@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 {23010, title = {A new genus of Afrotropical Lasiocampini: Mckenziana gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae)}, journal = {Ecologica Montenegrina }, volume = {69}, year = {2023}, month = {11/2023}, pages = {64-83}, chapter = {64}, abstract = {

\"A new genus Mckenziana gen. n. with Mckenziana maighreadae sp. n. (type-species), Mckenziana roganae sp. n. and Mckenziana ciani sp. n. are described. Detailed diagnosis for the new genus is provided and compared with four closely related genera: Ptyssophlebia Berio, 1937; Catalebeda Aurivillius, 1902; Oplometa Aurivillius, 1894; and Muzunguja Zolotuhin \& Gurkovich, 2009.\"

}, keywords = {BARCODING, CAMEROON, CATALEBEDA, CATALOGUE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, COI, CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, FEMALE GENITALIA, GABON, GHANA, GUINEA, IVORY COAST, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LIBERIA, MALE GENITALIA, MCKENZIANA, MTDNA, MUZUNGUJA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NIGERIA, OPLOMETA, PTYSSOPHLEBIA, SIERRA LEONE, UGANDA}, url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.69.7}, author = {Prozorov, A.M. and Cipolla, A. and Ignatev, N. and Yakovlev, R.V. and Saldaitis, A. and Prozorova, T.A. and Revay, E.E. and Volkova, J.S. and Sulak, H. and Lamah, S.P. and Traore, M.M. and M{\"u}ller, G.C.} } @article {22399, title = {Two new species of Polyptychus H{\"u}bner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from West Africa}, journal = {Ecologica Montenegrina}, volume = {47}, year = {2021}, month = {11/2021}, pages = {1-8}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

\"Two new species of Polyptychus, Polyptychus smithi sp. nov. and Polyptychus lucindae sp. nov., are described from West Africa. A comparison is made with their closest congeners, Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903 and Polyptychus lagnelae Pierre, 2014 respectively from which they differ in features of the wing pattern, genitalia and the COI-5P region of the mitochondrial DNA. Diagnoses are provided together with illustrations of the habitus and male genital morphology.\"

}, keywords = {BARCODING, BURKINA, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, COI, IVORY COAST, LIBERIA, MALE GENITALIA, MTDNA, NIGERIA, POLYPTYCHUS, SIERRA LEONE, SPHINGIDAE, TOGO, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {2337-0173}, doi = {10.37828/em.2021.47.1}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.47.1}, author = {Takano, H.} } @article {21085, title = {Revision und Neugliederung aller Arten, die momentan in der Gattung Macropoliana auct. (nec Carcasson, 1968) vereint, zusammengefa{\ss}t sind (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Neue Entomologische Nachrichten}, volume = {71}, year = {2016}, month = {03/2016}, pages = {1-639}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

\"All species in the genus Macropoliana auct. are revised and are partly transferred into new genera. Moreover a lot of new species are descibed as new to science. Into Macropoliana Carcasson, 1968 M. buchholzi (Pl\ötz, 1880) comb nov. has to be transferred, and M. natalensis (Butler, 1875) stays there as genus type. New species are added to Macropoliana Carcasson, 1968: carcassoni spec. nov., chrismonika spec. nov., haileselassiei spec. nov., joannoui spec. nov., kingstoni spec. nov., kuchleri spec. nov., pinheyi spec. nov., ploetzi spec. nov., politzari spec. nov., schaarschmidti spec. nov., stevecollinsi spec. nov. und stroehlei spec. nov. Into the new genus Covelliana gen. nov. are transferred: ferax (Rothschild \& Jordan, 1916) comb nov. as genus type, afarorum (Rougeot, 1975) comb nov., cadioui (Haxaire \& Camiade, 2008) comb nov., and gessi (Schmit, 2006) comb nov. As new in the genus Covelliana gen. nov. are described the following species: aarviki spec. nov., adriani spec. nov., alessandroi spec. nov., anna spec. nov., berioi spec. nov., bertii spec. nov., bouyeri spec. nov., carmen spec. nov., dargei spec. nov., defreinai spec. nov., felix spec. nov., giustii spec. nov., kernbachi spec. nov., kingstoni spec. nov., kuchleri spec. nov., maximus spec. nov., michali spec. nov., moosburgi spec. nov., morettoi spec. nov., nikolae spec. nov., ottofeldneri spec. nov., politzari spec. nov., roesslerorum spec. nov., robertbecki spec. nov., seidleinorum spec. nov., staudei spec. nov., tobii spec. nov., torbenlarseni spec. nov., and wolframmeyi spec. nov. Into two new genera, two known species, hitherto in Macropoliana auct., are placed in Afrogramma asirensis (Wiltshire, 1980) gen. et comb. nov. and in Carcassonia scheveni (Carcasson, 1972) gen. et comb. nov.\"

