DOI: 10.15468/59w5qk
title: New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 6

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kovtunovich, Vasily N., Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya. (2015): New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from southern Africa. 6. African Invertebrates 56 (1): 137, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0110, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0110ABSTRACTFive new species of plume moths, viz. Agdistis iversoni sp. n., A. vansoni sp. n., A. buffelsi sp. n., A. samknotti sp. n. and A. kaunda sp. n., are described from South Africa. Previous records of Agdistis species from southern Africa are summarised.KEY WORDS: Afrotropical Region, South Africa, Pterophoridae, Agdistis, plume moths, new species.INTRODUCTIONThe present paper is the sixth one in a series of articles that deal with southern African representatives of the genus Agdistis Hübner (Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin 2009 a, b, 2010 a–c). Kovtunovich and Ustjuzhanin (2009 a) summarised records on 26 species previously described or known from southern Africa, predominantly from arid parts of it, and started adding new species to the regional fauna.Below is the account of species described by us earlier:Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin (2009 a) – danutae (Namibia), dicksoni (Western Cape, Northern Cape), endrodyi (Western Cape), jansei (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga), krooni (Northern Cape), kruegeri (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal), potgieteri (Limpopo, Free State, Western Cape, Northern Cape), varii (Limpopo, Mpumalanga; Zimbabwe).Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin (2009 b) – anikini (Eastern Cape), arenbergeri (Western Cape, Northern Cape; Namibia), dazdraperma (Northern Cape), kevintucki (North West, Free State, Eastern Cape), myburgi (Western Cape, Northern Cape), swierstrai (Northern Cape).Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin (2010 a) – gornostaevi (Western Cape, Northern Cape), mostovskii (Western Cape, Northern Cape), violaceus (Western Cape, Northern Cape). Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin (2010 b) – augrabiesi (Northern Cape), namaqua (Northern Cape), nikolaii (Northern Cape), prisoner (Western Cape, Northern Cape), streltzovi (Western Cape, Northern Cape), yakovi (Western Cape).Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin (2010 c) – capensis (Western Cape), insolitus (Northern Cape), springbok (Northern Cape).Another five new species have been found in the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces, and one new species has been discovered in the Eastern Cape; all are described in the present article.MATERIAL AND METHODSThis paper is based on the material collected in South Africa by the authors and their colleagues in 2008–2010, as well as on holdings of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum, Pretoria; TMSA) and the Natural History Museum (London; BMNH). Holotypes and paratypes of newly described species are deposited at the TMSA and BMNH; some paratypes are in the private collection of the authors (CUK).Details of genitalia are essential for the identification of Pterophoridae. The abdomen is normally boiled in a 10–15 % solution of potassium hydroxide until it becomes semitransparent. It is then thoroughly rinsed, soaked in 100 % ethanol, and transferred in a drop of Euparal for permanent preparation and further identification. If structures of the genitalia are not well sclerotised, they are stained with Chlorazol Black, to give greater contrast. A permanent preparation dessicates for at least two weeks before it can be studied.