Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

(Fig. 5)

Material. GABON: 2 ♂♂, Ipassa (Makokou), 500 m asl, 0°30’43’’N 12°48’13’’E, 24/ 25-2-2011, Durante leg. , g. sl. n. 1033 MAD; 1 ♂, same data, 16/ 28-2-2012; 3 ♂♂, same data, 14/ 24-3-2015, g. sl. n. 1032 MAD; 1 ♂, same data, 18/ 20-11-2017; 1 ♂, Mondah forest, 0°34’44’’N 9°20’06’’E, 26-11-2017, Durante leg. ; 1 ♂, Monts de Cristal, Kinguele, 0°27’12’’N 10°16’40’’E, 26/ 30-4-2019, Durante leg. ; UGANDA: 6 ♂♂, Kibale forest, 1,500 m asl, 0°33’40’’N 30°21’24’’E, 19/ 24-10-2014, Durante leg., g. sl. n. 1030 MAD.

Remarks. Species for Uganda for the first time was recorded by Kiriakoff (1958: 16). It was found at Kilembe and Fort Portal, and reported in combination with Phryganopsis Felder, 1874. This species has also recently been recorded for the Republic of Guinea (Durante & Panzera 2002a) and Kenya (Kühne 2008), having previously been recorded for Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Angola (see De Prins & De Prins 2011 –2021 for detailed bibliography). For the subspecies distribution records from the Republic of Guinea, please refer to the Discussion.

Genitalia are figured in Durante & Panzera (2002a).