taxonID	type	description	language	source
03826A05B13CB03738A25832FB83FECE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species resembles the pair of syntypes of Polymona aboleta (Staudinger, 1895) in ZMHU (Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) described from the Jordan valley [“ Jordanthal ”] (the label of the other syntype male reads Jerusalem). Polymonia aboleta differs from the new species by the 2 mm shorter and broader shaped forewings, the less reddish colour of the wings and the indistinct blackish pattern. The abdomen of P. aboleta is brown, and in P. schellhorni sp. nov. it is brownish-red. Polymonia schellhorni displays a contrasting paler brown filled rectangular area on the costa of the median area on the forewings, which is less prominently developed in P. aboleta. The male genitalia of P. schellhorni are distinguished by the longer uncus, the more slender and longer pointed process of the valval apex and a large juxta, which is short in aboleta. Adults and genitalia of P. aboleta and other Polymona species such as P. ellisoni Collenette, 1938, P. finitorum Collenette, 1931 are illustrated in Schintlmeister, 2004, figs. 1041 – 1078. Polymonia ellisoni holotype female, type locality: Harar in Ethiopia, is similar to P. aboleta in external appearance, but the female genitalia of a paratype illustrated by Witt & Speidel, 2007: fig. 12 resemble P. schellhorni rather than P. aboleta. These differ from P. schellhorni by the longer anal papillae and the much shorter and less robust ductus bursae.	en	Schintlmeister, Alexander, Witt, Thomas J. (2013): Polymona schellhorni sp nov., a new lymantrid moth from Jordania (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Zootaxa 3745 (2): 296-298, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.7
03826A05B13CB03738A25832FB83FECE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Holotype: ♂, Jordania, Gouv. Ma’an, 9 km N Petra, 30 ° 22 ’ 48.1 “ N, 35 ° 29 ’ 41.1 “ E, 1.650 m, 4. – 15. v. 2010 leg. S. Schellhorn & P. Schnitter (Genitalia slide T. Karisch 3006) — in Museum Witt, München. Paratypes: 1 ♀, Jordania, Gouv. Ma’an, 7 km N Petra, 30 ° 22 ’ 47 “ N, 35 ° 29 ’ 41 “ E, 1.660 m, 23. v. 2010 leg. R. & S. Fiebig (Genitalia slide T. Karisch 3022) in coll. S. Schellhorn, Halle / Saale; 1 ♀, Jordania, Gouv. At Tafila, Dhana Nature Reserve, 30 ° 37 ’ 11 “ N, 35 ° 37 ’ 37 “ E, 1.300 m, 22. – 24. v. 2010 leg. R. & S. Fiebig in coll. R. Fiebig, Rosslau. 1 ♀, Jordania, Gouv. At Tafila, Wadi Arabica, 10 km N of Little petra, 30 ° 26 ’ 26 “ N, 35 ° 24 ’ 37 “ E, 680 m, 23. v. 2010 leg. R. & S. Fiebig by light trap in coll. R. Fiebig, Rosslau. The holotype was collected at light in an Artemisia steppe between 2000 – 2200 hrs. At Dhana Nature Reserve both P. aboleta and schellhorni occur in sympatry.	en	Schintlmeister, Alexander, Witt, Thomas J. (2013): Polymona schellhorni sp nov., a new lymantrid moth from Jordania (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Zootaxa 3745 (2): 296-298, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.7
03826A05B13CB03738A25832FB83FECE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the collector of the holotype, Steffen Schellhorn, Halle / Saale.	en	Schintlmeister, Alexander, Witt, Thomas J. (2013): Polymona schellhorni sp nov., a new lymantrid moth from Jordania (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Zootaxa 3745 (2): 296-298, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.7
