Seven new species of Rhynchobombyx Aurivillius, 1909 from Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Seven new species of the Afrotropic Lasiocampidae genus Rhynchobombyx are described and illustrated: Rh. gavinfilippone Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., Rh. avadomenicarocchio Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., Rh. julianjameseaton Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., Rh. anthonychristophereaton Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., Rh. nicolasroberteaton Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., Rh. arijakefriend Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., Rh. madisonellafriend Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n. All species originate from the poorly studied Congolian lowland forests ecoregion of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lectotype and paralectotype of Rh. nasuta Aurivillius, 1909 are designated here, the species type locality is specified

Comparative assessment of physicians’ and senior medical students’ basic knowledge in treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common pathologies of the respira-tory system. This disease ranks third in the group of the main causes of death in the world. The effective treatment of COPD has been developed by today. However, a significant part of physicians has an insufficient amount of education in this matter

Data from: Conquest of the deep, old and cold: an exceptional limpet radiation in Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is the deepest, oldest and most speciose ancient lake in the world. The lake is characterized by high levels of molluscan species richness and endemicity, including the limpet family Acroloxidae with 25 endemic species. Members of this group generally inhabit the littoral zone, but have been recently found in the abyssal zone at hydrothermal vents and oil-seeps. Here, we use mitochondrial and nuclear data to provide a first molecular phylogeny of the Lake Baikal limpet radiation, and to date the beginning of intra-lacustrine diversification. Divergence time estimates suggest a considerably younger age for the species flock compared with lake age estimates, and the beginning of extensive diversification is possibly related to rapid deepening and cooling during rifting. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence time estimates do not clearly indicate when exactly the abyssal was colonized but suggest a timeframe coincident with the formation of the abyssal in the northern basin (Middle to Late Pleistocene)

