https://mapress.com/zt <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> Magnolia Press en-US Zootaxa 1175-5326 https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5848.1.1 <p>Based on integrative taxonomical methods, the taxonomy of the Afrotropical ennomine genus <em>Rhodophthitus</em> Butler, 1880 is revised. Suggested by morphological findings and the results of Maximum Likelihood (ML) phylogenetic analysis of COI 5P gene regions (DNA barcodes), the genus contains only two species, <em>Rhodophthitus formosus</em> Butler, 1880 and <em>R. betsileanus</em> Herbulot, 1965, both endemic to Madagascar. The ML analysis, supported by diagnostic morphology, revealed that all mainland African taxa that have previously been associated with <em>Rhodophthitus</em>, belong to three other genera. The genus <em>Nothabraxas</em> Warren, 1897 <strong>stat. rev.</strong> is revived from synonymy with <em>Rhodophthitus</em> to include <em>N. commaculata</em> Warren, 1897 <strong>comb. rev.</strong> (type species), <em>N. anamesa</em> Prout, 1915 <strong>comb. rev.</strong>, <em>N. atacta</em> (Prout, 1922) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. barlowi</em> Prout, 1922 <strong>comb. rev.</strong>, <em>N. castus</em> (Warren, 1904) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. procellosa</em> (Warren, 1905) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. roseovittata</em> (Butler, 1895) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. rudicornis</em> (Butler, 1898) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. simplex</em> (Warren, 1897) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. thapsinus</em> (Prout, 1931) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, and <em>N. unca</em> Le Cerf, 1922 <strong>comb. rev.</strong> An additional 12 new <em>Nothabraxas</em> species-group taxa are described: <em>N. admirabilis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. commaculata meridiana</em> <strong>ssp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. commaculata zambica</em> <strong>ssp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. elegans</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. johnstonei</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. paeonistriata</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. paeonistriata muchingensis</em> <strong>ssp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. politzari</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. pseudocommaculata</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. smithi</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>N. staudei</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, and <em>N. sulaki</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong> A new genus, <em>Proutabraxas</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> is erected to include <em>P. myriostictus</em> (Prout, 1915) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (type species) and <em>P. pseudabraxas</em> (Carcasson, 1964) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> A further new genus, <em>Rhodochanna</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong>, is established to include <em>R. tricoloraria</em> (Mabille, 1890) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (type species) and <em>R. arichannaria</em> (Fletcher, 1978) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, together with three newly described species: <em>R. albertina</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>R. atrinivosa</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, and <em>R. melanoptera</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong></p> <p>This study includes a dendrogram generated from Maximum Likelihood genetic analysis, nine distribution maps, and 247 colour figures illustrating adults and genitalia of both sexes for all examined species.</p> GYULA M. LÁSZLÓ AXEL HAUSMANN Copyright (c) 2026 2026-07-08 2026-07-08 5848 1 1 77 10.11646/zootaxa.5848.1.1