Siccia mago, Volynkin, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (= Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 64, pp. 1-184 : 40-41

Siccia mago sp. n.

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( Figs 82 , 338 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 82 , 338 ): male, “10 Ethiopia | 05°18'47''N 36°44'07''E | 12 km W Jinka | border Mago National Park | 6.V. 2008, 930 m, Li [light] | leg. H. Hacker & H.-P. Schreier ” (the label is designed in colours of the national flag of Ethiopia) / “ Slide | ZSM Arct. 2021- 187♂ | A. Volynkin ” (MWM/ ZSM).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 10.5 mm in the male holotype. Siccia mago is externally reminiscent of S. atriguttata but differs in the somewhat narrower forewing with smaller and less distinct markings, and the weak ochreous suffusion on the hindwing, which is pure white in the congener. The male genital capsule of the new species is very similar to S. atriguttata but can be distinguished by the shorter and medially broader valva, and the more ventrally swollen proximal section of the cucullus. Compared to S. atriguttata , the phallus of S. mago has a somewhat broader coecum. In the vesica, the new species is distinguished from S. atriguttata by the markedly longer subbasal diverticulum, the somewhat broader smaller medial diverticulum, and the considerably narrower cluster of spinules in the larger medial diverticulum.

The female is unknown.

Molecular data. Currently unavailable for this species.

Distribution. The new species is currently known only from its type locality in south-western Ethiopia.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Mago National Park, in the vicinity of which the new species was collected. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Figures

Figures 80–94. Siccia spp., adults. Depositories of the specimens: 80, 81, 84–88, 92–94 in ANHRT; 82 in MWM/ZSM; 83, 89 and 90 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 91 in AKW.

Figures 337–340. Siccia spp., male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 337 and 340 in ANHRT; 338 in MWM/ZSM; 339 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).