Catoptropteryx guttatipes Karsch, 1890

Material examined. Sierra Leone, Tiwai Is., Moa River (120m) (light trap) 17-22.VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff (1♂, 4♀) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 (MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (3♂, 3♀) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Base Camp Forest (611m) 20.XI-1.XII.2017 (MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (2♂, 4♀) ; 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 (1♂, 3♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River, 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-21.I.2018 (Cold Cathode UV Bucket Light), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (3♀) ; 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 (3♀) ; 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 (1♂) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Ridge Camp 2 (883m) ( Cold Cathode UV Trap), 22-31.XI.2018, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂) ; Togo, Fazao-Malfakassa NP, Mare aux crocodiles campsite ( Sudanian Savannah /dry Forest) (505m) 26.VIII-7.IX.2018 (MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser, P. Moretto, B. Sanbena (1♂) ; Togo, Fazao-Malfakassa NP, Mare aux crocodiles campsite next to lake ( Sudanian Savannah) (505m) 5-7.IX.2018 (Lepiled Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser, P. Moretto, B. Sanbena (1♀) (ANHRT).

Distribution. Known from Cameroon (type locality), Uganda, Central African Republic, Gabon, Nigeria, and Equatorial Guinea (Massa 2021a); it is newly recorded from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Togo.