New taxa and new records of Afrotropical Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera) with a distributional checklist
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https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.70.2.359-364Keywords:
Lepidoptera, distributional checklist, EpermeniidaeAbstract
The study of specimens, collected by David Agassiz in several African countries and in Madagascar, together with some specimens collected by Wolfram Mey, enabled not only the confirmation of some country records, but also the description of two new species (Epermenia (Calotripis) larseni and E. (C.) albofasciata), the description of the hitherto unknown female genitalia of Epermenia minuta Gaedike, 2004 and Ochromolopis namibica Gaedike, 2004 and the male genitalia of Ochromolopis xeropa (Meyrick, 1909). Two first records (Africepermenia tanzanica Gaedike, 2004 and Phaulernis montuosa Gaedike, 2013) for Zimbabwe and one for Kenya (Epermenia triacuta Gaedike, 2013) were made. A distribution list showing hitherto known occurrence of the family in the Afrotropics is presented.
Nomenclatural acts
Epermenia (Calotripis) larseni spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD37A601-032A-472B-9599-9E6DBCE52738
Epermenia (Calotripis) albofasciata spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EB6346C8-5761-4BFE-96F1-1FFD4B0A8FF0
References
Gaedike, R. 2004a: New genera and species of epermeniid moths from the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). – Annals of the Transvaal Museum 41: 41–59, 66 figs.
Gaedike, R. 2004b: Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera, Epermenoidea). – Esperiana Memoir 1: 199–202, 7 figs, col. pl. 6 (figs 4–6).
Gaedike, R. 2013: New or poorly known Epermeniidae of the Afrotropis (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea). – Contributions to Entomology 63 (1): 149–168, 105 figs.
