Open AccessTwo new species of Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from West Africa
Author(s) -
Hitoshi Takano
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2021.47.1
Subject(s) - sphingidae , lepidoptera genitalia , rothschild , biology , zoology , mitochondrial dna , habitus , male genitalia , evolutionary biology , geography , ecology , genetics , larva , manduca sexta , archaeology , gene , ethnography
Two new species of Polyptychus, Polyptychus smithi sp. nov. and Polyptychus lucindae sp. nov., are described from West Africa. A comparison is made with their closest congeners, Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 and Polyptychus lagnelae Pierre, 2014 respectively from which they differ in features of the wing pattern, genitalia and the COI-5P region of the mitochondrial DNA. Diagnoses are provided together with illustrations of the habitus and male genital morphology.