New records of Metarbelidae from Namibia and description of a new species from the Great Escarpment (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea)
Author
Mey, Wolfram
text
Metamorphosis
2024
2024-12-02
35
25
30
journal article
10.4314/met.v35i1.6
2307-5031
14709092
4741E842-B635-4363-9BFD-035869F02637
Salagena tessellata
Distant, 1897
Material
examined:
2 ♂
1♀
,
Kawango
, “Bagani, S. W. A./West
Caprivi
/
6.x.1982
/
G. B. Kroon
” (
MfN
)
Salagena
spec. 1
(
Fig. 8
) (under study by I. Lehmann)
Material examined:
1 ♂
, Otjozondjuba, Otjiwarongo, Waterberg National Park,
1535 m
, tourist camp,
21-22.xi.2000
, leg. W. Mey (I. Lehmann genitalia slide 06/042013)
2 ♂
,
Kavango
,
Rundu
,
Popa Falls
,
1005 m
,
9.xi.2007
, leg.
V. Richter
(
I. Lehmann
genitalia slide 02/082010)
1 ♂
,
RSA
,
North-West Province
,
Dwarsberge
,
9-12.xi.2010
, leg.
F. Koch
2 ♂
,
Caprivi
,
Kongola
,
20 km
south,
Namushasha Lodge
,
29.x.-1.xi.2012
, leg.
D. Stöckel
frenular bristles absent.
Tuft
of long hairs on metathorax.
Abdomen
light brown, with long and dense vestiture, anal tuft with long, brown tipped hairs, forming a fan-like roof over genitalia
.
Figure 9 –
Salagena
spec. 2
, Kwando, Popa Falls.
Salagena
spec. 2
(
Fig. 9
) (under study by
I. Lehmann
)
Material
examined:
2 ♂
,
Kavango
,
Rundu
,
Popa Falls
,
1005 m
,
9.xi.2007
, leg.
V. Richter
(
I. Lehmann
genitalia slide 16/092010)
1 ♂
,
RSA
:
Mpumalanga
,
Graskop
,
5 km
east,
16-17.xi.1999
, leg.
W. Mey
Taxonomic Account