Sarothroceras alluaudi Mabille, 1889

Takano, Hitoshi & Volynkin, Anton V., 2024, On the taxonomy of the genus Sarothroceras Mabille, 1889 (Erebidae: Calpinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 71, pp. 210-216 : 213-216

Sarothroceras alluaudi Mabille, 1889 , stat. rev.

( Figs 5–8 , 11, 12 , 15, 16 , 18 )

Sarothroceras alluaudi Mabille, 1889 , Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, (6) 9: xcix–c (Type locality: [ Ivory Coast] ‘Assinie’).

= Sarothroceras sordidus Rothschild, 1896 , Novitates Zoologicae, 3 (1): 55 (Type locality: [ Ghana] ‘Gold Coast’), syn. rev.

Material examined. GUINEA: Bossou Forest and Institut de Recherche Environnementale de Bossou , 690m, 07°38’32”N, 08°30’30”W, 24–31.vi.2019, leg. V. Dérozier, J. Suah Dore, S. Koivagui, W. Miles, S. Sáfián & R. Warner (2♂♂) ; Ziela environs, 540–600m, 07°42’N, 08°21’W, x.2017 (1♂) ; IVORY COAST: Banco Forest , 39–48m, 05°23’03.8”N, 04°03’11.2”W, 21.iv–01.v.2017, leg. A. Aristophanous, M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser & P. Moretto (2♂♂) ; Mont Tonkoui peak, 1171m, 07°27’15.2”N, 07°38’12.5”W, 01–08.xi.2015, leg. M. Aristophanous, P. Moretto & E. Ruzzier (1♂) ; same data but 12–18.vii.2015 ; same data but 19–27.xi.2019, leg. M. Aristophanous, V. Dérozier, P. Moretto & S. Ouattara (2♂♂) ; same data but 20–27.v.2018, leg. M. Aristophanous, W. Miles, P. Moretto & Y. Ouattara (1♂ 1♀) ; Parc National d’Azagny, entrée Sonaye , 60m, 05°14’32”N, 04°48’05”W, 25– 28.xi.2021, leg. P. Moretto, L. Mulvaney & H. Takano (2♂♂) ; LIBERIA: East Nimba Nature Reserve, Cellcom Road , 1000–1100m, 07°32’45.88”N, 08°31’21.04”W, 16–28.xii.2018, leg. S. Sáfián & G. Simonics (3♂♂ 1♀) ; same data but 750m, 07°33’03.78”N, 08°31’46.49”W (2♂♂) ; same data but Nimba Mts. camp, 1165m, 07°31’45”N, 08°31’37”W, 03–13.xii.2017, leg. M. Aristophanous, S. Sáfián, G. Simonics & L. Smith (1♂) ; 6.5 km NW of Jacksonville, forest near Solve Problem Village , 103m, 05°26’25”N, 09°07’39.9”W, 23–27.i.2018, leg. M. Geiser, S. Sáfián & G. Simonics (1♂) ; Mount Gangra , western slope, 700m, 07°33’29.73”N, 08°38’16.4”W, 16–19.iii.2017, leg. S. Sáfián & G. Simonics (1♂ 1♀) ; Wologizi Mountains, Ridge Camp 2, 883m, 08°07’20.79”N, 09°56’50.75”W, 22– 30.xi.2018, leg. S. Sáfián & G. Simonics (4♂♂ 1♀) ; same data but Elephant Ridge , 1002m, 08°07’01.46”N, 09°55’24.18”W (1♂) ; SIERRA LEONE: York Pass , 23.xii.1913, leg. C.A. Foster (1♂ OUMNH) ; Kambama village , 110m, 07°33’29”N, 11°21’51”W, leg. H. Takano, R. Goff & W. Miles (1♂) .

Diagnosis. See above under S. banaka .

DNA divergences. Sarothroceras alluaudi has been assigned the BIN BOLD:ABV3614. Intraspecific PWD were between 0.0–0.3% (n=8).

Distribution. Forest and forest-savanna transition zones to the west of the Dahomey Gap ( Fig.

19).

Acknowledgements

We thank Stéphane Hanot (RMCA), James Hogan (OUMNH) and Patrick Basquin for facilitating access to the collections under their care.

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Figures

Figure 19. Distribution map of Sarothroceras alluaudi (red circles) and S. banaka (blue triangles). Stars indicate type localities. The single black open triangle is a specimen from Nigeria cited in Lödl (2010) that has not been examined but is believed to be S. banaka.

Figures 1–8. Sarothroceras spp.: adults, dorsal view. The specimens are deposited in ANHRT.

Figures 9–12. Sarothroceras spp.: forewing underside. Arrows indicate the presence (S. banaka: 9, 10) and the lack (S. alluaudi: 11, 12) of the suffusion of pale reddish-yellow scales in the space between veins Cu1b and CuP. The specimens are deposited in ANHRT.

Figures 13–16. Sarothroceras spp.: male genitalia, ventral view. The specimens dissected are deposited in ANHRT.

Figures 17–18. Sarothroceras spp.: female genitalia, ventral view. The specimens dissected are deposited in ANHRT.