Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893

Material examined. Sierra Leone, Tiwai Is., Moa River (120m) (light trap) 17-22.VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff (2♂) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 (MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (7♂, 1♀) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 (8w Actinic Light Trap Bucket), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (3♂) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River, 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-21.I.2018 (MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (7♂, 1♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River, 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-20.I.2018 (Blended Bulb 250w Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂, 2♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Vill. (103m) 23-27.I.2018 (MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (11♂) (ANHRT).

Distribution. Previously known from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire (Massa et al. 2018), now recorded also from Liberia.