Desmeocraera basalis Distant, 1899

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Desmeocraera basalis Distant, 1899 ( Figs. 48–49 , 124 , 143 )

Desmeocraera basalis Distant, 1899 , The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 4(23): 361. Type locality: [ South Africa] Transvaal, Lydenburg District. Holotype, female (NHMUK).

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FIGURES 35–52: adults (collected in the MSR and deposited in coll. ANHRT). 35, Desmeocraera interpellatrix, ♂; 36, Ibidem, ♂; 37, D. nugatrix, ♂; 38, Ibidem, ♂; 39, D. distanti, ♂; 40, Ibidem, ♀; 41, D. platti, ♂; 42, Ibidem, ♀; 43, D. bethunebakeri, ♂; 44, Ibidem, ♂; 45, D. oliva, ♂; 46, Ibidem, ♂; 47, Ibidem, ♀; 48, D. basalis, ♂; 49, Ibidem, ♀; 50, D. latex, ♂; 51, Chlorocalliope calliope, ♂; 52, Ibidem, ♀.

FIGURES 122–125. Male genitalia (a: clasping apparatus, b: phallus, c: 8th abdominal segment; all MSR, coll. ANHRT). 122, Desmeocraera bethunebakeri, slide No. ANHRT 00355; 123, D. oliva, slide No. ANHRT 00356; 124, D. basalis, slide No. ANHRT 00352; 125, D. latex, slide No. ANHRT 00363.

FIGURES 142–144. Female genitalia. 142, Desmeocraera oliva, slide No. ANHRT 00358 (MSR, ANHRT); 143, D. basalis, slide No. ANHRT 00353 (MSR, ANHRT); 144, Leptolepida krugeri sp. n., paratype, slide No. TM 16926 (RSA, TMSA).