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massaica Verhoeff, 1905 View in CoL
Pselliophora massaica Verhoeff, 1905a
Type material.
Holotype, ZMB 2528 / 2528 a–c (Verhoeff slide nrs 2599-2601); "D. O. Afrika, Massaisteppe" [Tanzania]; leg. Schillings.
Present name.
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by Würmli (2005).
Remarks.
The collector was Carl Georg Schillings (1865-1921), a big game hunter and explorer who collected in Tanzania (as German East Africa) for the Berlin Museum during several trips made between 1896 and 1903.
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