Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927

Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927: 466, figs 36–37.

Schenkelia gertschi Berland & Millot, 1941: 395, fig. 86c.

Plexippus fibulatus Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016: 454, figs 69–70, 107, syn. nov.

Schenkelia modesta – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 94, figs 256–260. — Wesołowska & Haddad 2009: 80, figs 170–175.

Material examined

UGANDA • 1 ♀; Mukono distr., Mabira Forest; 0°24′ N, 33°01′ E; road to Jinja; 0°25′ N, 33°12′ E; Aug. 1994; D. Penney leg.; NHM • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Rubaga; 0°18′ N, 32°33′ E; Apr. 1995; D. Penney leg.; NHM • 3 ♂♂; same locality as for preceding; tree trunks; Jul. 1994; NHM • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; under lichen; Jul. 1994; compound house; Jul.–Aug. 1994; NHM • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same locality as for preceding; summer 1994; NHM • 1 ♂; Bundibugyo, Semliki Forest; 0°44′ N, 29°57′ E; 670 m a.s.l.; 5–12 Feb. 1997; T. Wagner leg.; ZFMK 3830 • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Entebbe; Apr. 1999; FSCA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; FSCA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same locality as for preceding; Apr. 2001; FSCA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Kampala; Jun. 1996; FSCA • 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Kampala, Namulonge Research Station; 0°34′ N, 34°50′ E, 13 Jan. 1987; on tree trunks; A. Russell-Smith leg.; MRAC 217 517 • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 12 Oct. 1997; MRAC 217 520 .

Distribution

The species is known both from Equatorial and southern Africa, this is the first record from Uganda.

Synonymisation

The description of Plexippus fibulatus was the result of a misidentification of S. modesta .