Two new species of the genus Rhynchobombyx from Central and East Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae)

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

doi:10.37828/EM.2023.70.4

Two new species of the genus Rhynchobombyx from Central and East Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae)

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

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Rhynchobombyx Aurivillius, 1909 (type-species Rhynchobombyx nasuta Aurivillius, 1909): Rhynchobombyx levi sp. n. from Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; and Rhynchobombyx maddox sp. n. from Angola are described. Rhynchobombyx nasuta Aurivillius, 1909 is recorded for the first time for Central African Republic. The new species are compared with all known species of the genus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	24-37
Number of pages	14
Journal	Ecologica Montenegrina
Volume	70
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37828/EM.2023.70.4
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Afrotropical realm
Angola
Central African Republic
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
biodiversity
lappet moth
new record

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

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Two new species of the genus Rhynchobombyx from Central and East Africa (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae)

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