Novilema fluminale Durante & Panzera, 2001

Durante, Antonio & Apinda-Legnouo, Emelie Arlette, 2022, Fifth contribution to the study of the Lithosiini of Gabon: two genera new for Gabon, with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5091 (3), pp. 416-428 : 419-424

Novilema fluminale Durante & Panzera, 2001

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Material. GABON: 2 ♂♂, Ipassa (Makokou), 0°30’43’’N 12°48’13’’E, 4/ 13-12-2017, Durante leg., g. sl. n. 1000 MAD and 1012 MAD; 1 ♂, same locality, 16/ 21-6-2021, Durante and Fasiello leg., g. sl. n. 1027 MAD .

Remarks. This species was described on the basis of eight male specimens from south Nigeria. The specimens from Gabon considerably enlarge its range of distribution. No female was collected (the supposed discovery of a female suggested by Krüger (2015) is dealt with in the discussion).

Genitalia are figured in Durante & Panzera (2001b).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Lithosiini spp.: adults. 1, Pusiola unicolor n. sp.—holotype male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 2, ditto—paratype, male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 3, ditto—paratype, female. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 4, ditto—paratype, female. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 5, Pusiola celida—male. Gabon, Mondah forest. 6, Novilema bifurcum n. sp.—holotype, male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 7, Novilema fluminale—male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park. 8, ditto—male. Gabon, Ivindo National Park.