Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012

László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I., Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182 : 161

Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012

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Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 417. Type locality: Tanzania, Iringa. Holotype, ♂ (coll. Hacker /ZSM).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 7 ♂, 10 ♀, 1171 m, Mt Tonkoui Peak , N07°27’15,2”,W07°38’12,5”, 1–8.XI.2015, Light Trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P. & Ruzzier, E., ANHRT:2017.16, slide Nos LGNA 24 ♀, LGNA 39 ♂, LGNA 40 ♀, LGNA 41 ♂, LGNA 87 ♀, LGNA 148 ♂, LGNA 150 ♀, LGNA 165 ♀, LGNA 166 ♂, LGNA 167 ♀, LGNA 168 ♀, LGNA 235 ♂, LGNA 236 ♂, LGNA 238 ♂, LGNA 240 ♀, LGNA 252 ♀, LGNA 254 ♀; 2 ♂, 174m, Tai NP., Tai Research Station , 05°49’59.8”N, 07°20’32”W, 14–23.XI.2015, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg., ANHRT:2017.16, slide Nos: LGNA 227 ♂, LGNA 234 ♂; 2 ♂, from the same site, but collected at 25.III.–17.IV.2017 by Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P., ANHRT:2017.25, slide Nos: LGNA 394 ♂, LGNA 398 ♂. Liberia. 5 ♂, 1 ♀, 1165m, Nimba Mts camp, ENNR, Nimba county, 7°31’45”N, 8°31’37”W, 03–13.xii.2017, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide Nos LGNA 478 ♂, LGNA 544 ♂; 2 ♂, 1000–1100m, Nimba Mts, ENNR, Nimba county ( Cellcom road), 7°32’45.88”N, 8°31’21.04”W, 02–14.xii.2017, Cold Cathode Light Bucket, Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1327m, Nimba Mts main ridge (montane forest), ENNR, Nimba county, 7°31’1.3”N, 8°31’1.0”W, 9.xii.2017, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 538 ♀; 1 ♀, 230m, Lofa county, Zuwulor Village School, 7°54’52”N, 9°31’08”W, 8.xi.2017, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 543 ♀ ( ANHRT) .

Remark. The species was known only from two specimens: the male holotype specimen from Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania ( Hacker et al. 2012) and an additional record from the same area published later ( Hacker 2014). Surprisingly, the specimens recently collected in West Africa hardly show any morphological differences to the ones from Tanzania, despite the large distance between these localities. The female and its copulatory organ are illustrated here for the first time.

Distribution. Tanzania ( Hacker et al. 2012, Hacker 2014). The specimens from Ivory Coast and Liberia represent new country records. The species is likely to be distributed throughout Equatorial Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 1–20: adults (all in coll.ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 1, Meganola smithi sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 2, M. smithi sp. n., paratype, ♂, Liberia; 3, M. smithi sp. n., paratype, ♀, Liberia; 4, M. endoscota, holotype, ♀, Ghana (NHMUK); 5, M. endoscota, ♂, Liberia; 6, M. endoscota, ♂, Guinea; 7, M. endoscota, ♂, Cameroon; 8, M. microfascia, ♂, Ivory Coast; 9, M. microfascia, ♀, Ivory Coast; 10, M. mesonephele, ♀, Ivory Coast; 11, M. lucia, ♂, Ivory Coast; 12, M. lucia, ♂, Cameroon; 13, M. lucia, ♀, Ivory Coast; 14, M. palaeographa, ♂, Ivory Coast; 15, M. palaeographa, ♀, Ivory Coast; 16, M. monofascia, ♂, Ivory Coast; 17, M. monofascia, ♂, Cameroon; 18, M. monofascia, ♀, Liberia; 19, M. dananae, ♂, Guinea; 20, M. dananae, ♀, Guinea.

FIGURES 57–65: male genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 57, Meganola smithi sp. n., holotype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 242; 58, M. endoscota, Liberia, LGNA 970; 59, M. microfascia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 250; 60, M. mesonephele, Ivory Coast, LGNA 149; 61, M. lucia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 472; 62, M. palaeographa, Ivory Coast, LGNA 235; 63, M. monofascia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 237; 64, M. monofascia, Cameroon, LGNA 568; 65, M. monofascia, Zambia, LGNA 103.

FIGURES 88–95: female genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 88, Meganola smithi sp. n., paratype, Liberia, LGNA 523; 89, M. endoscota, holotype, Ghana, NHMUK010315151 (prep. by Gy.M. László) (NHMUK); 90, M. microfascia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 418; 91, M. mesonephele, Ivory Coast, LGNA 151; 92, M. lucia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 420; 93, M. palaeographa, Ivory Coast, LGNA 24; 94, M. dananae, Guinea, LGNA 988; 95, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 983.