Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897

Mey, Wolfram, 2024, New records of Metarbelidae from Namibia and description of a new species from the Great Escarpment (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea), Metamorphosis 35, pp. 25-30 : 27-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.4314/met.v35i1.6
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scientific name	Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897
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Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897 View in CoL

Material examined: 2 ♂ 1♀, Kawango, “Bagani, S. W. A./West Caprivi / 6.x.1982 / G. B. Kroon ” ( MfN)

Salagena spec. 1 ( Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ) (under study by I. Lehmann)

Material examined: 1 ♂, Otjozondjuba, Otjiwarongo, Waterberg National Park, 1535 m, tourist camp, 21-22.xi.2000, leg. W. Mey (I. Lehmann genitalia slide 06/042013)

2 ♂, Kavango, Rundu, Popa Falls , 1005 m, 9.xi.2007, leg. V. Richter (I. Lehmann genitalia slide 02/082010)

1 ♂, RSA, North-West Province , Dwarsberge, 9-12.xi.2010, leg. F. Koch

2 ♂, Caprivi, Kongola, 20 km south, Namushasha Lodge , 29.x.-1.xi.2012, leg. D. Stöckel frenular bristles absent. Tuft of long hairs on metathorax. Abdomen light brown, with long and dense vestiture, anal tuft with long, brown tipped hairs, forming a fan-like roof over genitalia .

Salagena spec. 2 ( Fig. 9 View Figure 9 ) (under study by I. Lehmann) Material examined: 2 ♂, Kavango, Rundu, Popa Falls , 1005 m, 9.xi.2007, leg. V. Richter (I. Lehmann genitalia slide 16/092010)

1 ♂, RSA: Mpumalanga, Graskop , 5 km east, 16-17.xi.1999, leg. W. Mey

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