Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher 1956
| Main Authors: | Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea, Parisi, Francesco |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6084268 |
Daftar Isi:
- Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher, 1956 (Figs 5, 46, 83) Prasinocyma pumilata Fletcher (1956): 31. Locus typicus: Kenya: Voi (Holotype ♂ NHM, examined). Material. Oromia: 1 ♀, Deritu-Dubuluk (locality no. 37; BC ZSM Lep 47449; gen.prp. ZSM G 19453); 13 ♂ 6 ♀, Sidama (no. 52; BC ZSM Lep 78500); 5 ♂, Bale (no. 53; BC ZSM Lep 78498); 3 ♂ 1 ♀, Sidama (no. 54; BC ZSM Lep 78499; gen.prp. ZSM G 19660); 4 ♂ 5 ♀, Bale (no. 55; BC ZSM Lep 81868, 81869); 1 ♂ 4 ♀, Sidama (no. 22; BC ZSM Lep 78494); 4 ♂ 2 ♀, Sidama (no. 56; gen.prp. ZSM G 19658); Southern Nations: 3 ♂ 1 ♀, Leku-Wendo (no. 15; male abdomen brushed). Redescription. Adult (Fig. 5). Wingspan. Male and female 15 – 21mm. Ground colour pale leaf green, irrorated with white strigulae, without spot at the inner termen. Small dark green discal dots on fore- and hindwing, easily fading in worn specimens. Terminal dots absent from fore- and hindwings. Hindwing termen round. Length of male palpi 0.9 – 1.0 times diameter of eye, in female 1.1 – 1.3 times, tip pale brown. Frons pale brown. Antennae bipectinate in male, antennal branches dark brown at base, pale ochre terminally. Antennae filiform in female. Male frenulum well developed. Male hindtibia with four spurs, without pencil. Male genitalia (Fig. 46). Valva narrow, harpe absent. Aedeagus bent with sclerotized base of ductus seminalis laterally. Sternum A 8 trapezoidal, with shallow, crown-shaped sclerotization. Female genitalia (Fig. 83). Ductus bursae short, corpus bursae globular, with bipartite sclerite. Differential diagnosis. Reminiscent of P. immaculata, the latter larger on average, darker green. In male genitalia very similar to those of P. immaculata, but the latter with stout, sharp, paired projections on sternum A 8. Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAY 5231. Intraspecific variation low. Nearest neighbour in Ethiopia: P. tranquilla sp. n. (3.1 %).
- Published as part of Hausmann, Axel, Sciarretta, Andrea & Parisi, Francesco, 2016, The Geometrinae of Ethiopia II: Tribus Hemistolini, genus Prasinocyma (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae), pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 4065 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4065.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/270490