Bambara magnifica Darby, 2018

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 245

Bambara magnifica Darby, 2018

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Remarks: Described from Angola and not known until now from any other country. The large size of B. magnifica and distinctive spermatheca immediately distinguishes it from all other Ugandan species ( Fig. 4G ).

Material examined

1♀, UGANDA: Makerere University College , 2 miles N. Kampala, 0°20′N, 32°34′E, xxii.1964, 4000m., leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH) ; 3♀♀, UGANDA: Makerere University College Farm , 12 miles N. Kampala, 0°28′N, 32°37′E, xii.1964 –v.65, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH, one mounted as a disarticulated slide) . 2♀♀, UGANDA: Busowa Falls , 20 miles N Jinja on the R . Nile , riverine forest, 0°30′N, 33°12′E, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH) ; 2 exs., UGANDA: Mabira Forest , 40 miles E. Kampala, tropical rain forest, x.1965, 0°20′N, 33°8′E, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH) .

Figures

Fig. 4. — Bambara spp. Bambara fragilis sp. n., A, habitus; Ba, Bb, spermathecae. Bambara lyrae sp. n., C, habitus; D, spermatheca.?Bambara problematica Darby, E, spermatheca.?Bambara subjoannis Darby, F, spermatheca. Bambara magnifica Darby, G, spermatheca. Bambara gabela Darby, H, spermatheca. Bambara frosti (Dybas), I, spermatheca.