Meganola dananae Hacker, 2012

László, Gyula M., 2020, Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I., Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 151-182 : 162

Meganola dananae Hacker, 2012

( Figs 19–20 , 66 , 94 )

Meganola dananae Hacker, 2012 , Esperiana 17: 382. Type locality: Ivory Coast, Danane. Holotype, ♀ (coll. Hacker /ZSM).

Material examined. Guinea. 1 ♂, 435m, Geipa Camp , Foret de Diecke, 7°26’7.06”N, 8°50’47.87”W, 05–14.iv.2019, Cold Cathode UV Light Trap (8W), Sáfián, Sz., Koivogui, S. leg. ANHRT : 2019.7, slide No.: LGNA 975 ♂; 1 ♀, same data but collected by light trap equipped with 250W blended bulb, slide No.: LGNA 988 ♀ ( ANHRT) .

Remark. The species was described from a single female specimen. The external habitus as well as the genital morphology of the species suggest a close relationship to M. bispermutata Hacker, 2012 . The male is illustrated here for the first time ( Figs 19 , 66 ).

Distribution. Ivory Coast ( Hacker et al. 2012). New country record for Guinea.

Figures

FIGURES 1–20: adults (all in coll.ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 1, Meganola smithi sp. n., holotype, ♂, Ivory Coast; 2, M. smithi sp. n., paratype, ♂, Liberia; 3, M. smithi sp. n., paratype, ♀, Liberia; 4, M. endoscota, holotype, ♀, Ghana (NHMUK); 5, M. endoscota, ♂, Liberia; 6, M. endoscota, ♂, Guinea; 7, M. endoscota, ♂, Cameroon; 8, M. microfascia, ♂, Ivory Coast; 9, M. microfascia, ♀, Ivory Coast; 10, M. mesonephele, ♀, Ivory Coast; 11, M. lucia, ♂, Ivory Coast; 12, M. lucia, ♂, Cameroon; 13, M. lucia, ♀, Ivory Coast; 14, M. palaeographa, ♂, Ivory Coast; 15, M. palaeographa, ♀, Ivory Coast; 16, M. monofascia, ♂, Ivory Coast; 17, M. monofascia, ♂, Cameroon; 18, M. monofascia, ♀, Liberia; 19, M. dananae, ♂, Guinea; 20, M. dananae, ♀, Guinea.

FIGURES 66–74: male genitalia (all in coll.ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 66, Meganola dananae, Guinea, LGNA 975; 67, M. furvitincta, lectotype, Sierra Leone, BM Arct. 6469 (prep. by Gy. M. László) (NHMUK); 68, M. furvitincta, Liberia, LGNA 491; 69, M. aarviki, Ivory Coast, LGNA 980; 70, M. spherographa, Ivory Coast, LGNA 228; 71, M. taiana sp. n., holotype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 142; 72, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, Liberia, LGNA 487; 73, M. fontainei, Zambia, LGNA 1; 74, M. rhyssomorpha, Ivory Coast, LGNA 233.

FIGURES 88–95: female genitalia (all in coll. ANHRT unless otherwise indicated). 88, Meganola smithi sp. n., paratype, Liberia, LGNA 523; 89, M. endoscota, holotype, Ghana, NHMUK010315151 (prep. by Gy.M. László) (NHMUK); 90, M. microfascia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 418; 91, M. mesonephele, Ivory Coast, LGNA 151; 92, M. lucia, Ivory Coast, LGNA 420; 93, M. palaeographa, Ivory Coast, LGNA 24; 94, M. dananae, Guinea, LGNA 988; 95, M. taiana sp. n., paratype, Ivory Coast, LGNA 983.