Cestromoecha tenuipes (Karsch, 1890) Figs 16-21

Cestromoecha tenuipes Karsch, 1890. Entom. Nachricht. 16: 363; type locality: Cameroon, Barombi Station (MfN).

Cestromoecha mundamensis Syn. Cestromoecha mundamensis Karsch, 1896 syn. nov. Karsch 1896. Stett. Entomol. Z. 57: 338; type locality: Cameroon, Mundame (MfN).

Material examined of C. tenuipes .

Cameroon, Barombi Station (2♀ syntypes) (MfN) ; Cameroon (1♀) (MCNM); Cameroon, Mundame (1♂, 2♀) (NHMW) ; Angola (1♀); Equatorial Guinea, Fernando Poo (1♂);

Material examined of C. mundamensis .

Equatorial Guinea, Fernando Poo, Musolo I. 1902, L. Fea (1♂, 1♀); Fernando Poo, Basile (1♀) (MSNG) ; Cameroon, Campo Ma'an National Park (lowland rainforest) (950 m alt.) 10-22. III. 2018 (MV Light Trap), Fotsing, Ishmael, Miles, Safian (1♂) (ANHRT) ; Central African Republic, Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lake 1, 30-31. I. 2012, 11-12. II. 2012, 21-22. II. 2012 (light) (3♂) (BMPC & PAPC) .

Diagnosis.

Sjöstedt (1912) stated that Griffini (1905/6) found no differences between C. tenuipes and C. mundamensis, both described by Karsch. Sjöstedt mentions that a generic character on which Cestromoecha was erected, is a missing mirror on the right tegmen, while C. mundamensis has a well-developed mirror. However, both C. tenuipes (Fig. 17) and C. mundamensis males have well-developed mirrors and a comparison of the outer genitalic system of both C. tenuipes (Figs 19-21) and C. mundamensis showed no differences. Therefore, we suggest to synonymize both species that also have an overlapping distribution pattern to be synonymised.

Distribution.

Central to West Africa.