Taxonomic changes and review of the genera Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae) Author Bartsch, Daniel Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart. Author Sáfián, Szabolcs African Natural History Research Trust Street Court, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR 6 9 QA, UK. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-02 5094 1 103 128 journal article 20810 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.4 f9581dee-ff84-4f86-812e-fac15685f80d 1175-5326 5964921 2348120B-390B-4C6B-A217-315ED26EFBAD Macrotarsipodes pedunculata ( Hampson, 1910 ) comb. nov. ( Ichneumenoptera ) ( Figs 34–36 , 46 ) Ichneumenoptera pedunculata : Hampson 1910: 155 . Sphecosesia brachyptera : Hampson 1919: 77 ; unnecessary replacement name; Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 119 ; Gaede 1929: 527 ; Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 44 . Tipulamima pedunculata : Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 33 . Type material examined. Holotype ♂ ( Fig. 34 ): Gold Coast [ Ghana ], Ashanti , Obuasi , [Label: 20. March 1906 , W. M.] Graham leg. ( NHMUK ); with labels: “ Ashanti . Obuasi. / 20.III.1956 / W.M.Graham. / 1907-74”; “ Ichneumenoptera pedunculata / type ♂ . Hmpsn.”; “Type / H.T.”. Further specimens. 1♂ , 13.Jan.1993 (Bartsch GU 2007-20) ( Fig. 46 ); 1♂ , 21.Jan.1993 ; 1♂ , 26.Jan.1993 ; 2♂ , 27.Jan.1993 ; 1♂ , 29.Jan.1993 ; 1♂ , 23.Feb.1993 , all specimens: W-Africa, Nigeria , Ile-Ife , 280m , leg. L. Schlimm ; 1♂ , Cameroon , SW-Region, Mt. Cameroon , Buea , Ekonjo , 04°03'49.2"N , 09°09'18.8"E , 600-650 m , 19.Oct.2011 , pheromone ( SMNS ). 1♂ , Ghana , Ashanti Region , Bonkro village community guesthouse, 7.Oct.2019 , at pheromone, leg. D. Bartsch & Sz. Sáfián; 1♂ ( Figs 35–36 ), Ghana , Central Region , Gyawale private forest near Kakum NP , 16.Oct.2019 , at pheromone, leg. D. Bartsch & Sz. Sáfián ( CDB ), 1♂ Guinea , Nimba Mountains , Cité 1 ( SMFG concession area), 07°42'02.83"N , 08°23'58.60"W , 700 m , at mixed pheromone lure bundle, 3.Sept.2017 , leg. Sz. Sáfián & G. Simonics ( ANHRT ). FIGS 44–46. Genitalia structures of Macrotarsipodes . 44–45. M. tricinctus . (44) ♀, South Africa, Natal, Durban. (45) ♂, South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London. 46. M. pedunculata ♂, Nigeria, Ile-Ife. (a) left lateral, right ventral. (b) phallus (twice size as other Figs). Scales 1 mm. This West African species occurs in the lowlands from Guinea in the west to Cameroon in the east. Some unspecifically attracted males came around noon to artificial pheromones originally composed for western Palearctic Sesiidae species.