Seven new species of Rhynchobombyx Aurivillius, 1909 from Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
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چکیده
Seven new species of the Afrotropic Lasiocampidae genus Rhynchobombyx are described and illustrated: Rh. gavinfilippone Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller sp. n., avadomenicarocchio julianjameseaton anthonychristophereaton nicolasroberteaton arijakefriend madisonellafriend n. All originate from poorly studied Congolian lowland forests ecoregion Congo Democratic Republic Congo. Lectotype paralectotype nasuta Aurivillius, 1909 designated here, type locality is specified.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecologica Montenegrina
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2336-9744', '2337-0173']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.49.3