Zamarada latilimbata Rebel 1948
Creators: name: Sciarretta, Andrea
name: Hausmann, Axel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Zamarada
Zamarada latilimbata

description: Zamarada latilimbata Rebel, 1948
(Figs. 1, 2, 34)
Zamarada latilimbata Rebel, 1948: 59. Locus typicus: Egypt Min. Agric. (southernmost Egypt) Coll. Prof. Priesner. GABAL ELBA W: AIDEB 31.i.1933 L. TRAP (Lectotype ♀ in NMV)
Literature records. Neghele-Borana (Herbulot 1977).
Examined material. 1♀: Eritrea A.O.I., Dorfù, 4. V.1937, F. Vaccaro (Coll. Herbulot pr. N. 7201); 8♀: S ETHIOPIA SN Jinga, Mago NP, 350 m sw headquarter (lux), 05°40’11’’ N 36°24’56’’E, 23.II.2012, leg. Hacker & Schreier (ZSM G20520/ ♀; BC ZSM Lep 91623 / ♀); 2♀: S. Ethiopia SN, 10.5 km NW Weyto, 625 m (lux), 05°28‘29“N, 36°55‘29“E, 12.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier; 4Ƌ 6♀: S. Ethiopia SN, 6 km ENE Weyto, Segen, 600 m (lux), 05°21‘18“N, 37°02‘34“E, 11.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier (ZSM G 20358 / Ƌ/ BC ZSM Lep 103757); 1Ƌ 1♀: S Ethiopia, Oromia, 8km W Nazret, 1790m (lux), 08°32‘40“N 39°11‘55“E, 3.XI.2010, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier (ZSM G 20526/ Ƌ/ BC ZSM Lep 104333); 2Ƌ 8♀: S. Ethiopia SN, 3 km N Turmi, Mango Camping site, 910 m (lux), 04°56‘19“N, 36°30‘53“E, 8.V.2008, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Screier (ZSM G 20524/ Ƌ /BC ZSM Lep 103756); 1Ƌ: S Ethiopia, Oromia, Abiyata – Shala-Hayak NP, 1646m (lux), 07°31‘27“N 38°39‘44“E, 16.II.2012, leg. de Freina, Hacker, Peks, Schreier (ZSM G 20527/ Ƌ); 1Ƌ: S-Ethiopia Sidoma, V 2008, 1520m, 16 km se Yabello, leg. G.Riedel, R. Beck (ZSM G 20318 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 101629 failure); 1Ƌ 2♀: ÄTHIOPIEN Reg. Sidamo, Kifle Hager, Yabello 13 km W, 1950 m, 04°33.514’N, 38°02.625’ O, 11. April 2010, Dietl Monika + Michael, R.Beck, H.Belkele leg (ZSM G 20347 / Ƌ / BC ZSM Lep 101630 failure); 1Ƌ: ETHIOPIA, Prov. Oromiya, btw. Leku and Wendo, env. Abosto, 1790m, N06°44.950 E38°26.612 15–19.V.2010, leg. H. Sulak (ZSM G 20588/ Ƌ); 1♀: ÄTHIOPIEN, Umg Wondo Genet, Prov. Shoa, 07°04.929’N / 038°38.245’E, ca 2000m, 23–24. V.1999, leg. R. Beck & M. Hiermeier (ZSM G 20591/ ♀ / BC ZSM Lep 13771); 1♀: Ethiopia, SNNPR, 15km W Turmi, 4.828°N, 36.409°E, 865 m, 2.VII.2012, R. Beck leg. (♀ BC ZSM Lep 109416); 3♀: S. ETHIOPIA, Sidamo, 16km SW Kibre Mengist, 1700m, 5.8107°N 38.8880°E, 25.–26.III.2009, lg. R. Beck, M. Dietl; 3♀: S ETHIOPIA SN, Jinga, Mago NP, mainroad 6km WSW Jinka, 1437m, 05°47’35’’ N 36°28’24’’E, 24.II.2012, leg. Hacker & Schreier; 1♀: Ethiopia, Oromia, Bale, 8km S. Dolomena, 1200 m, IV.2017, leg. R. Beck (S1) (ZSM G 20807/ ♀); 1♀: ETHIOPIA, 05°26‘06“ N 36°55‘33“E, Prov. Gamogofa, 10,5 km W Keyto, 10. V. 2008, 650m, Ll, leg. H. Hacker & H.-P. Schreier (ZSM G 20822/ ♀); 1♀: ETHIOPIA /southern, 05°47‘34“ N 36°28’23,9“E, Jinka, Mago NP, mainroad 6km wsw Jinka, 24.02.2012, 1437m, Ll / LlTr, leg. H. Hacker & H.-P. Schreier; 1♀: ÄTHIOPIEN, (EIP) Ostafrikanischer Graben, Turmi vill. 950 m, 04°50.506‘ N, 35°28.977‘ O, 18.vii.2015, Beck R. & R. Wanninger leg. (ZSM G 20805/ Ƌ/ BC ZSM Lep 104332).
Genetic data. BIN: BOLD:AAA9761 (n=5 from Ethiopia, n=9 from South Africa, Kenya, Yemen, Oman; maximum variation 0.7%). Nearest species: Z. anacantha (1.1%).
Distribution. Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Yemen (Fletcher 1974; Herbulot 1977; Fletcher 1978; Hausmann 2009).
Remarks. Male genitalia of Ethiopian populations with comparatively narrow valva (as characteristic for Z. latilimbata) but uncus narrow as shown in Aarvik & Bjørnstad (2007) for the new description of Z. ndogo. Since the latter was described based on one single male without information on the DNA barcode, nothing is known about variation. DNA barcodes (BOLD:AAA9761) support conspecificity of Z. latilimbata populations from both sides of the southern Red Sea. These populations probably do not differ taxonomically from the more northern populations of southernmost Egypt (type locality) and Eritrea (confirmed by dissection, see above).
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 pages 303-304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4315781