New Afrotropical Opisthoheza siniaevi and Sonithometa maurice (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini)

Alexey M. Prozorov; Roman V. Yakovlev; Aidas Saldaitis; Harald Sulak; Tatiana A. Prozorova; Julia S. Volkova; Simon Pierre Lamah; Gergely Petrányi; Edita E. Revay; Günter C. Müller

doi:10.37828/EM.2024.72.15

New Afrotropical Opisthoheza siniaevi and Sonithometa maurice (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini)

Alexey M. Prozorov, Roman V. Yakovlev, Aidas Saldaitis, Harald Sulak, Tatiana A. Prozorova, Julia S. Volkova, Simon Pierre Lamah, Gergely Petrányi, Edita E. Revay, Günter C. Müller

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One new species of the genus Opisthoheza Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010, Opisthoheza siniaevi sp. n. from the Republic of Congo, is described together with closely related Sonithometa maurice gen & sp. n. from Guinea. The new species are compared with Opisthoheza heza Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 and Nirbiana obscura (Hering, 1941). Male adults and genitalia are illustrated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	158-166
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ecologica Montenegrina
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37828/EM.2024.72.15
State	Published - 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Afrotropics
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nigeria
biodiversity
lappet moth
new taxa

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology
Plant Science
Insect Science

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