Bambara gabela Darby, 2018

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 244

Bambara gabela Darby, 2018

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Remarks: Described from Angola and not known until now from any other country. The spermatheca in this species is very distinctive ( Fig. 4H ).

Material examined

1♀, UGANDA: Makerere University College , 2 miles N. Kampala, 0°20′ N, 32°34′ E, xxii.1964, 4000m, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH, mounted as a disarticulated slide) ; 4♀♀, UGANDA: Mabira forest , 40m E. Kampala, tropical rain forest, 0°20′N, 33°8′E, x.1965, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH, only two mounted) .

Figures

Fig. 4. — Bambara spp. Bambara fragilis sp. n., A, habitus; Ba, Bb, spermathecae. Bambara lyrae sp. n., C, habitus; D, spermatheca.?Bambara problematica Darby, E, spermatheca.?Bambara subjoannis Darby, F, spermatheca. Bambara magnifica Darby, G, spermatheca. Bambara gabela Darby, H, spermatheca. Bambara frosti (Dybas), I, spermatheca.