TABLE 7 in Integrative taxonomic revision of the African taxa of the Racotis Moore, 1887 generic complex (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini)

TABLE 7. Summary of the diagnostic female genitalia characters of the species of subgenus Zebracotis. CharacterzebrinachaineyilydiaemadagascariensissmithimilesiochseihelicalistakanoiAntrumShort, cup-shapedVery short, plate-likeShort, quadrangularModerately long, goblet-shapedVery short, plate-likeShort, cup-shapedModerately long, goblet-shapedModerately long, goblet-shapedModerately long, inverse-trapezoidalMembranous section of ductus bursaeVery short, very narrowVery short, very narrowShort, narrowModerately long, relatively thickVery short, very narrowVery short, very narrowVery short, very narrowVery short, very narrowModerately long, relatively thickSclerotised section of ductus bursaeVery short, broad conical merged with corpus bursaeVery long, angular with corpus b., slightly dilated proximallyModerately long, slightly dilated proximallyVery short, broad conical merged with corpus bursaeModerately long, strongly dilated proximallyVery short, broad conical merged with corpus bursaeIndistinct, fully merged with corpus bursaeVery short, broad conical merged with corpus bursae-Shape of corpus bursaeVery elongate, postmedially dilated, anteriorly taperedShort ovoidShort ovoidElongate ovoid, straight or concave on left, rounded on right sideAmorphous, rounded on left, broadly protrusive on right sideCylindricalVery elongate, gradually slightly dilated anteriorlyAmorphous-ovoid, medially dilated, membranous section further dilatedSphericalDistal section of corpus bursaeDistal 3/5 moderately sclerotised, striate. Striation gradually ceasing proximallyDistal half heavily sclerotised, striate. Striation abruptly ceasingDistal third heavily sclerotised and striate, medial third weakly striate, striation abruptly ceasingDistal 1/4 weakly sclerotised and striate, medial half very weakly striate, striation abruptly ceasingDistal half heavily sclerotised, roughly striate. Striation abruptly ceasingDistal half heavily sclerotised, striate. Striation abruptly ceasingDistal 4/5 heavily sclerotised and striate, striation abruptly ceasingDistal half heavily sclerotised, striate. Striation gradually ceasingDistal ca. half moderately sclerotised, finely striate. Striation gradually ceasingMembranous proximal section of corpus bursaeConical, 2/5 of corpus bursaeSemi-globular, half of corpus bursaeConical, 1/3 of corpus bursaeSemi-globular, 1/4 of corpus bursaeVery short and narrow, conicalSemi-globular, half of corpus bursaeSemi-globular, 1/5 of corpus bursaeSemi-globular, half of corpus bursaeSemi-globular, ca. half of corpus bursaeSclerotised lateral plate of corpus bursae-Indistinct, part of striate area more sclerotisedDistinct, small, disc-likeDistinct, large, ellipticalDistinct, large, disc-likeDistinct, large, belt-likeDistinct, large, disc-likeDistinct, large, broad belt-likeDistinct, large, elliptical ...Continued on the next page