Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I. Author László, Gyula M. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-22 4853 2 151 182 journal article 8488 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.1 fbc6b44f-4c5e-481a-8073-8a809b4a3819 1175-5326 4410542 D310B8C8-A16F-4B55-B6E6-8FD5EC35DE63 Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012 ( Figs 14–15 , 62 , 93 ) Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 417. Type locality: Tanzania , Iringa . Holotype , ♂ (coll. Hacker /ZSM). Material examined. Ivory Coast . 7 ♂ , 10 ♀ , 1171 m , Mt Tonkoui Peak , N07°27’15,2”,W07°38’12,5”, 1–8.XI.2015 , Light Trap , leg. Aristophanous, M. , Moretto, P. & Ruzzier, E. , ANHRT :2017.16, slide Nos LGNA 24 ♀ , LGNA 39 ♂ , LGNA 40 ♀ , LGNA 41 ♂ , LGNA 87 ♀ , LGNA 148 ♂ , LGNA 150 ♀ , LGNA 165 ♀ , LGNA 166 ♂ , LGNA 167 ♀ , LGNA 168 ♀ , LGNA 235 ♂ , LGNA 236 ♂ , LGNA 238 ♂ , LGNA 240 ♀ , LGNA 252 ♀ , LGNA 254 ♀ ; 2 ♂ , 174m , Tai NP., Tai Research Station , 05°49’59.8”N , 07°20’32”W , 14–23.XI.2015 , Light Trap , Aristophanous, M. , Moretto, P. , Ruzzier, E. leg., ANHRT :2017.16, slide Nos : LGNA 227 ♂ , LGNA 234 ♂ ; 2 ♂ , from the same site, but collected at 25.III.–17.IV.2017 by Aristophanous , A., Aristophanous , M., Geiser, M. , Moretto, P. , ANHRT :2017.25, slide Nos : LGNA 394 ♂ , LGNA 398 ♂ . Liberia . 5 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 1165m , Nimba Mts camp, ENNR , Nimba county , 7°31’45”N , 8°31’37”W , 03–13.xii.2017 , Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M. , Sáfián, Sz. , Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT :2017.33, slide Nos LGNA 478 ♂ , LGNA 544 ♂ ; 2 ♂ , 1000–1100m , Nimba Mts , ENNR , Nimba county ( Cellcom road), 7°32’45.88”N , 8°31’21.04”W , 02–14.xii.2017 , Cold Cathode Light Bucket , Aristophanous, M. , Sáfián, Sz. , Simonics, G. , Smith, L. leg., ANHRT :2017.33; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 1327m , Nimba Mts main ridge (montane forest), ENNR , Nimba county , 7°31’1.3”N , 8°31’1.0”W , 9.xii.2017 , Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M. , Sáfián, Sz. , Simonics, G. , Smith, L. leg. ANHRT :2017.33, slide No. : LGNA 538 ♀ ; 1 ♀ , 230m , Lofa county , Zuwulor Village School, 7°54’52”N , 9°31’08”W , 8.xi.2017 , Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M. , Sáfián, Sz. , Simonics, G. , Smith, L. leg., ANHRT :2017.33, slide No. : LGNA 543 ♀ ( ANHRT ) . Remark. The species was known only from two specimens: the male holotype specimen from Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania ( Hacker et al. 2012 ) and an additional record from the same area published later ( Hacker 2014 ). Surprisingly, the specimens recently collected in West Africa hardly show any morphological differences to the ones from Tanzania , despite the large distance between these localities. The female and its copulatory organ are illustrated here for the first time. Distribution. Tanzania ( Hacker et al. 2012 , Hacker 2014 ). The specimens from Ivory Coast and Liberia represent new country records. The species is likely to be distributed throughout Equatorial Africa.