Dinometa maputuana

<i>Dinometa maputuana</i> (Wichgraf, 1906) <p>(Figs 1–8, 16–18, 23, 25)</p> <p> <i>Gastroplakaeis maputuana</i> Wichgraf, 1906, <i>Insektenbörse</i>, 23 (21), 83. Type locality follows from the article title “Hinterlande der Delagoa-Bay” [Mozambique, hinterland of Delagoa Bay, somewhere near Maputo, 25.96924S, 32.57317E]. LT ♁ (NHML), <b>here designated</b>.</p> <p> <b>Male</b> (Figs 1, 4–7) with generic characters. Forewing length: 30–45 mm; wingspan: 62–103 mm. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 16–18, 20–22) with generic characters. <b>Female</b> (Figs 2–3, 8) with generic characters. Forewing length: 50–62 mm; wingspan: 108–132 mm. <i>Genitalia</i> were not studied.</p> <p> <b>Variability</b>. Both sexes have black discal spots varying from large (Figs 5, 8) to small (Figs 2, 4) or nonexisting (Figs 3, 7). Shape of saccus vary in male genitalia (Figs 16–18).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Morphologically undistinguishable from the Tanzanian sister species <i>D. ethani</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, but both have a <i>p</i> -distance of 2.43–2.74% and they are allopatric, they are separated by at least 1200 km between Moatize, Mozambique (see Goldbach, 1992) and the type locality of <i>D. ethani</i> <b>sp. n.</b> <i>Dinometa maputuana</i> lacks the reddish spots on the hindwings which are present in <i>D. abigailae</i> <b>sp. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 23).Angolan mopane woodlands and Kalahari xeric savanna in Namibia, highveld grasslands and central bushveld in RSA, Zambezian coastal flooded savanna, Zambezian mopane woodlands and dry miombo woodlands in Mozambique. The species is recorded here for the first time in Namibia. Thirteen males and three females collected in Zimbabwe are deposited in NHMZ, but the exact collecting localities are not known to us.</p> <p> <b>Biology</b>. Adults were collected in March, April, and December from an altitude up to 1650 meters a.s.l. The caterpillar is only known to be large, spiny and it feeds on <i>Acacia</i> sp. (Ringler, 1906).</p> <p> <b>Taxonomical note</b>. 1. Wichgraf described <i>D. maputuana</i> from an unstated number of adults (Wichgraf, 1906), while a pair labelled as syntypes is deposited in NHML. There may be many more, since the species was bred and traded by Paul Ringler from May to September 1906 (Ringler, 1906). To have an actual type specimen to refer to, we designate here a LT male from NHML (Fig. 1) bearing the following labels: 1. Red rectangle with black frame and handwritten “Type;” 2. White round with blue frame and printed “ SYN- / TYPE;” 3. Yellowish rectangle with black frame and handwritten “Maputoland;” 4. Yellowish rectangle with black frame and handwritten “Insecten Börse / XXIII Jahrg. 1906;” 5. Yellowish rectangle with typed “Joicey Coll. / Brit. Mus. / 1925–157.” Other specimens, like the female in NHML bearing a syntype label, become PLT.</p> <p> 2. Two specimens collected the same day in Thabazimbi, RSA showed a <i>p</i> -distance of 1.52% (compare LBEOW945-11, LBEOW946-11; Fig. 25). Both lack any differences in genitalia but have a discal spot of a different size (Figs 4–5). Each of the two specimens is closer to the Mozambican (0.76 and 1.06%) or Namibian specimens (0.61 and 1.22%) than to each other, while Mozambican one is only 0.15% away genetically from the Namibian specimen. Further genetic studies would be interesting.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined</b>: LT ♁, “Maputoland,” slide 1335 (NHML); PLT ♀, “Maputoland” (NHML). <b>Additional material examined</b>. <b>Mozambique</b>: ♀, “Sikumba,” Maputo Bay, 25.96924S, 32.57317E (NHML); ♁, “ Sikumba ” (MfNB); ♁, Manica Province, Chicamba Dam, 19.025S, 33.035E, 557 m, 8.XII.2010, leg. V. Anikin, LBEOA097-11 (CJV / CVZ). <b>Namibia</b>: 2♁, ♀, Erongo Region, Eileen Farm, 21.60041S, 15.69919E, 1310 m, 15– 16.III.2005, leg. W. Mey, LBEOW1188-11 (MfNB); ♁, “S. W.Africa,” slide 1336 (NHML); ♁, ♀, Khomas Region, Windhoek, 1650 m, leg. V. Zobrys (MfNB); 2♁, ♀, Otjozondjupa Region, Okahandja, 21.97188S, 16.90634E, 1350 m, 10.III.1908 (MfNB). <b>RSA</b>: 2♁, Limpopo Province, Thabazimbi, 24.58284S, 27.40277E, 1000 m, 12.XII.2008, leg. Snizek, LBEOW945-11, LBEOW946-11, GS 0305, 0306 (CGM / USTTB); ♀, Eastern Cape Province, Roisaand, 1475 m, 13.IV.1908 (MfNB).</p>Published as part of <i>Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2024, Description of two new species of Dinometa from East Africa with remarks on D. maputuana (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), pp. 486-496 in Zootaxa 5397 (4)</i> on page 489, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.4.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10468990">http://zenodo.org/record/10468990</a&gt

Revaya edita Prozorov & Prozorova & Yakovlev & Volkova & Saldaitis & Sulak & Revay & Müller 2023, sp. n.

