Sepedon (Parasepedon) umbrosa Verbeke, 1950

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Sepedon (Parasepedon) umbrosa Verbeke, 1950

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Reference to figures: Verbeke 1950 (aedeagus, surstylus).

Holotype: The specimen, examined by Knutson in 1978 in MRAC, is a ♀ labelled “Moyen-Kwili; Leverville, [no date] P. Vanderijst”, not as Verbeke (1950) published “ 1♂ étiqueté: “Wombali, ix.1913 (P. Vanderijst)”. Both localities are in the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.

WEST AFRICA: IVORY COAST: Lamto, Pauck-Quanto Po, 1♂, 26.xii.1970, D . Lachaise (MNHNP); Réserve du Banco, 1♂, [no date] R. Paulian & C. Delamare) (MNHNP). BÉNIN: Bassà , 1♂ 1♀, 19.ii.1992 ; S. Cotonov, 3♂ 3♀, (no date, no collector); both det. by LK 2 DOB, all in Vala Collection. NIGERIA, Lagos , Ojo, 1♀, 11.viii.1974, M.A. Cornes (USNM).

Published records. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ( Verbeke 1950, 1963); BÉNIN ( Vala et al. 1994, who also list Nigeria, Zaire and Ivory Coast, without further detail).

Biology. Gbedjissi (2003), parasitoids/predators of terrestrial snails.