@article {23054, title = {Descriptions of new Hypotrabala Holland, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Selenepherini) in the collections of the African Natural History Research Trust, with notes on allied genera and the description of a new genus}, journal = {Ecologica Montenegrina }, volume = {72}, year = {2024}, month = {22/3/2024}, pages = {19-63}, chapter = {19}, abstract = {

\"The Afrotropical lappet moth genus Hypotrabala Holland, 1893 is reviewed utilising specimens housed in the African Natural History Research Trust collections. The synthesis of morphological and DNA analyses has reconciled discrepancies in previous treatments of the genus and Hypotrabala is clearly delimited with implications on the nomenclature and taxonomy. The genus Epitrabala Hering, 1932 syn. n. is synonymised with Hypotrabala resulting in the following changes: Hypotrabala argenteoguttata (Aurivillius, 1909) comb. rev. is revived, H. horridula Tams, 1925 stat. rev. is removed from synonymy with Epitrabala nyassana (Aurivillius, 1909) and two taxa, H. horridula seydeli Tams, 1925 syn. n. and Epitrabala argyrostigma Hering, 1932 syn. n. are synonymised with it. Epitrabala nyassana is transferred to the genus Leptometa (comb. n.) as is Leptometa sanguicincta comb. n. (previously assigned to Hypotrabala), while Hypotrabala odonestioides Berio, 1937 is excluded from Hypotrabala although its generic placement remains uncertain. Based on the structures of the male eighth sternite, Hypotrabala fontainei stat. n. is raised to species status and a new genus Megatrabala gen. n. is described for the striking taxon M. regalis (Tams, 1953) comb. n. Furthermore, 19 new species are described: H. aurantiaca, H. cinereamargo, H. exquisita, H. extenuata, H. giustii, H. indefinita, H. igneata, H. lunda, H. lydiae, H. magnimacula, H. obscura, H. ophioglossa, H. pallens, H. pruinosa, H. retorta, H. smithi, H. tabithae, H. tamsi and H. volynkini spp. n. Certain incongruencies between the results of the barcode analyses and species concepts in this genus and Lasiocampidae more generally are discussed.\"

}, keywords = {BAYESIAN INFERENCE, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, COI, CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DNA, GABON, GUINEA, HYPOTRABALA, IVORY COAST, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LIBERIA, MALE GENITALIA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, PHYLOGENY, SIERRA LEONE, TOGO, ZAMBIA}, url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.72.4}, author = {Takano, H. and L{\'a}szl{\'o}, G.M.} } @article {23011, title = {Two new species for Gonotrichidia from West and East Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae)}, journal = {Ecologica Montenegrina}, volume = {69}, year = {2023}, month = {11/2023}, pages = {107-116}, chapter = {107}, abstract = {

\"Two new species of the genus Gonotrichidia Berio, 1937 (type species Gonotrichidia modestissima Berio, 1937 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo) are described: Gonotrichidia braedan sp. n. from Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, and Gonotrichidia eponine sp. n. from Ivory coast.\"

}, keywords = {CATALOGUE, FEMALE GENITALIA, GONOTRICHIDIA, IVORY COAST, LASIOCAMPIDAE, MALAWI, MALE GENITALIA, TANZANIA, ZAMBIA}, url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.7}, author = {Prozorov, A.M. and Revay, E.E. and Yakovlev, R.V. and Volkova, J.S. and Murphy, R.J. and Prozorova, T.A. and Saldaitis, A. and Petr{\'a}nyi, G. and Sulak, H. and Traore, M.M. and M{\"u}ller, G.C.} } @article {22402, title = {Neue Taxa der afrotropischen Gattung Dactyloceras Mell, 1927 (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae)}, journal = {Beitr{\"a}ge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner}, volume = {19}, year = {2021}, month = {11/2021}, pages = {707-744}, chapter = {707}, abstract = {

