Daniel Bartsch

State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart | SMNS · Department of Entomology

A new genus and species, Afranthrene cinerea gen. & sp. nov., from Angola is described and depicted. The new genus belongs to the Adixoa Hampson, [1893] genera group and is related to the African genera Fortikona Bartsch & Sáfián, 2023, Rubukona Fischer, 2007 and Thyranthrene Hampson, 1919. The female, early instars and host plant of the new specie...

Monograph A molecular phylogeny and revision of the genus Pyropteron Newman, 1832 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) reveals unexpected diversity and frequent hostplant switch as a driver of speciation

The tortricid moth Pelochrista pfisteri (Obraztsov, 1952) has been rediscovered in Germany for the first time since its description over 70 years ago. New records are provided, together with a diagnosis based on wing pattern and male genitalia structures, notes on its habitat and possible biology, and the first COI barcode for this species.

In this study, a new genus of African Paranthrenini, Fortikona Bartsch & Sáfián, gen. n. and three new species, Fortikona rhynchiformis Sáfián & Bartsch, sp. n. from Liberia, Fortikona aethiopica Bartsch & Sáfián, sp. n. from Guinea and Fortikona dalaba Sáfián & Bartsch, sp. n. from Ethiopia, are described and depicted. The type species Fortikona x...

A new species of clearwing moth, Cicinnoscelis grandiosus Bartsch & Sáfián, sp. n. from Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa, is described and depicted. Two female specimens were collected while they were laying eggs on the freshly damaged stump of an unidentified tree. A third female was found in the collection of the Berlin Natural History Mus...

In this study, two remarkable species and genera of African Synanthedonini are described from the Nimba Mountains, Liberia: Nimbamina blei gen. & sp. nov., maybe related to Tipulamima Holland, 1893, and Chlorosphecia bele gen. & sp. nov., related to the genera Lepidopoda Hampson, 1900, Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 and Macrotarsipus Hampson, [1893]...

A new genus of Afrotropical Osminiini, Spatenkana Bartsch, gen. n., is described based on the type species Albuna dybowskii Le Cerf, 1917, which was previously combined with the genus Synanthedon Hübner, [1819]. Moreover, a second species, Albuna africana Le Cerf, 1917, is assigned to the new genus (comb. n.). Both species were only known from the...

In this study, two genera of Afrotropical Sesiidae, Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev., are redefined and redescribed, the latter being resurrected from synonymy with the former as a valid genus. Both genera are confirmed to belong to the tribe Synanthedonini. The genera closest to Tipulamima are unknown. Macrotar...

We here revise the genus Pyropteron Newman, 1832 using molecular and morphological analyses. Our data support the monophyly of Pyropteron with Synansphecia Căpușe, 1973 (syn. rev.) being its junior subjective synonym. Four taxa are described as new to science, Pyropteron minianiformis xerxes Bartsch, Pühringer, Lingenhöle & Kallies ssp. nov., Pyrop...

A new species of Afrotropical Melittiini, Afromelittia gruschwitzi sp. n., is described. Attracted by synthetic pheromones, a single male was trapped 1992 in Abuko Nature Reserve, a gallery forest in The Gambia, West Africa. The female and the biology of the new species are unknown.

The knowledge of the clearwing moth genus Lolibaia Gorbunov & Gurko, 2017, recently described from South Sudan and until now known only from a single, damaged specimen, is extended by three new species from different parts of Africa including the as yet unknown female of the genus. L. jurateae sp. nov. is based on a single male from Kakamega Forest...

In this study, a revision and redescription of Gymnosophistis Meyrick, 1934 is provided. The type species, G. thyrsodoxa Meyrick, 1934, and a new species, G. staudei sp. nov., occur in Kenya. Females and biology of both species are unknown. Gymnosophistis is placed in Sesiini for the first time, with Alonina Walker, 1856 being most likely the siste...

A new species of Sesiidae, discovered during a Lepidoptera survey in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea (West Africa) is described as Conopsia puehringeri sp. nov. The new species is compared to its potential sister species C. bicolor (Le Cerf, 1917), in sense of external morphology and genitalia structure. Male specimens and genitalia of both studied spe...

A checklist of the Synanthedonini of Madagascar is presented. The following taxonomic changes are suggested: Malgassesia pauliani Viette, 1955 syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Rodolphia hombergi Le Cerf, 1911a; Malgassesia biedermanni Viette, 1982 syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Malgassesia rufescens Le Cerf, 1922; Epitarsipus Le Cerf, 1922 stat....

In this study, we have summarised the known records of Brachodidae and Sesiidae from Sicily. One Brachodidae and 30 Sesiidae species have been recognised. New faunistic data are provided for 21 Sesiidae based on recently collected material. Three species, Paranthrene diaphana Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925; Synanthedon loranthi (Králíček, 1966), and S....

A new species and genus of Sesiini, Hyleina kaphetea new gen. & new sp., from tropical Africa is described. The type series comprises twelve male specimens from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. Female specimens and life history are unknown.

