{"title":"Vansoniella chirindensis gen. n., sp. n. – an unusual taxon with translucent wings from Zimbabwe (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)","authors":"W. Mey","doi":"10.3897/DEZ.65.23538","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The genus Vansoniella gen. n. is established to accommodate the species V. chirindensis sp. n., collected in Zimbabwe by Van Son in 1937. The new species differs externally from other African taxa by translucent foreand hindwings in the male sex. The wing venation is highly derived and the male genitalia are also structurally different from other genera. The genus occupies an isolated position within the family.","PeriodicalId":50592,"journal":{"name":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","volume":"65 1","pages":"75-80"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2018-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3897/DEZ.65.23538","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENTOMOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The genus Vansoniella gen. n. is established to accommodate the species V. chirindensis sp. n., collected in Zimbabwe by Van Son in 1937. The new species differs externally from other African taxa by translucent foreand hindwings in the male sex. The wing venation is highly derived and the male genitalia are also structurally different from other genera. The genus occupies an isolated position within the family.
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