\"The following contribution to knowledge the family Brahmaeidae SWINHOE, 1892 (Lepidoptera) is actually based on the bibliographical work \“Brahmaeidae of the World\” by U. Paukstadt \& L. H. Paukstadt (2021). During the extensive review of about 400 related papers and comparisons of the scientific names with the BOLD TaxonID Tree, which has been assisted by Eric van Schayck, it was noticed that some groups of the Tree could not be assigned to any previously known species. Associated taxa were therefore considered to be partly undescribed. Consequently new taxa of the subgenus Shinocksiceras BOUYER, 2002 of the Afrotropical genus Dactyloceras MELL in Hering in Seitz, 1927 (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae) are herewith described as new for science. Dactyloceras (Shinocksiceras) vumbaensis sp. nov. from Zimbabwe and Dactyloceras (Shinocksiceras) vumbaensis paravumbaensis subsp. nov. from Zambia are related taxa within the neumayeri-group (sensu Paukstadt \& Paukstadt 2021). Dactyloceras (Shinocksiceras) siriae sp. nov. from Ethiopia and Dactyloceras (Shinocksiceras) juliae sp. nov. from northern Uganda are members of the neumayeri-group, too. The species are well genetically separated in the BOLD TaxonID Tree, though the external morphologies are almost similar. During the preparation of \“Brahmaeidae of the World\” it was already established that several new names proposed from 2002 onwards were based on rather inadequate descriptions and with, if at all, inaccurate figures of the male genital structures. So far there are only two complete and good illustration of the male genital structures of taxa of this genus to be found in literature (D. richinii BERIO, 1940 and D. neumayeri (PAGENSTECHER in Gerstaecker in Fischer, 1885 [\“1882-1883\”])). We consider that the numerous rough sketches of the genitalia structures of taxa of the genus Dactyloceras provided in literature to be rather insufficient for scientific purposes. There were also hardly any comparisons with traditional older names of this genus so far. Therefore, descriptions of taxa new for science within the genus Dactyloceras are difficult rather at the time being. Nevertheless, the descriptions in this paper, the attached color figures of at least the holotypes, figures of the male genitalia structures including its details, and comparisons to other related species should allow the reader to identify the taxa in question. The collective-group name neumayeri-group (sensu Paukstadt \& Paukstadt 2021) is hereby used tentative for certain assemblages of taxonomic convenience.\"

}, keywords = {BARCODING, BRAHMAEIDAE, CATALOGUE, COI, DACTYLOCERAS, DNA, ETHIOPIA, MALE GENITALIA, MTDNA, UGANDA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, issn = {1612-2674}, author = {Paukstadt, U. and van Schayck, E.} } @article {22125, title = {Notes on the taxonomy of the genus Praedora Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Sphinginae, Sphingini), with descriptions of five new subspecies}, journal = {The European Entomologist}, volume = {11}, year = {2020}, month = {10/2019}, pages = {45-97}, chapter = {45}, abstract = {

\"The genus Praedora Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903 is reviewed and five new subspecies are described: Praedora marshalli trevisanae ssp. nov., Praedora plagiata kitonga ssp. nov., Praedora plagiata bilineata ssp. nov., Praedora plagiata iringensis ssp. nov. and Praedora tropicalis dolnyi ssp. nov. In addition, Praedora marshalli australis Clark, 1930 stat. rev. is reinstated as a valid subspecies from synonymy with Praedora marshalli.\"

}, keywords = {BARCODING, CATALOGUE, DNA, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, MALAWI, MALE GENITALIA, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, PRAEDORA, RWANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, issn = {1803-1366}, author = {Melichar, T. and {\v R}ez{\'a}{\v c}, M. and Hode{\v c}ek, J.} } @article {21857, title = {Field sampling is biased against small-ranged species of high conservation value: a case study on the sphingid moths of East Africa}, journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation}, volume = {27}, year = {2018}, month = {08/2018}, pages = {3533-3544}, chapter = {3533}, abstract = {

\"The range size of species co-occurring in local assemblages is a pivotal variable in assessments of a site\’s conservation value. Assemblages featuring many small-ranged species are given more priority than assemblages consisting mainly of wide-ranging species. However, the assembly of relevant information can be challenging and local range size distributions of tropical invertebrates are rarely available for conservation planning. We present such data for sphingid moths in East Africa, a highly diverse region of high conservation value. We compare geographic range size distributions based on field samples with\  predictions from modelled range map data. Using this system as a case study, we provide evidence for a systematic sampling bias when inferring average local range sizes from field data. Unseen species (i.e., species present but missed in local sampling) are often those with small ranges (hence, of high conservation value). Using an elevational gradient, we illustrate how this bias can lead to false, counterintuitive assessments of environmental effects on local range size distributions. Furthermore, with particular reference to sphingid moths in the study region, we show that current protected areas appear unrelated to the spatial distribution of species richness or average geographic range sizes at a local scale. We discuss the need to treat field sampled data with caution and in concert with other data sources such as probabilistic models.\"

