Neomardara divergens Collenette, 1931

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Neomardara divergens Collenette, 1931, Transactions of the entomological Society of London 79(2): 350. Type locality: [Zambia] NW Rhodesia, Solwezi. Holotype, male in coll. NHMUK.

Type material examined.

Holotype (Fig. 6). Male, [red ring label] “Type” // “N. W. Rhodesia: / Solwezi. / 1.xi.1917. / H.C. Dollman. / 1919-79” // [with handwritten] “ Neomardara / divergens, / Collenette. / Holotype.” // “Areole / present.”, QR code label with unique id.: NHMUK 014173319 (NHMUK).

Additional material examined.

Zambia. 1 male, Hillwood, Ikelenge (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1400m, S11°16’02”, E24°18’59”, 23–30.xi.2019, LepiLED Light Trap, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, L. leg., ANHRT:2019.25, gen. slide No.: LG 6044; 1 male, Senka Hill, Mukulizi Forest Reserve, Muchinga Province, 1566m, 09°05’43”S, 32°05’06”E, 1–6.v.2019, MV Light Trap, Dérozier, V., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2019.12, gen. slide No.: LG 6045; 1 female, Nyangombe Falls, (Miombo / Riverine forest mosaic), 1300m, 11°48’25”S, 24°32’12”E, 17–23.xi.2019, MV Light Trap, Bashford, M., Miles, W., Mulvaney, R., Smith, R. leg., ANHRT:2019.25, gen. slide No.: LG 6052 (ANHRT).

Distribution. Neomardara divergens is known to date from Zambia only, however, its occurrence in the Katanga plateau of the DRC is highly likely.