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Dr Anton V. Volynkin

Job Title: Senior Researcher and curator, Arctiinae
Email Address: anton@anhrt.org.uk

 

Research Interests

Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of Erebidae and Noctuidae

Projects

Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical Lithosiini (Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Publications

Volynkin, A.V. (2017) A new species of Palaeugoa Durante, 2012 from Sierra Leone (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4353(2): 385–388. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.10

Volynkin A.V. & László Gy.M. (2018) A review of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 from São Tomé Island with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4508(2): 237–248. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.6

Volynkin A.V. & László Gy.M. (2018) On the taxonomy of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 with description of two new species from Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4442(2): 293–306. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.6

László, Gy.M. & Volynkin, A.V. (2019) On the taxonomic position of ‘Siccia yvonneae Kühne, 2007 (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae). Zootaxa, 4609(1): 185–190. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.11

Volynkin, A.V. (2019) Four new species of Lophilema Aurivillius, 1910 from East Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4543(1): 115–126. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.7

Volynkin, A.V. (2019) On the taxonomy of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009, with description of a new species from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4608(1): 174–182. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.10

Volynkin, A.V. (2019) Siccia imana, a new species from Rwanda (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4571(2): 285–289. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.11

Volynkin, A.V. (2019) Two new ‘Asura-like’ Cyana Walker, 1854 from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4576(2): 395–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4576.2.13

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2019) Cyana smithi, a new species from Liberia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 20: 215–221. https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/49312

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2019) Four new species of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4668(3): 421–434. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.7

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2019) On the taxonomy of the subgenera Cyabarda Karisch, 2013, Idiovulpecula Karisch, 2013 and Paravulpeculella Karisch, 2013 of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854, with descriptions of three new species from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4664(3): 377–389. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.3.5

Volynkin, A.V. (2020) On the taxonomy of the subgenus Gigantovulpecula Karisch, 2013 of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4861(3): 376–384. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4861.3.4

Volynkin, A.V. (2020) Two new Exilisia Toulgoët, 1958 from mainland Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4768(4): 596–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.11

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2020) Review of the Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) species-group, with descriptions of three new species from mainland Africa and a new subspecies from Madagascar (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4890(3): 330–346. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.2

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2020) Revision of the genus Palaeugoa Durante, 2012, with descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 36: 53–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.36.5

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2020) Six new species of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 38: 36–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.38.6

Saldaitis, A., Volynkin, A.V. & Hacker, H.H. (2021) Micralarctia dudai, a new species from Socotra Island, Yemen (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 46: 61–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.46.3

Volynkin, A.V. (2021) A new species of the genus Lobilema Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) from Tanzania. Zootaxa, 5052(3): 447–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.3.10

Volynkin, A.V. (2021) Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Thumatha Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Africa with descriptions of four new species. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 70(2): 317–331. https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2021.70.2.317

Volynkin, A.V. (2021) Cyana takanoi, a new species from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 5004(3): 493–497. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.7

Volynkin, A.V. (2021) Juxtilema, a new genus for a new species from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 70(2): 377–382. https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2021.70.2.377

Volynkin, A.V. (2021) Oedipygilema anomoia, a new lithosiine species from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 5067(1): 144–148. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.11

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2021) Kruegerilema, a new genus for a new species endemic to São Tomé Island (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 70(2): 333–338. https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2021.70.2.333

Volynkin, A.V. & László, Gy.M. (2021) Siccasura, a new genus for the Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893) species-group, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina, 40: 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.40.1

Volynkin, A.V. & Saldaitis, A. (2021) Afrasura larseni, a new species from South Africa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina: 46, 120–124. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.46.9

Volynkin, A.V., Karisch, T. & Durante, A. (2021) Cyana ebigane, a new species from Gabon (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 5068(3): 435–442. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.8

Volynkin, A.V. (2022) Taxonomic review of the Afrotropical genus Gracililema Krüger with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 5115(1): 63–78. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.4

Volynkin, A.V. (2022) Taxonomic review of the Afrotropical genus Birketsmithiola Krüger with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 5205(1): 73–86. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.1.5

Volynkin, A.V., Müller, G.C., Prozorov, A.M. & Saldaitis, A. (2022) Two new peculiar species of the genus Siccia Walker from Mali and Ivory Coast (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 54: 44–52. https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.54.6

 

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