Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869

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Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869

Fig. 2f–h

Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869: 64 .

Ligentella benguelae – Kaltenbach 1996: 257–259.

Type material

Holotype (1 female)

ANGOLA • ♀ ( Fig. 2f–h ); “// Holotype // O 277 ♀ / Benguela // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Benguelae / Sss. // Parentella ♀ / benguelae Sauss. / det. Beier ”; ZMH 833033 .

Type locality

West Africa, Benguela [ Angola].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Incomplete: last pair of legs is missing.

Remarks

In the original publication Saussure quotes “Africa occidentalis” [West Africa] as type locality. However in a later publication ( Saussure 1871), he gives a more detailed description of this type specimen and quotes Benguela as more specific type locality.

Figures

Fig. 2. a–e. Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Werner, 1923, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841075). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–e. Genitalia. f–h. Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869, holotype, ♀ (ZMH 833033). f. Labels. g. Dorsal view. h. Ventral view. White scale bars = 10 mm; black scale bar = 0.50 mm.