Megalonycta inversa ( Gaede, 1915 ), 2017

Kiss, Ádám, 2017, Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4355 (1), pp. 1-90 : 61

Megalonycta inversa ( Gaede, 1915) comb. n., stat. nov.

( Figs 157 , 161, 164 )

Craniophora paragrapha var. inversa Gaede, 1915 , Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris herausgegeben vom Entomologischen Verein Iris zu Dresden 29: 109. Type-locality: Tanzania, Mtai. Holotype: male, in. coll. MfN.

Figures

FIGURES 153–160. Adults and male genitalia of Megalonycta spp. 153. M. mediovitta, holotype of waterloti, Madagascar (coll.and photo MNHN); 154. M. adelphica, holotype,São Tomé and Príncipe (coll.and photoBMNH);155. M. forsteri, male, holotype, Tanzania,Bukoba,slide No.:N1552 ♂ (coll.and photoZSM); 156. M. forsteri, female,Kenya,Mt.Kenya,slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB); 157. M. inversa, holotype, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 158. M. paragrapha, female, holotype, South Africa, Knysna (coll. and photo BMNH); 159. M. mediovitta, valva, vesica, Madagascar, slide No.: KA1519m (coll. ANHRT); 160. M. forsteri, valva, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA1416m (coll. GB); vesica, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA895m (coll.ZMUC).Not scaled.

FIGURES 161–166. Male and female genitalia, male 7 th, 8 th and female 7 th abdominal segments of Megalonycta spp. 161. M. inversa, holotype, valva, vesica, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 162. M. mediovitta, Madagascar, slide No.: KA1519m (coll. ANHRT); 163. M. forsteri, Ethiopia, slide No.: KA1416m (coll. GB); 164. M. inversa, holotype, Tanzania, Mtai, slide No.: KA1471m (coll. MfN); 165. M. forsteri, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB); 166. M. forsteri, Kenya, Mt. Kenya, slide No.: KA1415f (coll. GB). Male abdominal segments: left side sternite, right side tergite. Female abdominal segments:left side tergite, right side sternite.Not scaled.