<i>Revaya edita</i> sp. n. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A9B7E703-0648-4C53-AF47-602DDA01FA4B</p> <p>(Figs 7–11, 24–27, 38)</p> <p> <b>Holotype</b>: ♁, <b>E Tanzania</b>, Tanga Region, Ushongo Beach, 5.54183S, 38.968E, 10 m, 14–15.V.2010, GS 0097 (CGM / USTTB). <b>Paratypes</b>: 3♁, <b>S Kenya</b>, South Ukambani, 28.V–1.VI.1995, 5.VII.1995, 1.IV.2005, leg. H. Politzar, GS 10-037, ex coll. Kuchler (CGM / USTTB); ♁, <b>S</b> <b>Kenya</b>, Kibwezi, 10.VI.1996, leg. K. Politzar, GS P.B. 2023-07-03 (CPB); ♁, <b>E</b> <b>Tanzania</b>, Morogoro Region, Uluguru Mts, 600 m, V–VI.1971, leg. L. Berger, N. Leleup, J. Debecker, GS 2011-121 (RMCA); 2♁, <b>N</b> <b>Malawi</b>, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11.383S, 33.983E, 1375 m, 25.X.2008, 25.III.2015, leg. R.J. Murphy, GS 0098, 1269 (CGM / USTTB); ♁, <b>C</b> <b>Zambia</b>, Lusaka Province, lower Zambezi, Chiawa, 11.383S, 33.983E, 375 m, 10.III.2008, leg. J. Lenz (DMNH).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <b>Male</b> (Figs 7–11). <i>Forewing</i>. Forewing length: 20–22 mm. External wavy line has medial dark strokes. <i>Hindwing</i>. Has external dark brown field. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 24–27). Cucullus elongated, claw shaped with pointed apex. The eighth sternite has tiny dents along the caudal margin. <b>Female</b> remains unknown but expected to be similar to male in coloration but larger in size.</p> <p> <b>Variability</b>. Medial and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite in male genitalia vary in size (Figs 24–26).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Adult males of <i>R. edita</i> <b>sp. n.</b> have wider forewing with medial dark strokes in the external line, the hindwing has an external dark brown field and the overall coloration is darker (Figs 7–11), the cucullus and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite are relatively long, the caudal margin of the sternite has tiny dents (Figs 24–27), whilst adult males of <i>R. yahya</i> <b>sp. n.</b> have apically narrower forewing without medial dark strokes in the external line, the hindwing lacks an external dark brown field and the overall coloration is paler (Figs 1–3, 6), the cucullus and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite are relatively short (Figs 20–23).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 38). Northern <i>Acacia-Commiphora</i> bushlands and thickets in southern Kenya, northern Swahili coastal and Eastern Arc forests in eastern Tanzania, Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands in northern Malawi, Zambezian mopane woodlands in central Zambia.</p> <p> <b>Biology</b>. Adults were collected from March to June from an altitude of 10 to 1375 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named in honor of Edita Barham—a granddaughter of Prof. Dr. Dr. Edita E. Revay.</p>Published as part of <i>Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2023, A new genus of Afrotropical Lasiocampini: Revaya gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), pp. 207-222 in Zootaxa 5369 (2)</i> on pages 218-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10145735">http://zenodo.org/record/10145735</a&gt

Revaya Prozorov & Prozorova & Yakovlev & Volkova & Saldaitis & Sulak & Revay & Müller 2023, gen. n.

