A new Neomardara Hering, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo Author László, Gyula M. text Ecologica Montenegrina 2023 2023-04-19 62 26 37 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.4 journal article 54649 10.37828/em.2023.62.4 5102a920-3041-4550-8d8f-2443f153dc0f 2336-9744 8029825 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8BA22FF6-95A9-47F1-835B-354B42CC9E61 Neomardara africana ( Holland , 1893 ) Figs 1–3 , 10–12 , 17, 18 , 23, 24 ) Lepasta africana Holland, 1893 , Entomological News 4(10): 343. Type locality: [ Gabon ] Kangwé , Valley of the Ogooué River . Holotype , male in coll. CMNH. Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 3 ). Male, [label with double-lined pink margins, with handwritten] “ Lepasta / africana, Holl. / Type. Ogoué. / Good. // “217” ( CMNH ). Additional material examined. Gabon . 1 male , Mikongo ( Rougier ), Monts de Cristal ( Secondary Forest ), 430m , 0°29’47”N , 11°10’42”E , 28.vii.–12.viii.2019 , MV Light Trap , Albert , J-L., Aristophanous, M. , Bie Mba, J. , Dérozier, V. , Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT :2019.17, gen. slide No. : LG 6041 ; 1 male , Ogooue Ivindo P.N. Ivindo , Station de Recherche , d'Ipassa 450m , 0°30’43”N , 12°48’12”E , 14–26.vi.2016 , Light Trap , Ruzzier, E. , Tasane, T. leg., ANHRT :2017.19, gen. slide No. : LG 6041 ( ANHRT ) . Guinea . 1 male , Dalaba , Foret de Goubel , 1413m , 10°39’27”N , 12°15’44”W , 10–18.ix.2019 , MV Light Trap , Geiser, M. , Leno, M. , Koivagui, S. , Miles, W. , Mulvaney, L. , Sáfián, Sz. leg., ANHRT :2019.19, gen. slide No. : LG 6043 ; 1 male , Guinee Forestiere , Foret Classee de Ziama , Seredou ( Lowland Forest-Farmland ), 625m , 08°21’26”N , 09°17’48”W , 9–16.vii.2019 , MV Light Trap , Dérozier, V. , Koivagui, S. , Miles, W. , Sáfián, Sz. , Warner, L. leg., ANHRT :2019.11, gen. slide No. : LG 6051 ( ANHRT ) . Ivory Coast . 2 males , Tai NP, Tai Research Station , 174m , 05°49’59.8”N , 07°20’32.0”W , 14–23.xi.2015 , Light Trap , Aristophanous , M., Moretto, P. , Ruzzier, E. leg. ; Liberia . 1 male , Grand Cape Mount County , Lake Piso area (Bomi forest - savannah mosaic), 15m , 6°39’19.19”N, 11°7’71.35(sic!)”W, 2–9.i.2018 , MV Light Trap , Sáfián, Sz. Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT :2017.33, gen. slide No. : LG 6050 ( ANHRT ) . Republic of Congo . 1 male , Nouabalé- Ndoki National Park , Mondika camp, 365m , 02°21’50.63”N , 16°16’25.82”E , 07–14.ii.2023 , actinic light trap , Bakala N., M., Dérozier, V. , Kirk-Spriggs, A. , László, G. leg., ANHRT :2023.3 ( ANHRT ). Sierra Leone . Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve , 180m , 24.x.2015 , N08°20’57”, W13°10’42”, Light Trap , R. Goff coll., leg. Smith , R. & Takano, H. ( ANHRT ) . Distribution. Neomardara africana was earlier reported from Burundi (Dall’Asta 2004), Cameroon ( Hering 1926 ), DRC ( Collenette 1960 ), Equatorial Guinea ( Strand 1914 ), Ghana (Dall’Asta 2004), Nigeria ( Swinhoe 1903 ), Rwanda (Dall’Asta 2004) and Sierra Leone ( Swinhoe 1903 ). This current research found this species to be occurring in Ivory Coast , Liberia and the Republic of Congo representing new country records. Interestingly, a single male specimen was collected at the Mondika camp of Nouabalé- Ndoki National Park demonstrating a sympatric distribution of N. africana and N. mondika in the region.