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A new species of Afromelittia Gorbunov & Arita, 1997 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Melittiini) from The Gambia

2022

Bartsch, Daniel | Weitzel, Matthias

A new species of Afrotropical Melittiini, Afromelittia gruschwitzisp. n., is described. Attracted by synthetic pheromones, a single male was trapped 1992 in Abuko Nature Reserve, a gallery forest in The Gambia, West Africa. The female and the biology of the new species are unknown.

AGROVOC Keywords

cucurbitaceae females forests gambia males new species pheromones sesiidae taxonomy

Bibliographic information

Published in

Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde

Volume 5 Issue 1 Pagination 49 - 52 ISSN 2193-5513

Publisher

The Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History

Other Subjects

Conservation areas; Clearwing moths; Afrotropical region

Language

English

Type

Text; Journal Article

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DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.18476/2022.477144

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