TITLE:
Contribution to the Knowledge of the Afrotropical Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): Three New Species and One Taxonomic Update in the Tribes Margaroniini Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889 and Agroterini Acloque, 1897, from Saudi Arabia
AUTHORS:
Michael Seizmair
KEYWORDS:
Pyraloidea, Taxonomy, New Species, Omiodes, Patania, Notarcha, Distribution, Arabian Peninsula
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Entomology,
Vol.13 No.1,
December
9,
2024
ABSTRACT: Taxonomic and faunistic results on three genera in the tribes Margaroniini Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889 and Agroterini Acloque, 1897—Omiodes Guinée, 1854, Patania Moore, 1888 and Notarcha Meyrick, 1884 are presented, based on material sampled in the Afrotropical part of the Arabian Peninsula, in the south-western province of Jizan, Saudi Arabia. Omiodes undularis sp.n., Patania orbiscularis sp.n. and Patania rhomboidalis sp.n. are newly described. Of Omiodes undularis sp.n., the adults, male genitalia, and tympanal organs are described and figured. The female genitalia are unknown. The Afrotropical and Oriental species of the genus potentially related to the new species by external characters are reviewed. The differential character states distinguishing the new species from the closest related Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775) are listed. The adults and male genitalia of Patania orbiscularis sp.n. are described and figured. The female genitalia are unknown. The species most closely related in the male genitalia is Patania tchadalis (Leraut, 2005). The differential character states are listed. Of Patania rhomboidalis sp.n., the adults, female genitalia, and tympanal organs are described and figured. The new species is externally closely related to Patania tchadalis (Leraut, 2005), Patania harutai (Inoue, 1955), Patania crepuscularia Matsui & Naka, 2023, Patania accipitralis (Walker, 1866) and Patania fraterna (Moore, 1885) externally and in the female genitalia. The external and internal differential character states are listed. A determination key to the newly described Arabian species of the genus Patania Moore, 1888 and their closest relatives is given. The female genitalia of Notarcha viridalis Seizmair, 2021 attributed to the Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852) species complex, are described for the first time. The species is reported as new to the fauna of Saudi Arabia. A determination key based on the internal morphology of the species of the Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852) species complex is given.