Homadaula spec. A

Mey, Wolfram, 2022, Unexpected diversity: ten new species of Homadaula Lower, 1899 from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Galacticoidea: Galacticidae), Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 21-33 : 31

Homadaula spec. A

Material : 1 ♀, Kenya, Coastal, Rukinga Est., 490 m, 3°42′20′′S 36°46′35′′E, 23.xi.2010, leg. D. Agassiz & M. Ngugi , genitalia slide Mey 45/21 ( MfN); 3 ♀, same locality, 8.xii.2011, leg. D. Agassiz & M. Ngugi , genitalia slide Mey 53/21 (coll. Agassiz).

Remarks: In the female genitalia ( Fig. 30 ), the long, straight henia with curved apex and the presence of two signa in the bursa copulatrix are unique characters of the species. The forewings resemble the wings of H. agassizi sp. nov.

Figures

Figure 30 – Female genitalia of Homadaula spec. B, a - lateral aspect, b – dorsal side of tergum VII and VIII, c – ventral side, scale bar: 0.5 mm.