A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of manyplumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)

作者：Ustjuzhanin Peter; Kovtunovich Vasily; Safian Szaboles; Maicherm Vincent; Tropek Robert^*

来源：ZooKeys, 2018, 777(777): 119-139.

DOI：10.3897/zookeys.777.24729

• Alucitidae
• biodiversity
• Cameroon
• many-plumed moths
• Mount Cameroon
• new species
• new records
• tropical rainforest

Fifteen specics of many-plumed moths are recorded from the Mount Cameroon area, SW Cameroon, West Africa. Nine species: Alucita longipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. mischenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. fokami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. janeceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., A. besongi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., and A. olga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n., are described as new for science. Four species are recorded as new from Cameroon: A. acalyplra, A. chloracta, A. coffeina, and A. spicifera. By these records, the Mount Cameroon area has become the richest known Afrotropical locality for the Alucitidae, highlighting its tremendous value for biodiversity conservation.

• 出版日期2018-7-30