A taxonomic review of the genus Amicta Heylaerts, 1881 in North Africa, Near and Middle East (Lepidoptera, Psychidae, Oiketicinae, Acanthopsychini)
Author
Arnscheid, Wilfried R.
Im Ostholz 58, 44879 Bochum, Germany. w. r. arnscheid @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org. / 0000 - 0002 - 7520 - 2374
w.r.arnscheid@gmx.de
Author
Rajaei, Hossein
0000-0002-3940-3734
State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany. hossein. rajaei @ smns-bw. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3940 - 3734
hossein.rajaei@smns-bw.de
Author
Sobczyk, Thomas
0000-0003-0050-7437
Diesterwegstrasse 28, 02977 Hoyerswerda, Germany. thomassobczyk @ aol. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0050 - 7437 Corresponding author
thomassobczyk@aol.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-24
5071
3
349
368
journal article
3244
10.11646/zootaxa.5071.3.3
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Amicta arabica
(
Wiltshire
, 1949
)
stat. rev.
Figs 12
,
26
Acanthopsyche (Dasaratha) mauretanica arabica
Wiltshire, 1949: 371
.
Type loc.:
Saudi Arabia
.
Holotype
in
NHM
(not examined).
Material examined.
3 ♂
North
Oman
, near
Bimah
, coast line,
22.xi.2017
,
N23°01’04
’,
E 59°05.48’
, leg.
Butvila
,
Duda
&
Saldaitis
,
2 ♂
Oman
,
N of Sur
, near
Fins
, coast line,
15.xi.2017
,
N 22°53.630’
,
E 059°13.371’
, leg.
Butvila
,
Duda
&
Saldaitis.
(
GU 026-2020
)
.
1 ♂
SW
Oman
,
Dhofar
,
Al Mughsayl Wadi
,
53°44’E
16°52’E
,
20 m
,
20.– 28.x.2005
, leg.
Jakl.
1 ♂
Oman
,
North Wadi Bani Khalid
,
18.11.2017
,
N22°33.17‘
,
E 59°01.07‘
, leg.
Butvila
,
Duda
&
Saldaitis. Questionable
larval cases: 5 larval cases
UAE
,
Abu Dhabi Emirate
,
Al Dhafra
AFB,
Muquatra
,
24°5’36”
,
54°30’30”E
,
23.x.2014
, leg.
R. Breithaupt
,
3 larval cases,
UAE
,
Abu Dhabi
,
Sweihan Road
,
27.xii.2013
, leg.
R. Breithaupt
,
1 larval case,
Oman
, near
Lizq
b.
Nizwa
,
22.730002 N
,
58.091502 E
,
on
Acacia
, leg.
K. Reinhardt.
Diagnosis.
Male wingspan 22.5–24.0 mm (
Bourgogne
1987:
21–22
mm), forewing length 10.5–12.0 mm, width 5.0–6.0 mm, FI 2.0–
2.1 mm
Forewings stretched, slender, costal margin slightly concave, apex slightly pointed, termen oblique.All wings light yellowish brown, translucent, covered with long hair-like scales (class 1 after
Sauter & Hättenschwiler 1999
), Scales one- or two-pointed. Fringes spatulate, with two or more tips. Hindwing scales like forewings, fringes narrower, only two-pointed. Forelegs with long epiphysis, EPI 0.95 (
Bourgogne
1987
: 0.9). Head covered with brown scales. Thorax and abdomen densely covered with long brownish hair-like scales. Metathorax and forelegs somewhat darker. EI 0.6 (
Bourgogne
1987
: 0.54–0.67). Antennae length
4.8–5.5 mm
, 36 segments (
Bourgogne
1987: 32–40
) without pedicellus and scapus. The pecten long,
1.3 mm
. The longest pecten of 10 time of segment length.
Male genitalia (GU 026-2020 Sobczyk). Compact,
2.7 mm
length,
0.95 mm
wide at the valve base. Tegumen elongated, indented distally, with a few short setae. The valva protrude beyond the posterior margin of the tegumen, apically rounded and covered with short setae. Sacculus straigth, distally with five to six inwardly curved thorns. From base of the valvae a markantly protusion (puvillus after
Bourgogne
1986
). Anellus curved, with single setae. Vinculum widened laterally, saccus massive, distally rounded. Phallus 3.0 mm, longer as genital length, round, evenly curved. Vesica shorter than half of the phallus, densely covered with short, pointed cornuti.
Larval case. Four-sided pyramidal shape, similar in both sexes, length of the pupal case in male
20 mm
, in female
19–22 mm
(
Bourgogne
1986
).
Distribution.
After
Bourgogne (1986)
distributed to East Africa Djibouiti, Mabla Mts.,
Saudi Arabia
, Nuraiman, Hadda distr., Wadi Majarish (larval cases), W Talham (larval cases), Jebel Suda near Abha (larval cases). The species is also known from the southern Arabian Peninsula (
UAE
,
Oman
, etc.).
Discussion.
Originally described as separate species in the genus
Acanthopsyche
was
A. arabica
downgraded to subspecies of
A. mauretanica
by
Bourgogne
(1986)
but it is clearly shown that
A. arabica
is a separate allopatric species.