Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012

Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012 View in CoL

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Meganola palaeographa Hacker, 2012 View in CoL , Esperiana 17: 417. TL: Tanzania, Iringa, Udzungwa , Mang’ula. Holotype, male, in coll. Hacker /ZSM).

Material examined (all in coll. ANHRT).

Côte d’Ivoire. Long series of both sexes, Mt. Tonkoui Peak , 1171m, 07°27'15.2"N, 07°38'12.5"W, 19– 27.xi.2019, actinic, LepiLED and MV light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P., Ouattara, S. GoogleMaps , gen. slide Nos : LGNA 1205 , LGNA 1536, LGNA 1702 (males), LGNA 1169, LGNA 1206, LGNA 1577, LGNA 1578, LGNA 1704 (females); long series of both sexes from the same site, 1– 8.xi.2015, light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. , gen. slide Nos : LGNA 39 , LGNA 41, LGNA 148, LGNA 166, LGNA 235, LGNA 236, LGNA 238 (males), LGNA 40, LGNA 87, LGNA 150, LGNA 165, LGNA 167, LGNA 168, LGNA 240, LGNA 252, LGNA 254 (females) ; 1 female, same site and collectors, 12–18.viii.2015, gen. slide No.: LGNA 24 ; 2 males, Tai NP. Tai Research Station , 174m, 05°49'59.8"N, 07°20'32.0W, 14–23.xi.2015, light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. GoogleMaps , gen. slide Nos : LGNA 227 , LGNA 234 ; 3 males, 2 females, same site, 25.iii–17.iv.2017, leg. Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P., gen. slide Nos : LGNA 394 , LGNA 398 (males), LGNA 1285, LGNA 983 (PT of M. taiana László, 2020 ) (females) ; 1 male, Denguele Classified Forest , 479m, 09°30'0.6"N, 07°40'51.1"W, 11–18.xi.2019, actinic light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P., Outtara, S. GoogleMaps Gabon. 1 female, Mikongo, (Rougier), Monts de Cristal ( Anthropised Forest ), 430m, 0°29'47"N, 11°10'42"E, 28.vii–12.viii.2019, actinic light trap, leg. Albert GoogleMaps , J-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. Guinea. 1 male, Guineé Forestiére Monts Nimba UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mont Richard Molard camp and ridge (High-Altitude Grassland & Forest), 1400–1752m, 07°36'19"N, 08°25'30"W, 1–7.vii.2019, 250W blended light trap, leg. Dérozier, V., Miles, W., Sáfián, S. GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Nimba Mts, SMFG concession area (Societe des Mines de Fer de Guinee) 600 Forest , 1500m, 7°39'49.93"N, 8°22'22.19"W, 21–30.viii.2017, Cold Cathode UV light trap (8W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., gen. slide No.: LGNA 831 GoogleMaps ; 2 females, Seredou camp, Foret Classee de Ziama (upland forest), 872m, 8°21'14.53"N, 9°19'31.93"W, 24.ii–06.iii.2019, general coll., leg. Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Florczyk, K., Koivogui, S. GoogleMaps Liberia. 6 males, 1 female, Nimba Mts camp, ENNR, Nimba county, 1165m, 7°31'45"N, 8°31'37"W, 03–13.xii.2017, light trap (blended bulb 250W), leg. Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. GoogleMaps , gen. slide Nos : LGNA 544 , LGNA 478 (males) ; 1 male, 1 female, Nimba county, ENNR, Nimba Mts , main ridge (montane forest), 1327m, 7°31'1.3"N, 8°31'1.0"W, 9.xii.2017, light trap (blended bulb 250W), leg. Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. GoogleMaps , gen. slide No.: LGNA 538 ; 2 males, 2 females, ENNR, Nimba Mts, Cellcom road, little stream, 1250–1350m, 7°31'28"N, 8°30'39.9"W, 14–15.iii.2017, 250W blended bulb and 8W Cold Cathode light bucket trap, leg. Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Mount Nimba Main Ridge , ENNR, Nimba County, 1300m, 7°31'1.53"N, 8°31'1.24"W, 14–28.xii.2017, light trap blended bulb (250W), leg. Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. GoogleMaps , gen. slide No.: LGNA 1700 ; 2 females, same site and collectors, 31.iii–1.iv.2017; 2 males, 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, leg. Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Nimba County, Nimba Mts, ENNR, Cellcom road, 750m, 7°33'3.78"N, 8°31'46.49"W, 16–28.xii.2018 Cold Cathode UV Light Trap (8 W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G GoogleMaps .; 1 male, Nimba Mts, Mt. Gangra Summit , 978m, 7°32'45.82"N, 8°38'9.36"W, 17–25.iii.2017, light trap (250w blended bulb) & cold cathode UV light bucket trap (8w), leg. Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. GoogleMaps ; 3 males, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts , base camp forest, 611m, 8°07'17"N, 9°57'42"W, 20.xi–01.xii.2017, MV light trap (125W), leg. Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Lofa County, Zuwulor Village School, 230m, 7°54'52"N, 9°31'08"W, 8.xi.2017, light trap (blended bulb 250W), leg. Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. GoogleMaps , gen. slide No.: LGNA 543 ; 2 males, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Sinoe County, Juboe River , 7.5km South West Pellokon Town, 140m, 5°39'4"N, 8°39'4"W, 14–21.i.2018, light trap (blended bulb 250W), leg. Geiser, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. GoogleMaps Republic of Congo. 1 male, Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Mombongo camp ( Moist mixed forest), 352m, 02°10'30.7"N, 16°8'37.7"E, 28.vi.2022, MV light trap, leg. Dérozier, V. GoogleMaps , gen. slide No.: ANHRT 02232 ; 2 males, 1 female, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Kokoua base, 540m, 00°28'39"N, 15°16'42"E, 05–13.ix.2024, MV light trap, leg. Bashford, M., László, G., Talani, M., Volynkin, A. GoogleMaps , gen. slide Nos : LGNA 1486 , LGNA 1775 (males), LGNA 1778 (female) . Tanzania. 1 female, Mizimu, Mwanihana, Udzungwa Mountains N.P., 850m, 07°48'21.8"S, 36°51'09.5"E, 3– 6.viii.2010, light trap leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H. GoogleMaps , gen. slide No.: LGNA 259 .

Genetic information. Meganola palaeographa has been assigned the BIN URI: BOLD ABW4980. The intraspecific divergence calculated from 13 samples is 0.00–0.73%. The genetically closest species are M. fontainei , M. trigonographa and M. dicranographa diverging by 2.71–3.47%, 2.66–3.75% and 3.30– 3.80%, respectively.

Distribution. This species was initially known only from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania ( Hacker et al. 2012, Hacker 2014). László (2020) reported records of the species in West Africa, including Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia. In the current study, M. palaeographa was also found in Gabon, Guinea, and the Republic of Congo, indicating a wide equatorial distribution.