Meganola rhyssomorpha 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 : 167-168

Meganola rhyssomorpha Hacker, 2012

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Meganola rhyssomorpha Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 390. Type locality: Ivory Coast, San Pedro. Holotype, ♀ (ZSM).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 3 ♂, 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 140 ♂, LGNA 210 ♂, LGNA 233 ♂; 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 399 ♀, LGNA 984 ♀. Sierra Leone. 5 ♂, 1 ♀, 120m, Tiwai Island, Moa River , N07°33’00”, W11°21’09”, 17–22.vi.2016, Light Trap, leg. Takano, Miles & Goff, ANHRT:2017.18, slide Nos: LGNA 406 ♂, LGNA 407 ♂, LGNA 410 ♂, LGNA 467 ♂, LGNA 408 ♀. Liberia. 1 ♂, 530m, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area , 7°56’36”N, 10°16’36”W, 10–19.xi.2017, MV Light Trap (125W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 550 ♂ ( ANHRT).

Remark. The species was described based on a single female specimen. A series of males of this rather distinctive species have recently been collected in West Africa and the genitalia are illustrated here for the first time.

Distribution. Ivory Coast ( Hacker et al. 2012). The specimens from Sierra Leone and Liberia represent new country records.

Figures

FIGURES 21–40: adults (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 21, Meganola furvitincta, lectotype, ♂, Sierra Leone (NHMUK); 22, M. furvitincta, ♂, Liberia; 23, M. aarviki, ♂, Ivory Coast; 24, M. spherographa, ♂, Ivory Coast; 25, M. spherographa, ♀, Liberia; 26, M. taiana sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 27, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, ♂, Liberia; 28, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, ♀, Ivory Coast; 29, M. xantholeuca, ♀, Ivory Coast; 30, M. xantholeuca, ♀, Liberia; 31, M. rhyssomorpha, ♂, Ivory Coast; 32, M. rhyssomorpha, ♀, Ivory Coast; 33, M. chionea, holotype, ♂, Nigeria (NHMUK); 34, M. subchionea sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 35, M. cinereoparva sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 36, M. cinereoparva sp. n., paratype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 37, M. mesothermoides, holotype, ♀, Ghana (NHMUK); 38, M. mesothermoides, ♂, Liberia; 39, M. spermophaga, ♂, Liberia; 40, M. spermophaga, ♀, Sierra Leone.

FIGURES 66–74: male genitalia (all in coll.ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 66, Meganola dananae, Guinea, LGNA 975; 67, M. furvitincta, lectotype, Sierra Leone, BM Arct. 6469 (prep. by Gy. M. László) (NHMUK); 68, M. furvitincta, Liberia, LGNA 491; 69, M. aarviki, Ivory Coast, LGNA 980; 70, M. spherographa, Ivory Coast, LGNA 228; 71, M. taiana sp. n., holotype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 142; 72, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, Liberia, LGNA 487; 73, M. fontainei, Zambia, LGNA 1; 74, M. rhyssomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 233.

FIGURES 96–103: female genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 96, Meganola fontainei, Zambia, LGNA 3; 97, M. xantholeuca, Liberia, LGNA 977; 98, M. rhyssomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 984; 99, M. mesothermoides, holotype, Ghana, NHMUK010315152 (prep. by Gy.M. László) (NHMUK); 100, M. spermophaga, Sierra Leone, LGNA 462; 101, M. pyrrhomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 145; 102, M. canocolorata, Ivory Coast, LGNA 981; 103, M. foviferoides, Zambia, LGNA 37.