Epitenodera gambiensis Beier, 1931

Figs 23, 24a–c

Tenodera brevipennis Saussure, 1871: 296–297 .

Epitenodera gambiensis Beier, 1931: 8–9 .

Epitenodera brevipennis – Roy 2022: 77–79 (syn.).

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

SENEGAL • ♂ (Fig. 23a–c); “// Type // Afrika-Senegal / Eing. Nr. 63.1926. // Wüstengeb. nördl. / d. oberen Gambia // Epitenodera / gambiensis / det. [crossed out] Beier / Type! ♂ ”; ZMH 841122 .

Paratypes (2 males)

SENEGAL • 1 ♂ (Fig. 23d–f); “// Paratype // Epitenodera / gambiensis / det. [crossed out] Beier / Paratype ♂ // Wüstengeb. nördl. / d. oberen Gambia // Afrika-Senegal / Eing. Nr. 63.1926.”; ZMH 841108 • 1 ♂ (Fig. 24a–c); “// Paratypoid // Wüstengneb. nördl. / d. oberen Gambia // Afrika-Senegal / Eing. Nr. 63.1926. // Epitenodera / gambiensis / det. [crossed out] Beier / Paratype ♂ ”; ZMH 841109 .

Type locality

Senegal: desert area north of the upper Gambia River.

Current status

Synonym of Epitenodera brevipennis (Saussure, 1871) .

Habitus

All specimens incomplete: abdomen is missing. The abdomens of all three specimens were already missing in the original description.