Bantia metzi Beier, 1935

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Bantia metzi Beier, 1935

Fig. 39c–g

Bantia metzi Beier, 1935a: 10–11 .

Type material

Holotype (1 male) BRAZIL • ♂ ( Fig. 39c–g ); “// Type // Santos / J. Metz leg. ded. / 30.V.1894. // 16.2.94. // genitalia / A. Agudelo / August 2017 // Miopteryx / cfr. Pseudomiopteryx / t. v. Brunn 1900. / sec. Coll Brunner v. W. / n. Thrinoconyx, / auch Bantia Stål // Bantia / metzi n. sp. / det. Beier ♂ / Type!”; ZMH 841077.

Type locality

Brazil: Santos.

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Complete. Genitalia were prepared after the images were taken.

Figures

Fig. 39. a–b. Anamiopteryx grandis Beier, 1935, paratype, ♀ (ZMH 861000). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c–g. Bantia metzi Beier, 1935, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841077). c. Labels. d. Dorsal view. e. Ventral view. f–g. Genitalia. White scale bars = 10 mm; black scale bar = 1.00 mm.