Megalota purpurana Aarvik, 2004

Razowski, Józef, Aarvik, Leif & Prins, Jurate De, 2010, 2469, Zootaxa 2469, pp. 1-77 : 21

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537642
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D77B90A-FFD5-FFDE-FF3C-FF54B88DB871
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megalota purpurana Aarvik, 2004
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Treatment

Megalota purpurana Aarvik, 2004 View in CoL ( Figs 33, 77, 105)

Megalota purpurana Aarvik, 2004 View in CoL . Norwegian Journal of Entomology 51: 104. Brown 2005. World Catalogue of Insects 5: 415.

Paratype 1 (♂). Label data (3): " Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Kenya, Nairobi, Olulua Forest 1600 m, 01°39'S 35°50'E (P8), 15.iv.2001, leg. J. & W. De Prins "; " Paratype, Megalota View in CoL , purpurana Aarvik View in CoL ♂, Genital prep. 23001, L. Aarvik "; " MRAC / KMMA 00238 View Materials "; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004987 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Paratype 2 (♀). Label data (3): " Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Kenya, Nairobi, Olulua Forest 1600 m, 01°39'S 35°50'E (P8), 15.iv.2001, leg. J. & W. De Prins "; " Paratype, Megalota , purpurana Aarvik ♀, Genital prep. 23002, L. Aarvik "; " MRAC / KMMA 00239 View Materials "; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004988 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Paratype 3 (♀). Label data (2): " Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Kenya, Nairobi, Olulua Forest 1700 m, 15.iv.2001, leg. J. & W. De Prins "; " Paratype, Megalota , purpurana Aarvik ♀ ". [Not dissected]; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004989 View Materials ( Fig. 33) .

Paratype 4 (♀). Label data (3): " Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Kenya, Nairobi, Olulua Forest 1600 m, 01°39'S 35°50'E (P8), 15.iv.2001, leg. J. & W. De Prins "; " Paratype, Megalota , purpurana Aarvik ♀, Genital prep. 23003, L. Aarvik "; " MRAC / KMMA 00240 View Materials "; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004990 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Paratype 5 (♂). Label data (3): " Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Kenya, Mount Kenya, Chorogia 1600 m, 00°14'S 37°35'E (M8/O8), 13–14.iv.2001, leg. J. & W. De Prins "; " Paratype, Megalota , purpurana Aarvik ♂, Genital prep. 23006, L. Aarvik "; " MRAC / KMMA 00241 View Materials "; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004991 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Paratype 6 (♂). Label data (3): " Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Kenya, Nairobi, Olulua Forest 1600 m, 01°39'S 35°50'E (P8), 15.iv.2001, leg. J. & W. De Prins "; " Paratype, Megalota , purpurana Aarvik ♂, Genital prep. 23005, L. Aarvik "; " MRAC / KMMA 00242 View Materials "; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004992 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Male genitalia ( Fig. 77). Terminal parts of uncus very large, rounded laterally; distal part of valva rather short, moderately broad; sacculus long, convex with large submedian cavity fringed with hairs and setae (the largest in proximal and distal groups); aedeagus with a series of short dorsoterminal thorns.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 105). Papilla analis and apophyses moderate; sterigma broad with pair of medioposterior sclerites and large lateral lobes; antrum broad, short, distinctly sclerotized; ductus bursae long; signum a plate with a few processes of which one is larger.

Remarks. Described from 7 specimens, of which 3 male and 3 female paratypes are present in the collection of RMCA. The male holotype is in BMNH.