}, keywords = {BIODIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION, RANGE SIZE, SAMPLING, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, UNDERSAMPLING, ZAMBIA}, doi = {10.1007/s10531-018-1613-z}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1613-z}, author = {Beck, J. and Takano, H. and Ballesteros-Mejia, L. and Kitching, I.J. and McCain, C.M.} } @article {21761, title = {Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Polyptychus H{\"u}bner, 1819 from Africa}, journal = {The European Entomologist}, volume = {9}, year = {2018}, month = {01/2018}, pages = {79-87}, chapter = {79}, abstract = {

\"A new species of the genus Polyptychus H\übner, 1819 is described from East Africa under the name Polyptychus fractus sp. n. In addition, the taxon Polyptychus ferroseus stat. rev. is accepted as valid. Polyptychus baxteri jansei Clark, 1936 is elevated to a distinct species bearing the name Polyptychus jansei stat. nov. The establishment of the new species is based upon comparisons with Polyptychus aurora Clark, 1936 and Polyptychus baxteri Rothschild \& Jordan, 1908.\"

}, keywords = {CATALOGUE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, MALAWI, MALE GENITALIA, POLYPTYCHUS, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, author = {Melichar, T. and {\v R}ez{\'a}{\v c}, M.} } @article {21456, title = {{\'E}tude sur le genre Cinabra Sonthonnax, 1901, avec description d{\textquoteright}esp{\`e}ces nouvelles (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Saturniinae, Bunaeini)}, journal = {Saturnafrica}, volume = {17}, year = {2014}, month = {03/2014}, pages = {3-13}, chapter = {3}, keywords = {ANGOLA, BARCODING, CAMEROON, CINABRA, COI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DNA, MALAWI, MALE GENITALIA, SATURNIIDAE, TANZANIA, UGANDA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, author = {Darge, P.} } @article {21389, title = {Descriptions of three new taxa in the Temnora pylas (Cramer, 1779) species group (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), with notes on several other taxa}, journal = {The European Entomologist}, volume = {8}, year = {2016}, month = {10/2016}, pages = {105-131}, chapter = {105}, abstract = {

\"The Temnora pylas (Cramer, 1779) species group is reviewed. Previously known taxa are reassessed and three new taxa are described based on genetic and morphological differences. A new species, Temnora arida sp. nov. from Ethiopia and Yemen, and two new subspecies, Temnora pseudopylas fuscolimbata ssp. nov. from Angola and Temnora pylades morotoensis ssp. nov. from Mount Moroto in Uganda, are described and figured. Temnora exilis stat. nov. and Temnora leptis stat. rev. are respectively raised to and reinstated to species status. Temnora pylades stevensoni Clark, 1926 syn. rev. \& stat. nov. is reinstated as a valid subspecies of Temnora pylades Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903 and Temnora pylades tanganyikae Clark, 1928 syn. nov. synonymized with it.\"

