Meganola trigonographa Hacker, 2012

Meganola trigonographa Hacker, 2012 View in CoL

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Meganola trigonographa Hacker, 2012 View in CoL , Esperiana 17: 465. TL: Burkina Faso, Comoe. Holotype, male, in coll. ZSM.

Material examined (all in coll. ANHRT).

Côte d’Ivoire. 1 male, Tai NP, Tai Research Station ( SRET), 174m, 05°50'00"N, 07°20'32.0"W, 25.iii– 17.iv.2017, MV Light Trap, Aristophanous, A., Aristophanous, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P GoogleMaps . Gabon. 1 male, Nyonie ( Lowland forest ), 10m, 0°2'22"S, 9°20'25"E, 23–28.viii.2019, MV light trap, Albert, J-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P., gen. slide No.: LGNA 1170 GoogleMaps . Liberia. 1 male, 1 female, Nimba Mts, ENNR, Nimba county ( Cellcom road), 1000–1100m, 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., gen. slide No.: LGNA 536 (male) GoogleMaps ; 2 males, 2 females, Nimba Mts camp, ENNR, Nimba county, 1165m, 7°31'45"N, 8°31'37"W, 03–13.xii.2017, MV (125W) and blended bulb (250W) light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L., gen. slide Nos: LGNA 862, LGNA 477 (males), LGNA 588, LGNA 1245 (females) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, 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 male, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts, Ridge Camp , 883m, 2, 8°07'20.79"N, 9°56'50.75"W, 22–30.xi.2018, Light Trap (blended bulb 250W), Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G GoogleMaps .; 1 male, 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., gen. slide No.: LGNA 537 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., gen. slide No.: ANHRT 02233 GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Mondika camp, 365m, 02°21'50.63"N, 16°16'25.82"E, 07–14.ii.2023, MV light trap, Bakala N., M., Dérozier, V., Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G., gen. slide No.: ANHRT 02538 GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Lobo Research Camp , 390m, 00°35'04"N, 14°53'12"E, 12–19.iv.2024, actinic light trap, Bashford, M., László, G., Talani, M., Yaba Ngouma, S., gen. slide No.: LGNA 1692 GoogleMaps . Zambia. 1 male, 1400m, Hillwood , Ikelenge, S 11°16'02", E24°18'59", 17–24.iii.2013, light trap, leg. Smith, R., Takano, H., gen. slide No.: LGNA 14 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 19–21.viii.2013, gen. slide No.: LGNA 115; 1 male, 1 female, same site, 9–16.v.2015, leg. Smith, R., Takano, H., Aristophanous, M., gen. slide No.: LGNA 753 (male); 2 males, 2 females, same site, 5–11.vi.2021, leg. Chizuwa, D., Choongo, W., gen. slide Nos: LGNA 1708, LGNA 1709 (males); 1 male, same site and collectors, 28.v–4.vi.2020, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1974; 1 male, same site, 23–30.xi.2019, leg. Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L., Smith, R., gen. slide No: 1701; 3 females, Nkwaji, Mwinilunga , 1316m, 11°36'22"S, 24°33'17"E, 21–22.viii.2013, light trap, leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H., gen. slide Nos: LGNA 173, LGNA 265, LGNA 267 GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Zambezi Rapids (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1205m, 11°7'30"S, 24°11'6"E, 4–9.xi.2018, actinic light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Dérozier, V., László, G., Oram, D., gen. slide No.: LGNA 1965 GoogleMaps .

Genetic information. This species has been assigned the BIN URI: BOLD AAQ3396. The intraspecific divergence calculated from eight samples is 0.00–0.31%. The genetically closest taxa are M. fontainei (PWD=1.26–1.73%), M. dicranographa (PWD=1.49–1.86%) and the M. furvitincta-spherographata sp. n. species pair (PWD=2.49–3.29%).

Distribution. Meganola trigonographa was previously known only from Burkina Faso ( Hacker et al. 2012). The current research indicates that this species is more widespread, extending from West Africa to southern Central Africa, with confirmed records from Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, and Zambia.