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Description of two new species close to Sonitha alucard from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini)

Alexey M. ProzorovUniversity of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805 Bamako, MaliKaren McKenzieWoodstream Corp., 3800 Eau Gallie Blvd, Suite 103, Melbourne, FL, USATatiana A. ProzorovaKarl Marx st. 41, RUS-432001 Ulyanovsk, RussiaAidas SaldaitisNature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, 08412 Vilnius-21, LithuaniaHarald SulakMuseum Witt, Max-Reger-Str. 18, 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, GermanyJulia S. VolkovaUlyanovsk State University, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya Ulitsa, 1, RUS-432063 Ulyanovsk, RussiaRoman V. YakovlevAltai State University, pr. Lenina 61, RUS-656049 Barnaul, Russia & Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, RUS-634050 Tomsk, Russia & Samarkand State University, University blv. 15, 140104 Samarkand, UzbekistanEdita E. RevayUniversity of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805 Bamako, MaliGünter C. MüllerUniversity of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805 Bamako, Mali & Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Kalman Ya’akov Man St., 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
Ecologica Montenegrinajournal2023en
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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Sonitha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 are described from the Congolian lowland forests: Sonitha sophia sp. n. and Sonitha sara sp. n. Sonitha alucard Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 is recorded from Central African Republic for the first time, and its paratype is reattributed to Sonitha sophia sp. n. Adults, male genitalia and distribution maps are illustrated.

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