<i>Revaya</i> gen. n. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CF63C50A-3C97-4846-B310-172D5FF421E4</p> <p>(Figs 1–11, 20–27, 31–32, 39)</p> <p> Type-species: <i>Revaya yahya</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, <b>by present designation</b>.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <b>Male</b> (Figs 1–3, 6–11). Flagellum covered with cream-colored and greyish scales, rami orangish. Head and thorax greyish or purplish and cream-colored. Abdomen cream-colored. <i>Forewing</i>. Forewing length: 18–22 mm. Elongated with blunt apex. Background cream-colored with brown speckles. Pattern consists of blurred medial lines with somewhat darker medial field and external wavy line. Fringe with brown and cream-colored speckles. <i>Hindwing</i>. Somewhat rhomboid with convex external margin. Background cream-colored. Fringe consist of brown and cream-colored scales. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 20–27). Tegumen a narrow band, medially widened; laterally bears a pair of socii. Socii papilla-shaped, covered with setae. Vinculum ventrally almost rectangle, distally bears cubile (sensu Lajonquière, 1968) with large proximal apodeme. Cubile divided medially into a pair of somewhat finger shaped processes. Cucullus elongated, claw shaped. Sacculus with its wide base about the length of cucullus, finger shaped, medially membranous. Juxta a tiny plate, fused with aedeagus. Aedeagus straight with short basal apodemes, ventrocaudally bears minute dents. Vesica elongated, caudally bears a cluster of cornuti. Eighth sternite somewhat semi-oval, has caudal sclerotized extension with small medial and long lateral spurs. Eighth tergite elongated, somewhat pentagonal, medially membranous, basally has a pair of lateral apodemes. <b>Female</b> (Figs 4–5). Similar to male in pattern but larger in size, antenna pectinations much shorter, has well pronounced dark spot in external line. Head and thorax with brown or purplish and cream-colored speckles. Abdomen cream-colored. <i>Forewing</i>. Forewing length: 27–28 mm. Oviform, elongated with blunt apex. Background cream-colored. Pattern consists of blurred medial lines and purplish or greyish and cream-colored speckled field. Fringe brown. <i>Hindwing</i>. Oviform with convex external margin. Background cream-colored with brown speckles in medial field. Fringe brown. <i>Genitalia</i> (Figs 31–32). Papillae anales semi-spherical. Posterior and anterior apophyses of the same length. Antevaginal plate small, semi-round; postvaginal plate larger, somewhat trapezoid. Ostium wide, somewhat round. Ductus bursae wide with lateroproximal fields of wrinkled sclerotizations. Corpus bursae large, spherical.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. The following three genera are morphologically close to <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> and, thus, compared with its members: 1) <i>Catalebeda</i>; 2) <i>Ptyssophlebia</i>; and 3) <i>Oplometa</i>.</p> <p> 1) <i>Catalebeda</i> contains five valid species (De Prins & De Prins, 2011 –2023), the type species is <i>Catalebeda</i> (<i>= Lebeda</i>) <i>producta</i> Walker, 1855 (Figs 15–17). Adults of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> have narrower forewings with blurred medial lines and contrasting fields (Figs 1–11), whilst the ones of <i>Catalebeda</i> have wider forewings with numerous antemedial and postmedial wavy lines (Figs 15–17). In male genitalia of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> the valvae are bilobed, the aedeagus has apical dents, the vesica bears apical cluster of cornuti, the vinculum forms an almost rectangular caudal extension, the eighth sternite has sclerotized caudal extensions with short mediocaudal and long lateral spurs (Figs 20–27), whilst in <i>Catalebeda</i> the valvae are of one piece, the aedeagus has one apical dent, the vesica bears no cornutus, the vinculum forms a somewhat heart-shaped extension, and the eighth sternite is not modified (Fig. 28). In female genitalia of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> the antevaginal plate is a semi-round sclerotized plate, the ductus is wide with lateroproximal fields of wrinkled sclerotizations (Figs 31–32), whilst in <i>Catalebeda</i> the antevaginal plate is a relatively large sclerotized plate and the ductus is not well pronounced (Figs 35–36).</p> <p> 2) <i>Ptyssophlebia</i> contains two valid species (Prozorov & Zolotuhin, 2013 a, 2013b), the type species is <i>Ptyssophlebia avis</i> Berio, 1937 —a junior synonym of <i>P. discocellularis</i> (Figs 12–14). Adults of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> have narrower forewings with blurred medial lines and contrasting fields (Figs 1–11), whilst the ones of <i>Ptyssophlebia</i> have wider forewings with better pronounced medial line (Figs 12–14). In male genitalia of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> the tegumen is widened medially, the valvae are bilobed, the aedeagus is cylindrical with apical dents, the vesica bears apical cluster of cornuti, the vinculum forms an almost rectangular caudal extension, the processes of the cubile are less sclerotized with an even surface, and the mediocaudal dents of the eighth sternite are small (Figs 20–27), whilst in <i>Ptyssophlebia</i> the tegumen is medially membranous, the valvae not bilobed, the aedeagus is of a bird head shape apically, the vesica is tiny with no cornutus, the vinculum is V-shaped, the processes of the cubile are wellsclerotized with wrinkled surface, the eighth sternite has a pair of elongated mediocaudal extensions (Fig. 30). In female genitalia of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> the antevaginal plate is fully sclerotized, the postvaginal plate has no outgrowth, and the ductus is wide with lateroproximal fields of wrinkled sclerotizations (Figs 31–32), whilst in <i>Ptyssophlebia</i> the antevaginal plate a semi-ring, the postvaginal plate has medial dents, and the ductus is not pronounced (Figs 33–34).</p> <p> 3) <i>Oplometa</i> contains one valid species (Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009b), the type species is <i>O. cassandra</i> (Druce, 1887) (Figs 18–19). Female of <i>Oplometa</i> remains unknown. Adult males of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> have convex hindwings (Figs 1–3, 6–11), whilst those of <i>Oplometa</i> have straight or slightly concave external margin of hindwings (Figs 18–19). In male genitalia of <i>Revaya</i> <b>gen. n.</b> valvae are bilobed, aedeagus has apical dents, vesica bears apical cluster of cornuti, vinculum forms almost rectangular caudal extension, the eighth sternite has caudal sclerotized extension with short mediocaudal and long lateral spurs (Figs 20–27), whilst in <i>Oplometa</i> the valvae are in one piece, the aedeagus has one apical dent, the vesica bears no cornutus, the vinculum forms somewhat heart-shaped extensions, and the eighth sternite is not modified (Fig. 29).</p> <p> <b>DNA comparison</b> (Fig. 39). One species of the genus, <i>Revaya yahya</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, has been barcoded and showed <i>p</i> -distance of 10% from <i>C. producta</i>, 12% from <i>P. discocellularis</i>, and 15.4% from the outgroup, <i>Chondrostegoides magna</i> Zolotuhin, 2007. Numbers are comparable with earlier shown intergeneric <i>p</i> -distances between:</p> <p> 1. two species of the genus <i>Pachypasa</i> Walker, 1855 and <i>Macrothylacia rubi</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) —14.6–15.5% (Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2022b);</p> <p> 2. three species of the genus <i>Streblote</i> and <i>Pachygastria editae</i> (Speidel <i>et al.</i>, 2015) —13.7–15.2% (Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2022a);</p> <p> 3. some species of the genera <i>Braura</i> Walker, 1865; <i>Cheligium</i> Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009; <i>Cleopatrina</i> Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009; <i>Eutricha</i> Ḩbner, 1814; <i>Grellada</i> Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009; <i>Lasiocesa</i> Koçak, 2013; <i>Muzunguja</i> Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009; <i>Pachytrina</i> Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009; <i>Pallastica</i> Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009; and <i>Vavizola</i> Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023 —4.7–12% (Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023a);</p> <p> 4. some species of the genera <i>Bombycopsis</i>; <i>Pallastica</i>; and <i>Chionopsyche montana</i> Aurivillius, 1909 —11.1– 13.5% (Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023b);</p> <p> 5. some species of the genera <i>Dollmania</i> Tams, 1930; <i>Mallocampa leighi</i> Aurivillius, 1922; and <i>Ch. montana</i> — 8.8–13.2% (Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023b);</p> <p> 6. two species of the genus <i>Odontopacha</i> Aurivillius, 1909; two species of <i>Philotherma</i> Möschler, 1887; and <i>Ch. montana</i> —9.6–15.2% (Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023b).</p> <p> <b>Included species</b>: <i>Revaya yahya</i> <b>sp. n.</b> and <i>Revaya edita</i> <b>sp. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The genus is named after a noble Hungarian family Révay originating from the 13 th century.</p>Published as part of <i>Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2023, A new genus of Afrotropical Lasiocampini: Revaya gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), pp. 207-222 in Zootaxa 5369 (2)</i> on pages 209-217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10145735">http://zenodo.org/record/10145735</a&gt

