Ossibia fuscata (Chevrolat, 1856)

Ossibia fuscata (Chevrolat, 1856) View in CoL – tribe Obriini

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ETYMOLOGY

Latin: dark coloured.

SIZE

Previous records: 7.5–14 mm; Kuzikus specimens (n=3): 6.5–9.5 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

March–December; in Kuzikus: January–April.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 30 Mar.–3 Apr. 2011; light trap; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS GoogleMaps • 2 ex.; Kuzikus Lodge ; 23°14’15”S 18°23’25”E; 22 Jan.–13 Feb. 2019; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 614, no 615, respectively”; MIZ, KWRC GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Cape Verde Islands, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NOTES

From the six species composing the genus Ossibia Pascoe, 1867 , O. fuscata represents one of the two species (with O. murina (Gerstaecker, 1855) , see below) occurring in Namibia. Our collecting data from the months of January and February extends and completes perfectly the flight period of the species which is now mentioned as possibly being present all over the year in Africa.