}, keywords = {CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, FEMALE GENITALIA, GABON, IVORY COAST, KENYA, MACROPOLIANA, MALAWI, MALE GENITALIA, PANTOPHAEA, POLIANA, PSILOGRAMMA, RWANDA, SAUDI ARABIA, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, TABORIBIA, TANZANIA, UGANDA, WORLDMAP1, YEMEN}, url = {https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Neue-Entomologische-Nachrichten_71_0001-0639.pdf}, author = {Eitschberger, U. and Melichar, T.} } @article {19817, title = {Thirteen new Sphingidae}, journal = {Novitates Zoologicae}, volume = {22}, year = {1915}, month = {1915}, pages = {281-290}, chapter = {281}, keywords = {AMPELOPHAGA, ANDAMANS, CAMBODIA, CATALOGUE, CATE DIAGNOSIS, COELONIA, COMORO ISLANDS, EUPANACRA, HAITI, HAWAII, HIPPOTION, HYLES, INDIA, INDONESIA, ISOGNATHUS, MAASSENIA, MACROGLOSSUM, MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, MALE GENITALIA, NEOGURELCA, NIAS, NIGERIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PHYLLOXIPHIA, POLIANA, SIERRA LEONE, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, TIBET, USA, WORLDMAP1}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22360$\#$page/339/mode/1up}, author = {Rothschild, L.W. and Jordan, K.} } @article {19813, title = {Some new Sphingidae}, journal = {Novitates Zoologicae}, volume = {15}, year = {1908}, month = {1908}, pages = {259-260}, chapter = {259}, keywords = {ADHEMARIUS, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, CATE DIAGNOSIS, CUBA, POLYPTYCHUS, SIERRA LEONE, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, TEMNORA, UGANDA, WORLDMAP1(PART), ZAIRE}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21970$\#$page/275/mode/1up}, author = {Rothschild, L.W. and Jordan, K.} } @article {19809, title = {New Sphingidae}, journal = {Novitates Zoologicae}, volume = {13}, year = {1906}, month = {1906}, pages = {178-185}, chapter = {178}, keywords = {AMPLYPTERUS, CATALOGUE, CATE DIAGNOSIS, COSTA RICA, CUBA, DAPHNIS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ECUADOR, EUMORPHA, EURYGLOTTIS, GRENADA, INDONESIA, MANDUCA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHYLLOXIPHIA, POLYPTYCHUS, PROTAMBULYX, SAINT LUCIA, SIERRA LEONE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SPHINGIDAE, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SULAWESI, TEMNORA, VENEZUELA, WORLDMAP1, XYLOPHANES}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21926$\#$page/192/mode/1up}, author = {Rothschild, L.W. and 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 {17815, title = {Der Artkomplex von Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, [1849]) im Vergleich mit Lophostethus negus Jordan, 1926 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Neue Entomologische Nachrichten}, volume = {67}, year = {2011}, month = {2011}, pages = {121-255}, chapter = {121}, keywords = {CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, ETHIOPIA, FEMALE GENITALIA, FOODPLANT, GABON, GUINEA, IMMATURE STAGES, IVORY COAST, KENYA, LOPHOSTETHUS, MALE GENITALIA, NIGERIA, PHENOLOGY, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, WING PATTERN, WORLDMAP1}, url = {https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Neue-Entomologische-Nachrichten_67_0121-0255.pdf}, author = {Eitschberger, U. and Str{\"o}hle, M.} }