Zamarada melpomene Oberthur 1912
Creators: name: Sciarretta, Andrea
name: Hausmann, Axel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Zamarada
Zamarada melpomene

description: Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
(Figs 28, 29, 50)
Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912: 258, 350, pl. 152 fig. 1460. Locus typicus: Cameroon: Johann-Albrechts Ĥhe, Station Kamerun, 1898 (L. Conradt) (Holotype Ƌ in NHMUK).
Zamarada melpomene tragodica Prout, 1934: 130. Locus typicus: Tanganyika T. [Tanzania]: Morogoro, 1931–32 (J.A.J. Thompson) (Holotype Ƌ in NHMUK).
Literature records. Billo (Soddou) (Fletcher 1974).
Examined material. 2Ƌ: ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Wushwush, 15 km W Bonga, 1910 m, 07°18.184 N, 36°03.520 O, 21.vi.2014, Riedel G. & R. Beck leg. (ZSM G 20330 / Ƌ BC ZSM Lep 104328); 1♀: ETHIOPIA, Kaffa Prov., 10km N Bonga, 1550m, 7°21′N 36°25′E, 29.IV.2008, S.Naumann, H.Schnitzler (ZSM G 20294 / ♀ / LEP-SS-00507 failure); 3Ƌ 3♀: ÄTHIOPIEN, (EIP) Äthiopisches Hochland, Gore 10km S, 1900m, 08°03.900′ N, 35°31.425′ O, 11.vii.2015, Beck R. & R. Wanninger leg. (ZSM G 20187 / Ƌ / LEP-SS-00500; ZSM G 20327 / Ƌ /BC ZSM Lep 104329); 1Ƌ 1♀: ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer South Nation, Wushwush 7.4km W, 1910 m, 07°18’16.05” N, 7.v.2013, Beck R. & R. Wanninger leg.; 1Ƌ: S Ethiopia, Southern Nation, Kaffa Bonga Guesth., 1765 m, 7°15’3’’N 36°15’17’’E 5390, 3. XII.2014, leg. H.J. Flügel (ZSM G 20331 / Ƌ BC ZSM Lep 104327); 1♀: Ethiopia, SNNPR, Bonga, 7.236°N, 36.27°E, 1880 m, 18.VIII.2010, G. Riedel, R. Beck leg. (♀ BC ZSM Lep 109409); 1Ƌ: S Ethiopia, Oromia, 6km ESE Jimma, 1850m (lux), 07°39‘34“N 36°53‘20“E, 30.10.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier; 3Ƌ 1♀: S Ethiopia, Oromia, 6km ESE Jimma, 1850m (lux), 07°39‘34“N– 36°53‘20“E, 30.X.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier (ZSM G 20596/ Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 104330); 1♀: S Ethiopia, Oromia, 6.5km NE Shebe, 2125m (lux), 07°32‘02“N– 36°33‘58“E, 29.X.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier; 1♀: ETHIOPIA, Southern Nations, Mizan Teferi, Dinbi Dufeta, 6.98°N, 35.498°E, 1265 m, 11. VI.2012, R. Beck leg. (♀ BC ZSM Lep 109443); 2Ƌ 1♀: ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Bonga, 25 km SW, 1860 m, 07°18‘46“ N, 36°03‘19“ O, 16.viii.2017, Beck R. & G. Riedel leg.; 4Ƌ: ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Bonga, 40 km NW, 1700 m, 07°44‘92“ N, 36°13‘41“ O, 18.viii.2017, Beck R. & G. Riedel leg.; 1Ƌ: ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafrikanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Bonga, 22 km SW, 1950 m, 07°18‘39“ N, 36°04‘33“ O, 15.viii.2015, Beck R. & G. Riedel leg.; 1Ƌ: ÄTHIOPIEN, Ostafri-kanischer Graben, Prov. South Nations, Bonga-Hotel, 1700–1800 m, 07°21‘ N, 36°07‘ O, 13–20.viii.2017, Beck R. & G. Riedel leg.; 2Ƌ 2♀: SW. ETHIOPIA, Southern Nations, Bonga, 880 m, 7.2363°N 36.2702°E, 12–18.VIII.2017, G. Riedl, R. Beck (ZSM G 20828/ ♀); SW. ETHIOPIA, Southern Nations, Mizan Teferi, Dinbi Dufeta, 1265 m, 6°58’46 N– 35°29’55 E, 11. VI.2019, leg. R. Beck (BC ZSM Lep 106729); 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIA Kaffa Prov., 5km E Jima, 1800m, 7°40′N 36°55′E, 28.IV.2008, S.Naumann, H. Schnitzler (ZSM G 20184 / Ƌ / LEP-SS-00501 failure); 1Ƌ: Ethiopia, SNNPR, Welkite, Giba NP, 8.257°N, 37.574°E, 1240 m, 8. VI.2012, R. Beck leg. (Ƌ BC ZSM Lep 109420).
Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAA9758 (n=6 from Ethiopia; n=23 from Cameroon, Guinea, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda; maximum variation 1.3%). Nearest species: Z. psectra Fletcher, 1974 (4.0%).
Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Herbulot 1954; Fletcher 1974; Sircoulomb 2007; Joli et al. 2008).
Remarks. In male genitalia, the valva is very variable. The figured male genitalia of Z. micropomene Aarvik & Bjørnstad, 2007 from Tanzania seem to fall into the intraspecific variation of Z. melpomene. However, since no further specimens of Z. micropomene nor DNA barcodes of the type specimens of melpomene, tragodica and micropomene are currently available, this question remains open for future study.
description: Published as part of Sciarretta, Andrea & Hausmann, Axel, 2020, The Geometridae of Ethiopia III: genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae Ennominae, Cassymini), pp. 301-328 in Zootaxa 4894 (3) on page 314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4315781