Macrocossus toluminus ( Druce, 1887 )

Yakovlev, Roman V., Sulak, Harald & Witt, Thomas J., 2019, Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species, Zootaxa 4586 (3), pp. 445-460 : 447-448

Macrocossus toluminus ( Druce, 1887)

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Cossus toluminus Druce, 1887: 684 –685. Synonymized with Macrocossus rudis Aurivillius, 1900 by Clench (1959). Type locality. Gambia .

Distribution. From Côte d'Ivoire to Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa ( Schoorl 1990; Vári et al. 2002).

Material examined. Holotype ♂, Gambia, A. Moloney ( NHMUK), examined. 2 ♂, Angola, Prov. Huambo, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi, 12°46.681´S 14°54.377´E, 1400 m, 25.III.2014, leg. Sulak, Naumann & Ott ( MWM); 1 ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe, 15°21.564´S 13°55.132´E, 1356 m, 28.XI.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM); 1 ♂, Huila Prov., N slopes Mt. Hole , ca. 5 km SSW Bonga, 14°14.963´S 13°58.097´E, 1053 m, 01.XII.2013, leg. Naumann, Ott & Sulak ( MWM).

Remarks. First record from Angola.

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FIGURES 2‒8. Cossidae, adult specimens: 2. Macrocossus toluminus (Druce, 1887), ♂, Angola, Prov. Huambo, 6 km N Chnigenge, Serra do Dembi (MWM); 3. Mirocossus sombo Yakovlev, 2011, ♂, holotype (ZSM); 4. Namibiocossus punctifer (Gaede, 1929), [Angola], Huila District. (NHMUK); 5. Aethalopteryx atriplaga (Le Cerf, 1919), ♀, holotype (MNHN); 6. Aethalopteryx forsteri (Clench, 1959), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., ca. 17 km NWN Ndongwe (MWM); 7. Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874, ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 65 km S Lubango (MWM); 8. Alophonotus rauana (Strand, 1909), ♂, Angola, Huila Prov., 10 km SW Cacula (MSW).