Metarbelidae Explained

The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology.^[1] The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.

Genera

• Aethiopina Gaede, 1929
• Arbelodes Karsch, 1896
• Bjoernstadia Lehmann, 2012
• Dianfosseya Lehmann, 2014
• Eberhardfischeria Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
• Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893
• Haberlandia Lehmann, 2011
• Indarbela T. B. Fletcher, 1922
• Janegoodallia Lehmann, 2014
• Kroonia Lehmann, 2010
• Lebedodes Holland, 1893
• Lukeniana Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023
• Lutzkobesia I. Lehmann, 2019
• Marshalliana Aurivillius, 1901
• Melisomimas Jordan, 1907
• Metarbela Holland, 1893
• Metarbelodes Strand, 1909
• Morondavania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
• Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
• Moyencharia Lehmann, 2013
• Ortharbela Aurivillius, 1910
• Paralebedella Strand, 1923
• Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891
• Salagena Walker, 1865
• Shimbania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
• Shimonia I. Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
• Squamicapilla Schultze, 1908
• Squamura Heylaerts, 1890
• Stenagra Hampson, 1920
• Stueningeria I. Lehmann, 2019
• Subarchaeopacha Dufrane, 1945
• Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021
• Teragra Walker, 1855
• Zambezia Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023

Former genera

• Catarbelana Bethune-Baker, 1908

References

• , 1997: Metarbela haberlandorum sp. nov., a new moth from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae). Nachrichten Entomologischer Verein Apollo 18 (1): 45–53.
• , 2007: Metarbelidae. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 4: 169–185.
• , 2008: Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. Journal of East African Natural History 97 (1): 43–82. .
• , 2010: A new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Afrotropical Region with the description of seven new species. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 5: 294–322.
• , 2010: A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae)from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of thirteen new species. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 8 b/w plates, 5 colour plates.
• , 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map.
• , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
• , 2012: Description of a new genus and species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from the Albertine Rift region of Tanzania, East Africa. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 59: 234–240.
• , 2013: Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 10 b/w plates, 5 colour plates, 2 coloured maps.
• , 2013: Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from East and Central Africa, with notes on biogeography. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 62(1): 100–110. Full article: http://www.zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_62_1/100_110_BzB62_1_Lehmann_I_and_RajaeiS_H.pdf.
• , 2014: Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests Ecoregion (Central Africa). Zootaxa 3895 (4): 570–580.
• , 2019b: First revision of the family Metarbelidae Strand, 1909(Lepidoptera: Cossoidea Leach, 1815) and a phylogeny based on adult morphology of 60 genera from the Afrotropical and Oriental Region. Doctoral Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-55423: 1–397.
• , 2021: Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. VI. Genus Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin gen. nov. from the Bangladesh and Marcopoloia dea (Swinhoe, 1890) comb. nov. Ecologica Montenegrina, 45, 43–47. doi: 10.37828/em.2021.45.8
• , 2023: Revision of the Metarbelodes Strand, 1909 genus-group (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae) with descriptions of two new genera and 33 new species from high elevations of eastern and southern Africa. Zootaxa 5267 (1): 001–106.
• , 2023: Revision of Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae) from Madagascar with the description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Evolutionary Systematics 7 : 133–182.

External links

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Lehmann, I. (2019) Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from Nepal and Sumatra (Indonesia), Oriental Region. Heterocera Sumatrana 13 (2): 47-72