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(
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,
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(
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,
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. Bred.|
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| sanguicosta.” / “Pres. by | Corydon Mus. | B.M. 1961-696” / QR-code label with unique number “
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”, gen. prep. No.:
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:
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,
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,
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, 22.iii.[19]47 /
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by
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1961-696 / unique number:
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, gen. prep. No.:
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FF57FE483E21FE2A" bold="true" box="[199,314,439,465]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The forewing length is 16.5 mm in the male
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and 16.0 mm in the female
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. The new species is superficially reminiscent of
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FDECFE233DC4FE0E" box="[636,735,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. smithi</emphasis>
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but distinguished by the more elongate forewing with a more oblique tornus and a thinner red costal strip, and the presence of the brownish grey suffusion on the anterior area of the hindwing. Compared to another vaguely similar species,
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FC1FFDDB3B0DFDC6" box="[911,1046,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nyassana</emphasis>
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has a red head (it is orange in the aforementioned congener), a broader yellow costal streak, which is distally dilated, and bearing a broader red strip. The outer forewing margin of the new species is yellow whereas it is grey with only yellow cilia in
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. The male genital capsule of
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FD15FD6F3DE8FD52" box="[645,755,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nakuru</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FD6AFD703C22FD52" bold="true" box="[762,825,655,681]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
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</emphasis>
has the thickest uncus and the distally broadest valvae in the species group. Additionally, the apical dentate crest of the juxta of the new species is markedly broader than in
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FF24FD273E27FD0A" box="[180,316,728,753]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nyassana</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FEE3FD273EF0FD0A" box="[371,491,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. bvumba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FE62FD283D29FD0A" bold="true" box="[498,562,727,753]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CDB5783FFF9FFC5FE62FD283D29FD0A" box="[498,562,727,753]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
The phallus of
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FD72FD273C4BFD0A" box="[738,848,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nakuru</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CDB5783FFF9FFC5FCC8FD283C83FD0A" box="[856,920,727,753]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is medially broader and less upcurved than in other members of the species group. Additionally, compared to
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FCF8FD033CEBFCEE" box="[872,1008,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nyassana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FBB9FD033BB9FCEE" box="[1065,1186,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. bvumba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FB3AFD043BF1FCEE" bold="true" box="[1194,1258,763,789]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CDB5783FFF9FFC5FB3AFD043BF1FCEE" box="[1194,1258,763,789]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the midventral process of the phallus of the new species is longer and broader. The vesica structure of
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FBF9FCDF3BCCFCC2" box="[1129,1239,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nakuru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FB4FFCE03A05FCC2" bold="true" box="[1247,1310,799,825]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CDB5783FFF9FFC5FB4FFCE03A05FCC2" box="[1247,1310,799,825]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is reminiscent of
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FF7AFCBB3E6AFCA6" box="[234,369,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nyassana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FE37FCBB3D05FCA6" box="[423,542,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. bvumba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FDB5FCBC3D7FFCA6" bold="true" box="[549,612,835,861]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CDB5783FFF9FFC5FDB5FCBC3D7FFCA6" box="[549,612,835,861]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
but the subapical diverticulum is semiglobular whereas it is conical in the aforementioned congeners. The female genitalia of the new species are most similar to
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FBF2FC973BF3FC7A" box="[1122,1256,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nyassana</emphasis>
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but differ in the markedly narrower anterior sclerotised section of the ductus bursae, the more heavily sclerotised posterior section of the corpus bursae, and the somewhat shorter and narrower appendix bursae. Additionally, the lateral pockets of the 7
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female sternite of
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FE3DFC2B3D00FC16" box="[429,539,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nakuru</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FDB2FC2C3D79FC16" bold="true" box="[546,610,979,1005]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CDB5783FFF9FFC5FDB2FC2C3D79FC16" box="[546,610,979,1005]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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are more heavily sclerotised than in
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<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FC6EFC2B3B9EFC16" box="[1022,1157,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">B. nyassana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1D866561FFF9FFC5FF57FC083B34FBE9" box="[199,1071,1015,1042]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="552336EAFFF9FFC5FF57FC083B34FBE9" blockId="6.[151,1437,259,1114]" box="[199,1071,1015,1042]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FF57FC083E42FBEA" bold="true" box="[199,345,1015,1041]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Distribution</emphasis>
. The new species is known from south-western
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1D866561FFF9FFC5FF57FBE43C82FBA2" pageId="6" pageNumber="79" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="552336EAFFF9FFC5FF57FBE43C82FBA2" blockId="6.[151,1437,259,1114]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">
<emphasis id="67E8EAF8FFF9FFC5FF57FBE43E53FBCE" bold="true" box="[199,328,1051,1077]" pageId="6" pageNumber="79">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is homonymic of
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,
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, from where the new species is known. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.
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