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Hyperlais transversalis Mey 2011

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Description

Hyperlais transversalis Mey, 2011

Imago (fig. 3): Wingspan 11–13 mm. Described by Mey (2011).

Male genitalia (fig. 50): Described by Mey (2011).

Female genitalia (fig. 84): Described by Mey (2011).

Diagnosis: Distinguished by the ferruginous termen of the forewing.

Life history: Not known.

Distribution: Kenya, Namibia.

Holotype ♂ (NMNW)

Material examined: KENYA: Rift Valley, Lake Baringo 3000ft 0° 36’ 20” N 36° 01’ 10” E 1 specimen without abdomen or antennae 1.vii.2000, 2♀ 17.viii.2007 including slide DJLA 1249; Marigat 3000ft 1♂ 1♀ 4.vi.1999 including slide DJLA 1252; 2♂ Mpala Research Centre 1720 m 0° 17’ N 36° 54’ E 11 & 14.xi.2009; Coast: Rukinga Estate 500 m 3° 42’ 22” S 38° 461’ 34” E, 2♀ 8.xii.2011, 1♂ 1♀ 9.xii.2011, 1♀ 11.xi.2012 (DJLA); NAMIBIA as listed by Mey (2011).

Notes

Published as part of Agassiz, David, 2022, The tribe Cybalomiini (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Glaphyrinae) of sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 101-156 in Zootaxa 5174 (2) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6986011

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DJLA , NMNW
Event date
1999-06-04 , 2000-07-01 , 2007-08-17
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Hyperlais
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mey
Species
transversalis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1999-06-04 , 1999-06-04/2012-11-11 , 2000-07-01 , 2007-08-17
Taxonomic concept label
Hyperlais transversalis Mey, 2011 sec. Agassiz, 2022

References

  • Mey, W. (2011) New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Memoir, 6, 146 - 315.