A revisionary checklist of the southern African clearwing moths of the tribe Osminiini is presented. Redescriptions of the genera and species from the region are given wherever necessary. The two genera, Erismatica Meyrick, 1933 and Pseudomelittia Le Cerf, 1917, are placed in Osminiini for the first time. One new genus, Halictina n. gen., as well a...

Two new genera of Sesiini from southern Africa, each comprising only a single species are described and figured: Microsesia nana, new gen., new sp. (holotype in TMPS) and Coccophila, new gen., with Coccophila pythes (Druce, 1899), new comb. (holotype in BMNH). Bionomical data for Coccophila pythes are given for the first time.

During several expeditions in Tajikistan (Central Asia) numerous specimens of a species of Bembecia Hübner, 1819 were collected which were initially identified as B. karategina Špatenka, 1997. On subsequent comparison with the type specimens of several Central Asiatic species, these specimens proved conspecific with Bembecia rushana Gorbunov, 1992,...

A revisionary checklist of the Sesiini of southern Africa is presented. All known genera of the region and their type species are redescribed. The following genera are placed in Sesiini for the first time: Alonina Walker, 1856; Anaudia Wallengren, 1863; Austrosetia Felder & Felder, 1874; Megalosphecia Le Cerf, 1916 and Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917. T...

The type specimens of Sesia sirphiformis Lucas, 1849 from Lac Tonga in Algeria and Dipsosphecia megillaeformis v. tunetana Le Cerf, 1920 syn. n. from the vicinity of Tunis were examined and found to be conspecific. Bembecia sirphiformis belongs to the B. ichneumoniformis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) species group and is currently known only from...

A review of the Afrotropical sesiid genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Synanthedonini), which previously comprised only a single species, C. auripicta Strand, 1914, is presented. Based on its genital morphology Camaegeria seems most closely related to Episannina Aurivillius, 1905, which also occurs in Africa and is placed here in Synanthedonini. Differ...

“Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness”.

Classification of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (4 suborders) (15,578 genera, 157,424 species, 50/86)

For the kingdom Animalia, 1,552,319 species have been described in 40 phyla in a new evolutionary classification. Among these, the phylum Arthropoda alone represents 1,242,040 species, or about 80% of the total. The most successful group, the Insecta (1,020,007 species), accounts for about 66% of all animals. The most successful insect order, Coleo...

A new species of Bembecia Hübner, [1819] is described from Tajikistan. Bembecia hissorensis sp. nov. was collected in grassland and open juniper forest in the Hissor Mountains west and north of Dushanbe. The adult male and its genitalia are illustrated and compared with the closely related Bembecia tshat kalensis Špatenka & Kallies, 2006.

The poorly known and so far monotypic sesiid genus Crinipus Hampson, 1896 is revised. This genus, which had not been assigned to a tribe before, is here placed in Synanthedonini. In addition to the type species C. leucozonipus Hampson, 1896, which is from the Arabian Peninsula, three species from southern Africa are assigned to the genus: Hypanthed...

We here establish the identity of three clearwing moth species, Bembecia viguraea (Püngeler, 1912), Bembecia auricaudata (Bartel, 1912) stat. rev. and Bembecia polyzona (Püngeler, 1912), from Central Asia. All three species were revised by Capuse (1973) who selected lectotypes for these taxa, which were misinterpreted by subsequent authors. Two tax...

The African species of the genus Similipepsis Le Cerf, 1914 with the exception of Similipepsis ekisi Wang, 1984 are reviewed here. Similipepsis aurea Gaede 1929 and S. typica (Strand, 1913) are redescribed. Similipepsis osuni Bąkowski et Kallies sp. nov. from Nigeria as well as Similipepsis eumenidiformis Bartsch sp. nov. and Similipepsis maromizae...

Introduction The insect order Lepidoptera is conventionally often divided into butterflies (a monophyletic group comprising the superfamilies Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea; see Häuser et al., this volume) and ‘moths’. The latter form a paraphyletic assemblage that comprises the vast majority (> 80%) of the extant diversity of the Lepidoptera (Scob...

Chamaesphecia gorbunovi ŠPATENKA, 1992 is recorded as new for Europe, where it has been confused with Chamaesphecia albiventris (LEDERER, 1853) up to now. At the moment it is known only from a few localities in the Greek mountains. Its host-plant in Europe is still unknown, but most likely a Scutellaria species as in Turkey and Transcaucasia. Data...

A critically annotated checklist of the clearwing moths (Sesiidae) of Crete is presented. For each species the localities known to the authors are listed, supplemented by notes on global distribution and ecology. Specimens formerly recorded from Crete under the names of Chamaesphecia aerifrons (ZELLER, 1847) or Chamaesphecia alysoniformis (HERRICH-...

This paper presents an annotated and illustrated catalogue of nominal species-group taxa named by G. A. W. HERRICH-SCHÄFFER in his serial publication "Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge" (1850-1858) for which type material and original specimens have recently been identified in the collections of the SMNS. The ide...