Bambara problematica Darby 2014

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 245

? Bambara problematica Darby 2014

( Fig. 4E )

Remarks: A single specimen possibly of the very variable B. problematica Darby originally described from Madagascar and not known from any other country. The short arm of the receptacle appears to be longer and more pointed than that of B. problematica but this could be the result of air being trapped inside the adjoining duct ( Fig. 4E ).

Material examined

1 ♀, UGANDA: Mpanga Forest , 25 miles N. Kampala, 0°12′N, 32°17′E, ix.1965, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH) .

Figures

Fig. 4. — Bambara spp. Bambara fragilis sp. n., A, habitus; Ba, Bb, spermathecae. Bambara lyrae sp. n., C, habitus; D, spermatheca.?Bambara problematica Darby, E, spermatheca.?Bambara subjoannis Darby, F, spermatheca. Bambara magnifica Darby, G, spermatheca. Bambara gabela Darby, H, spermatheca. Bambara frosti (Dybas), I, spermatheca.