Anapisa monotonia Kiriakoff, 1963 – a junior synonym of Anapisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932), with new records of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from Ghana
Author
Przybyłowicz, Łukasz
Author
Bąkowski, Marek
text
Zootaxa
2011
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54
60
journal article
46331
10.5281/zenodo.206669
ecffe773-a087-46b6-a66c-67f020eebd2e
1175-5326
206669
Metarctia haematica
Holland
, 1893
(
Fig. 3
H)
Metarctia haematica
Holland
, 1893
. Psyche 6: 396.
Material examined.
2 Ƥ Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve;
24–30.VIII.2006
(
ISEA
).
Distribution.
Common species recorded from several countries. Verified data come from
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Gabon
,
Ghana
and
Kenya
. According to the literature known also from
Cameroon
,
Central African Republic
,
Guinea
,
Nigeria
,
Tanzania
and
Uganda
. Recorded from
Ghana
for the first time by
Przybyłowicz & Kühne (2008)
without any details.
Remarks.
The two females examined are similar in size (forewing length
15 mm
) but smaller than the female
holotype
(forewing length
17 mm
) of
Metarctia haematosphages
Holland
, 1893
which is synonymized with
M. haematica
by
Przybyłowicz & Kühne (2008)
. Female genitalia are characterized by elongate and narrow ductus bursae which are sclerotized proximally (
Fig. 3
H) (gs - S131, ISEA).