Asbolopsyche nyungwe, Volynkin, 2025

Volynkin, Anton V., 2025, Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Archithosia Birket-Smith generic complex with the description of a new genus, nineteen new species and a new subspecies, and introduction of new combinations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 82, pp. 1-63 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.82.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:35522E72-ABB8-47C1-AB07-3B7BF7391755
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16961921
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D5087DA-FFF0-215E-FF1E-FF2B47ADFBC8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Asbolopsyche nyungwe
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Asbolopsyche nyungwe View in CoL sp. n.

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Paratype : RWANDA: 1 male, same data as in holotype, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2021- 529♂ (prepared by A. Volynkin) ( ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 15.0 mm in males. Asbolopsyche nyungwe sp. n. is externally reminiscent of Archithosia nouabaleana sp. n. and A. henricus and reliable identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures, which are fundamentally different in A. nyungwe sp. n. The male genitalia structure of A. nyungwe sp. n. is most similar to A. acanthosioides sp. n. and a detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species. Another morphologically similar species is A. jiwundu sp. n., from which the male genital capsule of A. nyungwe sp. n. differs in the shorter but more heavily sclerotised juxta, the apically hook-like curved basal saccular process having its base fused with the diaphragmal membrane near the juxta, the proximally broader sacculus bearing thinner but denser spinules, and the longer, thumb-shaped and evenly setose distal saccular process bearing a cluster of robust spines of various sizes on its inner surface basally (whereas the distal saccular process of A. jiwundu sp. n. is triangular, flattened, and bears setae only on its margins). The phallus of A. nyungwe sp. n. is shorter but broader than in A. jiwundu sp. n. In the vesica of A. nyungwe sp. n., the proximal section is shorter than in A. jiwundu sp. n. and the distal lobe of the distal diverticulum is markedly longer and utricular whereas it is conical in its congener.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. The new species is currently known from its type locality in Rwanda.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality of the new species, Nyungwe Forest. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.