173. Euriphene gambiae gambiae Feisthamel, 1850

WL: 24mm. The species is known from damp forest but may extend to dry forest; its nominate subspecies is restricted to Senegal (Casamanse, type locality) , Guinea-Bissau and the Fouta Djallon in Guinea; subspecies E. g. vera flies in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana, while E. g. gabonica occurs in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, DRC and Angola. Host-plants are still unknown.

Studied material. Gabú: Pataque, 2♀ (JG 25) (CZ 5899).

Previous references. Regions: Oio, Quinara. Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bacelar (1949), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008b).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.