Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ustjuzhanin, Peter
• Kovtunovich, Vasily
• Sáfián, Szabolcs
• Maicher, Vincent
• Tropek, Robert

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• ZooKeys, 2018-07, Vol.777 (777), p.119-139

Ort / Verlag

Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Fifteen species of many-plumed moths are recorded from the Mount Cameroon area, SW Cameroon, West Africa. Nine species: Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , and Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, , are described as new for science. Four species are recorded as new from Cameroon: , , , and . By these records, the Mount Cameroon area has become the richest known Afrotropical locality for the Alucitidae, highlighting its tremendous value for biodiversity conservation.