Revaya edita Prozorov & Prozorova & Yakovlev & Volkova & Saldaitis & Sulak & Revay & Müller 2023, sp. n.
Creators: name: Prozorov, Alexey M.
name: Prozorova, Tatiana A.
name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Volkova, Julia S.
name: Saldaitis, Aidas
name: Sulak, Harald
name: Revay, Edita E.
name: Müller, Günter C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lasiocampidae
Revaya
Revaya edita

description: Revaya edita sp. n.
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(Figs 7–11, 24–27, 38)
Holotype: ♁, E Tanzania, Tanga Region, Ushongo Beach, 5.54183S, 38.968E, 10 m, 14–15.V.2010, GS 0097 (CGM / USTTB). Paratypes: 3♁, S Kenya, South Ukambani, 28.V–1.VI.1995, 5.VII.1995, 1.IV.2005, leg. H. Politzar, GS 10-037, ex coll. Kuchler (CGM / USTTB); ♁, S Kenya, Kibwezi, 10.VI.1996, leg. K. Politzar, GS P.B. 2023-07-03 (CPB); ♁, E Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Uluguru Mts, 600 m, V–VI.1971, leg. L. Berger, N. Leleup, J. Debecker, GS 2011-121 (RMCA); 2♁, N Malawi, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11.383S, 33.983E, 1375 m, 25.X.2008, 25.III.2015, leg. R.J. Murphy, GS 0098, 1269 (CGM / USTTB); ♁, C Zambia, Lusaka Province, lower Zambezi, Chiawa, 11.383S, 33.983E, 375 m, 10.III.2008, leg. J. Lenz (DMNH).
Description. Male (Figs 7–11). Forewing. Forewing length: 20–22 mm. External wavy line has medial dark strokes. Hindwing. Has external dark brown field. Genitalia (Figs 24–27). Cucullus elongated, claw shaped with pointed apex. The eighth sternite has tiny dents along the caudal margin. Female remains unknown but expected to be similar to male in coloration but larger in size.
Variability. Medial and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite in male genitalia vary in size (Figs 24–26).
Diagnosis. Adult males of R. edita sp. n. have wider forewing with medial dark strokes in the external line, the hindwing has an external dark brown field and the overall coloration is darker (Figs 7–11), the cucullus and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite are relatively long, the caudal margin of the sternite has tiny dents (Figs 24–27), whilst adult males of R. yahya sp. n. have apically narrower forewing without medial dark strokes in the external line, the hindwing lacks an external dark brown field and the overall coloration is paler (Figs 1–3, 6), the cucullus and lateral spurs of the eighth sternite are relatively short (Figs 20–23).
Distribution (Fig. 38). Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets in southern Kenya, northern Swahili coastal and Eastern Arc forests in eastern Tanzania, Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands in northern Malawi, Zambezian mopane woodlands in central Zambia.
Biology. Adults were collected from March to June from an altitude of 10 to 1375 meters a.s.l. Preimaginal stages are unknown.
Etymology. The species is named in honor of Edita Barham—a granddaughter of Prof. Dr. Dr. Edita E. Revay.
description: Published as part of Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Yakovlev, Roman V., Volkova, Julia S., Saldaitis, Aidas, Sulak, Harald, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2023, A new genus of Afrotropical Lasiocampini: Revaya gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae), pp. 207-222 in Zootaxa 5369 (2) on pages 218-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10145735