}, keywords = {ANGOLA, CATALOGUE, ETHIOPIA, MALE GENITALIA, RWANDA, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, UGANDA, WORLDMAP1, YEMEN, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, issn = {1803-1366}, author = {Melichar, T. and {\v R}ez{\'a}{\v c}, M. and Il{\v c}ikov{\'a}, A.} } @article {21184, title = {A review of the genus Odontopacha Aurivillius, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)}, journal = {Entomofauna. Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Entomologie}, volume = {37}, year = {2016}, month = {01/2016}, pages = {49-84}, chapter = {49}, keywords = {BURKINA, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, COI, CONGO, COSMOTRICHE, DNA, ETHIOPIA, FEMALE GENITALIA, GABON, GHANA, HAPSIMACHOGONIA, KENYA, LASIOCAMPIDAE, MALE GENITALIA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NIGERIA, ODONTOPACHA, SOLIGENA, SOMALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, TANZANIA, TYPES, ZAMBIA}, issn = {0250-4413}, author = {Prozorov, A.M. and Zolotuhin, V.V.} } @article {21040, title = {The Dollmann Collection: a case study of linking library and historical specimen collections at the Natural History Museum, London}, journal = {The Linnean}, volume = {31}, year = {2015}, month = {10/2015}, pages = {18-22}, chapter = {18}, keywords = {COLLECTIONS, COLLECTOR, LEPIDOPTERA, MUSEUM, PAINTINGS, ZAMBIA}, author = {Pethers, H. and Huertas, B.} } @article {20986, title = {Les Sphinx du genre Phylloxiphia: nouvelles esp{\`e}ces (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {Bulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} entomologique de France}, volume = {120}, year = {2015}, pages = {261-266}, chapter = {261}, keywords = {BARCODING, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, COI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DNA, GABON, MALE GENITALIA, PHYLLOXIPHIA, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, url = {https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2015_num_120_3_2246}, author = {Pierre, J. and Basquin, P.} } @article {20934, title = {Memories of abandoned Bomas No. 1: Mwengwa}, journal = {The North Rhodesia Journal}, volume = {1}, year = {1951}, pages = {69-72}, chapter = {69}, keywords = {LOCALITIES, SPHINGIDAE, ZAMBIA}, author = {Chicken, R.T.} } @article {20893, title = {A revision of the Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889) species group (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {The European Entomologist}, volume = {6}, year = {2014}, month = {12/2014}, pages = {167-180}, chapter = {167}, keywords = {BARCODING, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, COI, CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DNA, GABON, GUINEA, MALAWI, MALE GENITALIA, NIGERIA, RWANDA, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, TEMNORA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, author = {Melichar, T. and {\v R}ez{\'a}{\v c}, M.} } @article {19249, title = {Annotated check list of Zambian hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {Zambia Museums Journal}, volume = {4}, year = {1973}, month = {1973}, pages = {59-103}, chapter = {59}, keywords = {CATALOGUE, CHECKLIST, MACROPOLIANA, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, author = {Mitchell, M.N.} } @article {18716, title = {{\"U}ber Polyptychus marshalli R. \& J. und Polyptychus auriguttatus Gehlen (Sphingidae)}, journal = {Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines}, volume = {51}, year = {1955}, month = {1955}, pages = {23-26}, chapter = {23}, keywords = {CATALOGUE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, MALE GENITALIA, POLYPTYCHOPSIS, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, author = {Kernbach, K.} } @article {18655, title = {On Polyptychus pygarga and some allied species (Lep., Sphingidae)}, journal = {Novitates Zoologicae}, volume = {35}, year = {1929}, month = {1929}, pages = {187-191}, chapter = {187}, keywords = {CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GHANA, GUINEA, IVORY COAST, MALAWI, NEOPOLYPTYCHUS, NIGERIA, SPHINGIDAE, SUDAN, TANZANIA, ZAIRE, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22617$\#$page/225/mode/1up}, author = {Jordan, K.} } @article {18641, title = {The status of Platysphinx bourkei Trimen (1910)}, journal = {Novitates Zoologicae}, volume = {27}, year = {1920}, month = {1920}, pages = {163-166}, chapter = {163}, keywords = {ANGOLA, CATALOGUE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, GHANA, IVORY COAST, MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE, NIGERIA, PLATYSPHINX, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, author = {Jordan, K.} } @article {18396, title = {A new species of Andriasa (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Zambia}, journal = {The Entomologist}, volume = {106}, year = {1973}, month = {12/1973}, pages = {266}, chapter = {266}, keywords = {ANDRIASA, CATALOGUE, CATE DIAGNOSIS, MALE GENITALIA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, author = {Hayes, A.H.} } @article {18220, title = {Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae}, journal = {Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London}, volume = {1910}, year = {1910}, month = {1910}, pages = {338-510}, chapter = {338}, keywords = {AFROCLANIS, CATALOGUE, LEUCOPHLEBIA, SPHINGIDAE, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE}, author = {Hampson, G.F.} } @article {17473, title = {Contribution a l{\textquoteright}{\'e}tude de la faune de Zambie: L{\'e}pidopt{\`e}res Saturnides et Sphingides recolt{\'e}s en Novembre 2010 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Saturniidae et Sphingidae)}, journal = {Saturnafrica}, volume = {8}, year = {2011}, month = {2011}, pages = {2-9}, chapter = {2}, keywords = {MICRAGONE, POLYPTYCHUS, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, author = {Darge, P. and Minetti, R. and Simukonda, C.} } @article {17463, title = {Trois nouvelles esp{\`e}ces du genre Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1968 provenant de Tanzanie et de Zambie (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Saturnafrica}, volume = {8}, year = {2011}, month = {2011}, pages = {17-25}, chapter = {17}, keywords = {CATALOGUE, MALE GENITALIA, POLYPTYCHUS, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, WORLDMAP1, ZAMBIA}, author = {Darge, P.} }