Meganola aarviki Hacker, 2012

Meganola aarviki Hacker, 2012 View in CoL

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Meganola aarviki Hacker, 2012 View in CoL , Esperiana 17: 451. TL: [ DRC] Kisangani. Holotype, male, in coll. MWM/ZSM.

Material examined (all in coll. ANHRT).

Côte d’Ivoire. 1 male, Tai NP. Tai Research Station ( SRET), 174m, 05°50'00"N, 07°20'32.0W, 25.iii– 17.iv.2017, MV light trap, leg. Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P., gen. slide No.: LGNA 980 GoogleMaps . Republic of Congo. Long series of both sexes from the following localities: Sangha Prov. , Nouabale-Ndoki National Park , Mbeli camp, ( Gilbertiodendron forest), 372m, 02°14'23.8"N, 16°23'52.1"E, (1–10.x.2022, leg. Dérozier, V., Fouka, B., Kirk-Spriggs, A., Takano, H., 14–20.ii.2023, leg. Bakala, N. M., Dérozier, V., Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G.); Nouabale-Ndoki National Park , Bomassa camp, 341m, 02°12'36.9"N, 16°11'30.2"E, (20–21.ii.2023, leg. Bakala, N. M., Dérozier, V., Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G., 16–23.ix.2022, leg. Dérozier, V., Fouka, B., Kirk-Spriggs, A., Takano, H.); Nouabale-Ndoki National Park , Mondika camp, 365m, 02°21'50.63"N, 16°16'25.82"E, (07–14.ii.2023, leg. Bakala N., M., Dérozier, V., Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G., 27.iv–06.v.2023, leg. Dérozier, V., Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G., Mvouende, S.); Sangha Prov. , Noubale-Ndoki National Park , Ndoki formation ( Secondary forest ), 352m, 02°12'47.7"N, 16°23'45.8"E, 29.ix–1.x.2022, leg. Dérozier, V., Fouka, B., Kirk-Spriggs, A., Takano, H.; Odzala-Kokoua National Park , Imbalanga Camp, 480m, 00°45'47"N, 15°15'39"E, 05–11.iv.2024, leg. Bashford, M., László, G., Talani, M., Yaba Ngouma, S.; Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Mbomo HQ, 570m, 00°26'13''N, 14°42'01''E, (19–22.iv.2024, leg. Bashford, M., László, G., Talani, M., Yaba Ngouma S., 28.ix–01.x.2024, leg. Bashford, M., László, G., Talani, M., Volynkin, A., Yaba Ngouma S.), gen. slide Nos: ANHRT 02257 , ANHRT 2513 , ANHRT 02524 , ANHRT 02544 , ANHRT 02547 , ANHRT 02557 , ANHRT 02574 , ANHRT 02577 , ANHRT 02576 , ANHRT 02579 , ANHRT 02580 , ANHRT 02588 , ANHRT 02218 , ANHRT 02219 , ANHRT 02220 , ANHRT 02230 , ANHRT 02247 , ANHRT 02231 , ANHRT 02258 , ANHRT 02260 , ANHRT 02263 , ANHRT 02264 , ANHRT 02265 , ANHRT 02266 , ANHRT 02268 , ANHRT 02269 , ANHRT 02270 , ANHRT 02299 , ANHRT 02304 , ANHRT 03228 , ANHRT 03256 , ANHRT 03260 , ANHRT 03276 , ANHRT 03279 , ANHRT 03289 , LGNA 1355 , LGNA 1357 , LGNA 1359 , LGNA 1378 , LGNA 1379 , LGNA 1380 , LGNA 1391 , LGNA 1825 (males), ANHRT 02539 , ANHRT 02483 , ANHRT 02556 , ANHRT 02589 , ANHRT 02552 , ANHRT 02310 , LGNA 1382 (females) GoogleMaps .

Genetic information. Meganola aarviki has been assigned the BIN URI: BOLD AAP3225, and the species is BIN-sharing with both subspecies of M. furvitincta and M. spherographata sp. n. As only one sample was included in the genetic analyses, the intraspecific divergence could not be calculated. The PWD from M. furvitincta furvitincta , M. furvitincta poliographa and M. spherographata sp. n. is 1.86– 2.02%, 2.17% and 0.00–2.33%, respectively. The pairwise genetic distances between this species and M. fontainei and M. trigonographa are 2.90–3.21% and 2.99–3.29%, respectively.

Distribution. The species was described from Kisangani ( DRC). A female paratype from Odzala National Park, illustrated in Hacker et al. (2012), belongs to M. trigonographa Hacker, 2012 . However, the identity of a second paratype specimen from Kenya, which is not illustrated, remains uncertain. This species is relatively abundant in northern Congo, where a long series was collected in the Nouabale-Ndoki and Odzala-Kokoua National Parks. Additionally, a single, somewhat worn male specimen from Tai National Park in Côte d’Ivoire can be confidently identified as M. aarviki based on its genital characteristics.