Dinometa abigailae Prozorov & Prozorova & Yakovlev & Volkova & Saldaitis & Sulak & Revay & Müller 2024, sp. n.

<i>Dinometa abigailae</i> sp. n. <p>http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D3B4C1E8-0F58-4935-A1F5-7505BF979716</p> <p>(Figs 13–15, 21–22, 24)</p> <p> <b>Holotype</b>: ♁, Tanzania, Banagi Hill, Musoma [?], 2.29S, 34.83E, 1410 m, leg. Capt. M. S. Moore, GS 1337 (NHML). <b>Paratypes, Kenya</b>: ♁, Kibwezi, 2.41052S, 37.96784E, 900 m, 13.III.1980 (CGM / USTTB); ♁, Kenya, Ol Donjo Orok Mt., 2.49379S, 36.7513E, 2515 m, 20.II.1981 (CGM / USTTB).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <b>Male</b> (Figs 13–15) with generic characters. Hindwing has more or less pronounced reddish spot. Forewing length: 34–38 mm; wingspan: 72–76 mm. <i>Genitalia</i> (Fig. 20) with generic characters. <b>Female</b> remains unknown.</p> <p> <b>Variability</b>. The reddish spots on hindwing may be more (Fig. 13) or less (Fig. 15) pronounced.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Differs from both <i>D. maputuana</i> and <i>D. ethani</i> <b>sp. n.</b> by the red spots on the hindwing. Allopatric with <i>D. maputuana</i>.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 24). Southern <i>Acacia-Commiphora</i> bushlands and thickets in Tanzania and northern <i>Acacia-Commiphora</i> bushlands and thickets in Kenya. Expected to be endemic in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya (Mittermeier <i>et al</i>., 1998; Myers <i>et al.</i>, 2000). Six more lasiocampid species are restricted to this biodiversity hotspot area (see list above), including <i>D. ethani</i> <b>sp. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Biology</b>. Adults were collected from February to March from an altitude between 900 to 2515 m. Preimaginal stages are unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named in honor of Abigail Grace Flicker (Brooklyn, NY, USA).</p>Published as part of <i>Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2024, Description of two new species of Dinometa from East Africa with remarks on D. maputuana (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), pp. 486-496 in Zootaxa 5397 (4)</i> on pages 491-492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.4.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10468990">http://zenodo.org/record/10468990</a&gt

