus on vesica ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. julianjameseaton have brown forewings ( Fig. 22 View Figures 16–27 ), cornutus on vesica ( Fig. 35 View Figures 32–40 ), distributed in Congo, and Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings with smooth outer margin ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), overall smaller genitalia ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. anthonychristophereaton have orange forewings with concavity between CuA 2 and 1A ( Fig. 24 View Figures 16–27 ), overall larger genitalia ( Fig. 38 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have smooth outer margin of forewings ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), lack cornutus on vesica ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. nicolasroberteaton have concavity between CuA 2 and 1A on forewings ( Fig. 25 View Figures 16–27 ), cornutus on vesica ( Fig. 32 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces, DRC.
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have crenulated postmedial lines on forewings ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), lack cornutus on vesica ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult male of Rh. arijakefriend has smooth postmedial line on forewings ( Fig. 27 View Figures 16–27 ), cornutus on vesica ( Fig. 34 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Haut-Uele Province, DRC.
Adult females of Rh. maddox sp. n. remain unknown but expected to have low-contrast pattern and be distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult female of Rh. madisonellafriend has blurred contrasting medial lines on forewings ( Fig. 26 View Figures 16–27 ), and distributed in Kasaï Province, DRC.
Adult males of Rh. maddox sp. n. have brown to reddish brown forewings ( Figs 13–15 View Figures 1–15 ), socii with more or less pronounced two apexes ( Figs 31 View Figures 28–31 , 40 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Angola ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ); while adult males of Rh. levi sp. n. have reddish brown forewings ( Figs 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–12 View Figures 1–15 ), socii with single apex ( Figs 28 View Figures 28–31 , 39 View Figures 32–40 ), and distributed in Eastern Africa and Katanga Province, DRC ( Fig. 48 View Figures 46–49 ).
Distribution ( Fig. 49 View Figures 46–49 ). Angolan wet miombo woodlands and Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands in Angola.
Biology. Adults were collected in March and November from an altitude of 1210 to 1400 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.
Etymology. The species is named in honor of Maddox Margiotta (Nesconset, USA).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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