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Revision und Neugliederung aller Arten, die momentan in der Gattung Macropoliana auct. (nec Carcasson, 1968) vereint, zusammengefaßt sind (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2016
Authors:U. Eitschberger, Melichar T.
Journal:Neue Entomologische Nachrichten
Volume:71
Start Page:1
Pagination:1-639
Date Published:03/2016
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
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 (Plötz, 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."

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STI taxonomic comments: 
In the Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, the following taxa are accepted as valid: Macropoliana afarorum, Macropoliana berioi, Macropoliana bertii, Macropoliana buchholzi, Macropoliana ferax, Macropoliana ferax adriani, Macropoliana gessi, Macropoliana kernbachi, Macropoliana maximus, Macropoliana natalensis, Macropoliana natalensis pinheyi and Macropoliana robertbecki; all other taxa are considered to be junior synonyms. Detailed justifications [will be] are provided on the individual taxon pages.
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