1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Weitere Informationen

2.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Seizmair (2023: 227) erklärt seine Namenswahl: "The epitheton refers to the type locality situated near Fayfa in south-western Saudi Arabia (pronounced “Fifa”)."

2.2. Taxonomie

Seizmair (2023: 227) erläutert: "The new species is attributed to the S. traducalis species group. The species group is dissolved primarily by internal character states in the male and female genitalia (Table 1). The male and female genitalia of the two comparative species are described in figured in Slamka [3] and Shaffer & Munroe [11]. The new species is unique in the S. traducalis species group in the presence of ventral projections in the basal sacculus of in the male genitalia, in the strongly sclerotized coecum, in the number of cornuti—three in the new species, at least four in the two comparative species, in the strongly sclerotized antrum in the female genitalia and in the strongly sclerotized posterior ductus bursae."

Shaffer & Munroe (2007) führten "Chabulina" als neue Gattung ein. Maes (2022: 89-90) kombinierte dann erstmals die zuvor als Glyphodes amphipeda geführte zu Chabulina amphipeda um.

2.3. Faunistik

Die Art ist bisher nur durch die kleine Typenserie aus dem Südwesten Saudi-Arabiens bekannt.

2.4. Typenmaterial

Seizmair (2023: 226) listete sein Typenmaterial: "Holotype: ♀, Saudi Arabia, Province Jizan, Fayfa Mts., 17˚14'30.21''N, 43˚03'40.99E, 22-III-2023, slide no. 23GP018, leg. M. Seizmair, coll. ZSM. Paratypes: 1♀, Saudi Arabia, Province Jizan, 5 km NW Fayfa, 22-IX-2022, slide no. 22GP074, 1♀, same collection data as holotype, slide no. 22GP017, 1♂, Saudi Arabia, Province Jizan, Fayfa Mts., 17˚14'35.66''N, 43˚3'30.72''E, 18-III-2023, slide no. 23GP019, 1♂, Saudi Arabia, Province Jizan, Fayfa Mts., 17˚14'35.56''N 43˚03'30.72''E, 23-III-23, slide no. 23GP022, leg. et coll. M. Seizmair."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

2.5. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Seizmair, M. (2023): Contribution to the Knowledge of the Afrotropical Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): A New Species from Saudi Arabia, New Combinations and Distributional Updates. — Advances in Entomology, 11: 223-238. [zum Artikel mit PDF-Download auf scirp.org]