Rabomia obscurior Hausmann & Tujuba sp. nov. Figures 16, 34, 52, 70, 83

Examined material.

Holotype: ♀, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Bobo Dioulesso, 6.10.81, leg. Dr Politzar, coll. ZSM (G 20915).

Paratypes: 1♀, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Bobo Dioulesso, 13.11.85, leg. Dr Politzar; 1♀: Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Bobo Folonso, 28.7.79, leg. Dr Politzar; 1♂, id., 10.11.74; 1♂, Nigeria, Kaduna, 3.vii.1970, leg. Politzar, coll. ZSM (G 20926); 1♀, id., 28.vi.1970; 1♀, id., 26.vi.1970; 1♀, id., 8.vii.1970; 1♂, North Nigeria, Kogin Kano Game Reserve, 15.vi.1974, leg. Dr Politzar; 1♀, Cameroon, Yala Yarna, 40 km N of Ngaoundéré, 735 m, 22.vii.1974, leg. Gilles Clément (ZSM G 20925).

Etymology.

The name refers to the darker colouration of wings (Lat. obscurior = darker).

Differential features

(COI sequences, photographs of adults and their genitalia see https://dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-ORBAMIA): Adult: Forewing length: 12-14 mm. Upperside of wings: Ground colour with darker suffusion than in R. subaurata, medial fascia dark and conspicuous on all wings, sometimes anastomosing with postmedial line on forewing. Underside: Ground colour yellow, discal spots larger than in R. subaurata, terminal fascia much broader, at centre of forewing termen interrupted by a small yellow spot or even uninterrupted. Male genitalia: Valva long and narrow, sacculus edged at tip, only shortly projecting, at the base of aedeagus a bundle of twelve comparatively short (0.15-0.2 mm) microcornuti. Female genitalia: Star-shaped signum large, diameter 0.8-1.0 mm.