Meganola pyrrhosoma Hacker, 2012

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Meganola pyrrhosoma Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 420. Type locality: Ghana, Biakpa, Volta Region. Holotype, ♀ (ZMHB).

Material examined. Ivory Coast. 1 ♀, 1171 m, Mt Tonkoui Peak, N07°27’15,2”, W07°38’12,5”, 1–8.XI.2015, Light Trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Moretto, P. & Ruzzier, E., ANHRT:2017.16, slide No.: LGNA 226 ♀; 1 ♀, same site and collectors, but collected at 12–18.VII.2015, ANHRT:2017.14, slide No.: LGNA 57 ♀. Liberia. 2 ♀, 611m, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts, base camp forest, 8°07’17”N, 9°57’42”W, 20.xi.–01.xii.2017, MV Light Trap (125W), Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G. & Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide Nos: LGNA 559 ♀, LGNA 561 ♀; 1 ♀, 1000–1100m, Nimba Mts., ENNR, Nimba county (Cellcom road), 7°32’45.88”N, 8°31’21.04”W, 02–14.xii.2017, Cold Cathode Light Bucket, Aristophanous, M., Sáfián, Sz., Simonics, G., Smith, L. leg., ANHRT:2017.33, slide No.: LGNA 600 ♀ (ANHRT).

Remark. The externally rather characterless M. pyrrhosoma was described from Ghana based on a single female specimen. As only additional female specimens are present in the ANHRT collection, the male remains unknown.

Distribution. The species was known only from its holotype from Biakpa, Ghana (Hacker et al. 2012). The specimens from Ivory Coast and Liberia represent new country records.