Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023

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Permalink:	SICCMEGI
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Clemensiina (subtribe)/  Siccia (genus)/  cretata species-group (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Volynkin, 2023
Citation:	Siccia megista sp. n.
Original genus:	Siccia
Publication:	Volynkin A. V. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (=Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae).
Journal:	Ecologica Montenegrina
Volume:	64
Issue:
Pagination:	55–56, figs 125–129, 369, 370, 491
URL:	https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/82515/77338 https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/82515/77338

Siccia megista (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Holotype	♂	ANHRT	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide A. V. Volynkin 5656♂, type no ANHRTUK00098917, ANHRT	Liberia	Liberia, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW of Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Village, 103 m, 23–27.i.2018, leg. M. Geiser, Sz. Sáfián & G. Simonics.
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Paratype	♂	ANHRT	Paratypes 30♂, 3♀, genitalia slides A. V. Volynkin 5276♀, 5275♂, 4460♂, 4472♂, 4536♂, 4538♂, 4605♂, 4608♂, 4491♂, 3182♂, 3319♂, 3318♂, 5712♂, 6571♂, 6572♂, 6609, 6612♂, ANHRT, coll. Müller.	Liberia	Liberia, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW of Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Village, 103 m, 23–27.i.2018, leg. M. Geiser, Sz. Sáfián & G. Simonics.

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Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Congo		Volynkin A. V. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (=Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 55
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Volynkin A. V. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (=Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 55
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Côte d'Ivoire		Volynkin A. V. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (=Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 55
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Gabon		Volynkin A. V. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (=Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 55
Siccia megista Volynkin, 2023	Liberia		Volynkin A. V. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Siccia Walker (=Aemene Walker, syn. n.) in the Afrotropics with descriptions of seventy-three new species, three new subspecies, and a check-list of Asiatic taxa of the genus (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). page 55

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