Dinometa ethani Prozorov & Prozorova & Yakovlev & Volkova & Saldaitis & Sulak & Revay & Müller 2024, sp. n.

<i>Dinometa ethani</i> sp. n. <p>http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5D7D83A8-FAC9-40A0-8D80-AE81CC07635E</p> <p>(Figs 11–12, 20, 24–25)</p> <p> <b>Holotype</b>: ♁, Tanzania, Pwani Region, road Dar-es-Salaam to Chalinze, after bridge under rail road, savanna, 41 m, 13.II.2005, LBEOW722-10, GS 0304 (CGM / USTTB). <b>Paratype</b>: ♁, same data as HT but LBEOW723-10 (CGM / USTTB).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <b>Male</b> (Figs 11–12) with generic characters. Forewing length: 37–39 mm; wingspan: 74–78 mm. <i>Genitalia</i> (Fig. 20) with generic characters. <b>Female</b> remains unknown.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Morphologically undistinguishable from the wide-spread South African sister species <i>D. maputuana</i>, both have a <i>p</i> -distance of 2.43–2.74% and they are allopatric, they are separated by at least 1200 km between the type locality of <i>D. ethani</i> <b>sp. n.</b> and Moatize, Mozambique (see Goldbach, 1992). <i>Dinometa ethani</i> <b>sp. n.</b> lacks the reddish spots on the hindwings which are present in <i>D. abigailae</i> <b>sp. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 24). Northern Swahili coastal forests in Tanzania. Expected to be endemic in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya (Mittermeier <i>et al</i>., 1998; Myers <i>et al.</i>, 2000). Six more lasiocampid species are restricted to this biodiversity hotspot area: <i>Eucraera decora</i> (Fawcett, 1915) (see Prozorov, 2016); <i>Opisthodontia budamara</i> Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010; <i>Opisthodontia vensani</i> Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 <i>Theophasida kawaii</i> Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010; <i>Odontopacha dargei</i> Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023b; <i>Vavizola hela</i> Prozorov <i>et al.</i>, 2023a; and <i>D. abigailae</i> <b>sp. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Biology</b>. Adults were collected in February from an altitude of 41 m. Preimaginal stages are unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named in honor of Ethan Henry Flicker (Philadelphia, PA, USA).</p>Published as part of <i>Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2024, Description of two new species of Dinometa from East Africa with remarks on D. maputuana (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), pp. 486-496 in Zootaxa 5397 (4)</i> on pages 489-491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.4.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10468990">http://zenodo.org/record/10468990</a&gt

A new species of Typhonoya Prozorov (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini) from the moist broadleaf forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The second species of the genus Typhonoya Prozorov 2011T. kravchenkoi Prozorov, Mller Zolotuhin sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is described. A previously monotypic genus becomes bitypic. One paratype specimen was collected in the buffer zone of the southern part of the Salonga National Park during a one year-long stationary expedition (June 2017June 2018). Spread imagoes, heads, legs, venations and genitalia of both species are figured and compared. Additional notes on the genus description and previously known species are adde

Figure 46 in Seven new species of Rhynchobombyx Aurivillius, 1909 from Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Figure 46. Genitalia of Rh. madisonellafriend, female holotype, DRC, Kasaï Prov., genitalia slide 0630 (CGM/BUM).Published as part of <i>Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Mapilanga, Jean Joseph, Volkova, Julia S., Yakovlev, Roman V., Traore, Mohamed M., Saldaitis, Aidas & Müller, Günter C., 2021, Seven new species of Rhynchobombyx Aurivillius, 1909 from Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), pp. 35-53 in Ecologica Montenegrina 49</i> on page 50, DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.49.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8044124">http://zenodo.org/record/8044124</a&gt