Hampsonola transecta László 2022, comb. n.
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nolidae
Hampsonola
Hampsonola transecta

description: Hampsonola transecta (Hampson, 1901) comb. n.
(Figs 11–12, 26)
Nola transecta Hampson, 1901, Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8(45): 178. Type locality: Sierra Leone. Syntypes, 2 males, 2 females (NHMUK).
Type material examined. Syntype, male. Red circular label “Type” / “ Sierra Leone. W.G. Clements. 99-116. July 1895 ”/with handwritten“ Nola transecta.type ♂.Hmpsn.” /QR code label with unique number“NHMUK010598812” (NHMUK).
Syntype male.“ Sierra Leone. W.G.Clements. 99-116”/QR code label with unique number“NHMUK014173187” / genitalia slide No. “SLIDE NHMUK010317594” (prepared by László) (NHMUK).
Taxonomic note. Hacker et al. (2012) illustrated male and female syntypes of Nola transecta Hampson, 1901, following the original generic combination without attempting to revise the generic assignment of the species. The author of this paper had the opportunity to dissect a male syntype in order to obtain morphological information to clarify the taxonomy of this peculiar species. The configuration of the male genitalia has revealed a close affinity to Hampsonola characterized by the bilobate valva comprised of a narrow, long dorsal lobe and a short ventral lobe and the conspicuously elongate harpe. This species, however, does not have androconial scales on the valva, additionally possessing a fully developed uncus, reminiscent of Meganola and an extensive ventro-distal sclerotized plate of the valva. It is difficult to establish whether these characters represent generic autapomorphies without conducting in depth genetic studies, therefore the species is tentatively placed in the genus Hampsonola: Hampsonola transecta (Hampson, 1901) comb. n.
Description of the male genitalia (Fig. 26). Uncus rather long, narrow, medially slightly dilated, distally tapered, apically pointed. Tegumen elongate, very narrow; subscaphium short, narrow, weakly sclerotized. Valva narrow basally, dorsal lobe long, slightly curved, distally gradually dilated with apex rounded, costal margin rather wide at base, then abruptly narrowed and gradually dilated towards apex. Ventral lobe of valva moderately long, more or less quadrangular, distal margin depressed, ventro-distally bearing a conspicuous, heavily sclerotized, broad L-shaped plate. Sacculus short and narrow, weakly sclerotized; harpe relatively small, bulb-shaped basally continued in a very thin, gently curved needle-like distal process. Juxta small, shield-like; vinculum moderately long, pointed V-shaped. Aedeagus short, dilated medially, gradually tapered to pointed apex, coecum moderately long, narrow, rounded; vesica without cornuti or scobination.
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., 2022, Taxonomic studies on Afrotropical Nolinae: review of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Hampsonola László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2015, descriptions of five new genera and five new species and introduction of a new synonymy (Lepidoptera, Nolidae), pp. 147-164 in Zootaxa 5169 (2) on page 153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6920070