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Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Aganainae (subfamily)/  Sommeria (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Swinhoe, 1907)
Citation:Digama meridionalis, nov.
Original genus:Digama
Publication:Swinhoe C. 1907a. New eastern, Australian, and African Heterocera.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(7) 19
Issue:109
Pagination:51
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254511

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Sommeria by J. Zwier (2022: 217).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Holotype NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, Gauteng], Johannesburg, leg. A. T. Cooke.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Kiriakoff S. G. 1954g. Hétérocères nouveaux ou peu connus du Katanga. page 187
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Bas Congo Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 217
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Eritrea Berio E. 1939b. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea II. Eteroceri raccolti dal cap. Antonio Richini e famiglia nella zona di Adua. page 165 (as deliae)
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Eswatini page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Ethiopia Toulgoët H. de 1977a. Arctiidae et Nolidae. – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 73
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Kenya Zwier J. H. H. 2022. Aganainae of the World (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). page 217
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 172
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 172
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Namibia page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 289 (as thamaritica)
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 289 (as thamaritica)
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa Gauteng Swinhoe C. 1907a. New eastern, Australian, and African Heterocera. page 51
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa North-West page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa Limpopo page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa Mpumalanga page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa Free State page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal page TMSA
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Tanzania page NHMO
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Yemen Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 609 (as thamaritica)
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 172
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 172
Sommeria meridionalis deliae (Berio, 1939) Eritrea Berio E. 1939b. Contributi alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea II. Eteroceri raccolti dal cap. Antonio Richini e famiglia nella zona di Adua. page 165
Sommeria meridionalis deliae (Berio, 1939) Ethiopia Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 23
Sommeria meridionalis meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) South Africa Gauteng Swinhoe C. 1907a. New eastern, Australian, and African Heterocera. page 51
Sommeria meridionalis meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Zimbabwe page R. Butler
Sommeria meridionalis thamaritica (Wiltshire, 1986) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 289
Sommeria meridionalis thamaritica (Wiltshire, 1986) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 289
Sommeria meridionalis thamaritica (Wiltshire, 1986) Yemen Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 609
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Sommeria meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) Carissa edulis Apocynaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. page 199
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Sommeria meridionalis deliae (Berio, 1939) (Berio, 1939) subspecies Accepted Digama meridionalis deliae
Sommeria meridionalis meridionalis (Swinhoe, 1907) (Swinhoe, 1907) subspecies Accepted Digama meridionalis meridionalis
Sommeria meridionalis thamaritica (Wiltshire, 1986) (Wiltshire, 1986) subspecies Accepted Digama meridionalis thamaritica
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Sommeria pandaensis (Romieux, 1935) (Romieux, 1935) species Synonym Digama pandaensis