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Issue: Vol. 5519 No. 3: 9 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.3.6
Page range: 430-440
Abstract views: 159
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Resurrection of the genus Eremothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)

Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
Natural History Museum; Life Sciences DC2-2N; Cromwell Road; SW7 5BD London; UK
Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
Lepidoptera Asia genitalia Gymnogramma Lactura Phaudidae South Africa taxonomy

Abstract

The African lacturid genus Eremothyris Walsingham, 1897 stat. rev. is resurrected from the synonym of Gymnogramma Zeller, 1852 based on the examination of the type species of both genera. The checklist of the genus Eremothyris is provided. The following new combinations are given: E. atmocycla (Meyrick, 1918) comb. n., E. privata (Meyrick, 1924) comb. n., E. racemosa (Meyrick, 1918) comb. n., E. sphaerobola (Meyrick, 1924) comb. n. and E. tabulatrix (Meyrick, 1930) comb. n. Adult and genitalia of the type species of the genera Eremothyris and Gymnogramma are illustrated.

 

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