Neomardara africana ( Holland , 1893 )

László, Gyula M., 2023, A new Neomardara Hering, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo, Ecologica Montenegrina 62, pp. 26-37 : 34-35

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scientific name	Neomardara africana ( Holland , 1893 )
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Neomardara africana ( Holland, 1893)

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Lepasta africana Holland, 1893 , Entomological News 4(10): 343. Type locality: [ Gabon] Kangwé , Valley of the Ogooué River. Holotype, male in coll. CMNH.

Type material examined.

Holotype ( Fig. 3 View Figures 1–9 ). Male, [label with double-lined pink margins, with handwritten] “ Lepasta / africana, Holl. / Type. Ogoué. / Good. // “217” ( CMNH).

Additional material examined.

Gabon. 1 male, Mikongo (Rougier), Monts de Cristal ( Secondary Forest ), 430m, 0°29’47”N, 11°10’42”E, 28.vii.–12.viii.2019, MV Light Trap, Albert, J-L., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2019.17, gen. slide No.: LG 6041 GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Ogooue Ivindo P.N. Ivindo, Station de Recherche , d'Ipassa 450m, 0°30’43”N, 12°48’12”E, 14–26.vi.2016, Light Trap, Ruzzier, E., Tasane, T. leg., ANHRT:2017.19, gen. slide No.: LG 6041 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps . Guinea. 1 male, Dalaba, Foret de Goubel , 1413m, 10°39’27”N, 12°15’44”W, 10–18.ix.2019, MV Light Trap, Geiser, M., Leno, M., Koivagui, S., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L., Sáfián, Sz. leg., ANHRT:2019.19, gen. slide No.: LG 6043 GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Guinee Forestiere, Foret Classee de Ziama, Seredou ( Lowland Forest-Farmland ), 625m, 08°21’26”N, 09°17’48”W, 9–16.vii.2019, MV Light Trap, Dérozier, V., Koivagui, S., Miles, W., Sáfián, Sz., Warner, L. leg., ANHRT:2019.11, gen. slide No.: LG 6051 ( ANHRT) GoogleMaps . Ivory Coast. 2 males, Tai NP, Tai Research Station , 174m, 05°49’59.8”N, 07°20’32.0”W, 14–23.xi.2015, Light Trap, Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P., Ruzzier, E. leg. GoogleMaps ; Liberia. 1 male, Grand Cape Mount County, Lake Piso area (Bomi forest - savannah mosaic), 15m, 6°39’19.19”N, 11°7’71.35(sic!)”W, 2–9.i.2018, MV Light Trap, Sáfián, Sz. Simonics, G. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, gen. slide No.: LG 6050 ( ANHRT) . Republic of Congo. 1 male, Nouabalé- Ndoki National Park, Mondika camp, 365m, 02°21’50.63”N, 16°16’25.82”E, 07–14.ii.2023, actinic light trap, Bakala N., M., Dérozier, V., Kirk-Spriggs, A., László, G. leg., ANHRT:2023.3 ( ANHRT). GoogleMaps Sierra Leone. Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve , 180m, 24.x.2015, N08°20’57”, W13°10’42”, Light Trap, R. Goff coll., leg. Smith, R. & Takano, H. ( ANHRT) .

Distribution. Neomardara africana was earlier reported from Burundi (Dall’Asta 2004), Cameroon ( Hering 1926), DRC ( Collenette 1960), Equatorial Guinea ( Strand 1914), Ghana (Dall’Asta 2004), Nigeria ( Swinhoe 1903), Rwanda (Dall’Asta 2004) and Sierra Leone ( Swinhoe 1903). This current research found this species to be occurring in Ivory Coast, Liberia and the Republic of Congo representing new country records. Interestingly, a single male specimen was collected at the Mondika camp of Nouabalé- Ndoki National Park demonstrating a sympatric distribution of N. africana and N. mondika in the region.