Review of genus Afrikanetz Yakovlev, 2009 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with descriptions of four new species and establishment of new combination for Coryphodema zimbabwensis Mey, 2017 and Camellocossus austrorum Mey, 2017

Abstract

witti Yakovlev, sp.n. из Кении. Дана карта распространения рода. Впервые описаны гениталии самки A. ugandensis. Carpenter moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) are a relatively small family of ditrisyan Lepidoptera including over 1000 species. About 200 valid taxa are known from Afrotropics [Yakovlev, 2011]. Cossidae of the Afrotropical region are studied very fragmentary. There are some published reviews, claiming to be complete, on the

Three new species of Camellocossus Yakovlev, 2011 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Cossinae) collected by Dr. Heinz Politzar in the Western Africa

“…Camellocossus austrorum Mey, 2017, was described from Namibia (Etosha National Park, Camp Halali). Later, it was recombined into the genus Afrikanetz Yakovlev, 2009 (Mey 2017;Yakovlev & Witt 2019). Examining the specimens from the collection of Museum Witt (Munich, Germany) we found new species of the genus Camellocossus from West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Nigeria), collected by Dr. Kalheinz Politzar.…”

New species of the Genus Afrikanetz Yakovlev, 2009 from Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Cossinae)

“…The genus Afrikanetz was established by YAKOVLEV (2009: 358) for Afrikanetz inkubu Yakovlev, 2009 (by original designation). That article described two more species of this genus (YAKOVLEV, 2009). Later MEY (2017), YAKOVLEV & WITT (2019), and YAKOVLEV (2021) described seven species from different parts of Africa (from Côte d'Ivoire to the Republic of South Africa).…”

“…Later MEY (2017), YAKOVLEV & WITT (2019), and YAKOVLEV (2021) described seven species from different parts of Africa (from Côte d'Ivoire to the Republic of South Africa). One species (A. makumazan Yakovlev, 2009) was found in the south-west of Saudi Arabia (Jedda). Thus, the genus Afrikanetz is one of the few Cossidae genera, distributed in the south and south-west of the Arabian Peninsula and also widely spread in the Afro-tropics (YAKOVLEV & DUBATOLOV, 2013a, b;YAKOVLEV, 2015).…”

“…Thus, the genus Afrikanetz is one of the few Cossidae genera, distributed in the south and south-west of the Arabian Peninsula and also widely spread in the Afro-tropics (YAKOVLEV & DUBATOLOV, 2013a, b;YAKOVLEV, 2015). These genera include Camellocossus Yakovlev, 2009(type species -Cossus abyssinica Hampson, 1910), Aethalopteryx Schoorl, 1990(type species -Phragmatoecia atrireta Hampson, 1910, Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008(type species -Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949), and Meharia Chrétien, 1915(type species -Meharia incurvariella Chrétien, 1915. Their distribution is described in detail in a series of publications (WILTSHIRE 1980a(WILTSHIRE , b, 1982(WILTSHIRE , 1983(WILTSHIRE , 1986(WILTSHIRE , 1990BORTH et al, 2011;YAKOVLEV et al, 2013;YAKOVLEV, 2014;HACKER, 2016).…”

Afrikanetz kruegeri – New species of Cossinae (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Namibia

“…The genus Afrikanetz Yakovlev, 2009 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) has been recently revised by us and currently includes 10 species widely spread in Africa and south-western Arabia (Yakovlev & Witt 2019;Yakovlev et al 2020). Three species are found in South Africa: A. austrorum Mey, 2017, A. zimbabwensis Mey, 2017, and A. smithi Yakovlev & László, 2020 For Namibia, only one species has been reported: A. austrorum (Mey 2017).…”