Delorhachis charopa Taberer & Fiebig & Giusti & László 2023, stat. rev.
Creators: name: Taberer, Tabitha R.
name: Fiebig, Ralf
name: Giusti, Alessandro
name: László, Gyula M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Limacodidae
Delorhachis
Delorhachis charopa

description: Delorhachis charopa (Bethune-Baker, 1909) stat. rev. (Figures 4–6, 6 9, 93–94, 134,
158)
Parasa charopa Bethune-Baker, 1909, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8 (3): 426. Type locality: [DRC], Congo Free State, Mawamba, Makala. Syntypes, 2 males, gen. slide no. Limacodidae 1324 J (NHMUK, PCM).
Type material examined
Syntype. Male: blue circle label ′SYN- | TYPE̍ || green circle label ′ Type ̍ || handwritten ′Mawamba- | Makala | March 1906 | Congo Free State | Powell-Cotton coll ̍. || ′ Parasa | charopa | B-B | Type ̍ || ′G.T.B.- Baker Coll. | Brit Mus. 1927–360̍ || ′ Limacodidae | Brit. Mus. slide | No. 1324̍|| ′ Type Status | Verified | A. Giusti VIII.2013̍|| QR code label with unique ID NHMUK 010984418 (NHMUK).
Syntype. Male: yellow circle label ′ Paratype ̍ [based on the original description, this is incorrect and this specimen is a syntype] || handwritten ′The type is in the | Bethune-Baker coll. | (cf. description)̍ || handwritten ′TYPE̍ || ′O̍ [code referring to a locality between Mawambi and Makala, DRC, collected iii.1906, Powell-Cotton, P., Powell-Cotton H. leg.; pers. comm. Rachel Jennings (2021), curator of natural history, Powell-Cotton Museum] (PCM).
Additional material examined
Angola. 9 males, Quicolungo, 120 km N. of Lucala, 800 m, June 1936, Braun, R. leg., QR code nos. NHMUK 014200536–014200538, gen. slide nos. NHMUK 010317399, 010317400, 010317404 (NHMUK); 6 males, Province Nordcuanza, Canzele, 30 km north Quiculungo, 16 October 1957, Heinrich, G. leg.; 1 male, Bolongongo, 30 km from Canzele, 14 November 1957, Heinrich, G. leg. (ZSM). Cameroon. 2 males, Campo Ma ̍an National Park (Lowland rainforest), 950 m, 2.283°N, 9.951°E, 10–22 March 2018, Fotsing, E., Ishmael, K., Miles, W., Sáfián, Sz. leg., ANHRT:2018.3, gen. slide nos. TT 096, TT 097 (ANHRT); 1 male, Mbalmayo, November 2002, Meister leg. (MWW); 1 male, Yaunde Station, 3 June 1897, Carnap, S.G. leg., gen. slide no. RF 788.2021; 1 male, Central Province, 13 km SW Mbalmayo Menguémé, Nyong River, Ebogo Lodge, 655 m, 3.399°N, 11.467°E, 5 May 2018, Ochse, M. leg., gen. slide no. 36.636, BOLD process ID: GWOUI368-21 (RCRF); 1 male, Sakbayémé, 9 February 1926, Schwab, G. leg.; 1 male, Kribi, December 1961 (NHMUK); 1 male, same site, March 1973, Mühle leg. (MWW); 1 male, Batouri District, 4.25°N, 13.75°E, 24 February–1 March 1935, Merfield, F.G. leg. (NHMUK); 1 male, S-Region, 39 km SE Sangmelima, Ilom, soccer field, 630 m, 2.732°N, 12.173°E, 1 November 2011 (SMNS). Central African Republic. 1 male, Bangui, 350 m, 4.333°N, 18.533°E, 20 September 2000, local collector leg., gen. slide no. 28.960 (MWW); 1 male, Fort-Crampel (NHMUK); 1 male, 55 km NWW Mbaïki, 500 m, 23 December 2008, Halada leg. (RCMS). Republic of the Congo. 1 male, 1 February 1930, gen. slide no. RF 296.2019 (MfN); 21 males, Odzala National Park, 400–500 m, 0.383°N, 14.833°E, 29 January–03 March 1997, Murzin, S., Siniaev, V. leg. (MWW). DRC. 1 male, Biakato, Ituri, 900 m, 0.850°N, 29.250°E, April 2015, Colley, A. leg., ANHRT:2018.22, gen. slide no. TT 051, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190130/ANLMN7924-21 (ANHRT); 1 female, Province Equateur, Kalambe, 55 km S. Mbandaka, 3 km E. Ort, 450 m, 0.417°S, 18.317°E, 10 August 1991, Karisch, T. leg., QR code no. NHMUK 010894390, gen. slide no. NHMUK 010317410; 1 male, Yakusu, July 1900, Smith, K. leg.; 1 male, Opala, Lomani River, Province Orientale, March 1959, Carcasson, R.H. leg. (NHMUK); 1 male, Equateur, Mondombe, 25 September 1930, Oosterman, R.F. leg. (RMCA); 4 males, 17 km N Kisangani, Masako Field Station, 388 m, 0.600°N, 23.250°E, 2–8 February 2008, Gurkovich, Zolotuhin leg. (MWW); 1 male, Prov. Kivu, Iranqi, 20 September–7 October 1993, Leidenroth, C. leg., gen. slide no. RF2021.899 (SMNS). Gabon. 5 males, Mikongo (Rougier), Monts de Cristal (Secondary forest), 430 m, 0.484°N, 11.178°E, 28 July–12 August 2019, Albert, J.-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2019.17, gen. slide nos. TT 089, TT 090; 1 male, Nyonié (Lowland forest), 10 m, 0.039°S, 9.340°E, 23–28 August 2019, Albert, J.-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2019.17; 1 male, Ogooeu Ivindo, P.N. Ivindo, Station de Recherche, d̍ Ipassa, 450 m, 0.512°N, 12.803°E, 14–26 June 2016, Ruzzier, E., Tasane, T. leg., ANHRT:2017.19 (ANHRT); 1 male, same site, 14 November 2009 Decaens, T., Lecourt, G., Bayendi, S. leg., BOLD process ID: MGABB259-10 (MNHN); 1 male, Santa Clara, 0 m, 0.640°N, 9.694°E, 4 June 2011, Siniaev, V. Bezverkhov, Y. leg., gen. slide no. 28.959 (MWW).
description: Published as part of Taberer, Tabitha R., Fiebig, Ralf, Giusti, Alessandro & László, Gyula M., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Delorhachis Karsch 1896 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), pp. 54-129 in Journal of Natural History 57 (1 - 4) on page 65, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2157346, http://zenodo.org/record/7636801