Aethiopsestis mufindiae Watson, 1965

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Aethiopsestis mufindiae Watson, 1965

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Aethiopsestis mufindiae Watson, 1965 . Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 27(2): 264. Type locality: [ Tanzania] Tanganyika, Mufindi. Holotype, ♂, in coll. NHMUK.

Figures

Figures 9–14: adults (all ©NHMUK). 9, Aethiopsestis austrina, holotype, ♂, Zimbabwe; 10, Ibidem, paratype, ♀, Zimbabwe; 11, A. nebulosa, holotype, ♂, RSA; 12, Ibidem, ♀, RSA; 13, A. echinata, holotype, ♂, Zimbabwe; 14, A. mufindiae, holotype, ♂, Tanzania.

Figures 15–18: adults (all ANHRT). 15, Aethiopsestis mufindiae, ♂, Zambia; 16, Ibidem, ♂, Zambia; 17, Ibidem, ♀, Zambia; 18, Ibidem, ♀, Zambia.

Figures 26–29. Male genitalia. 26, Aethiopsestis echinata, holotype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 2 (©NHMUK); 27, A. mufindiae, holotype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 40 (©NHMUK); 28, Ibidem, gen. slide No. LG 5626 (ANHRT); 29, Ibidem, gen. slide No. LG 5627 (ANHRT).

Figures 30–34. Female genitalia. 30, Marplena designina, paratype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 260 (©NHMUK); 31, Watsonopsestis smithi sp. n., paratype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 195 (©NHMUK); 32, Aethiopsestis austrina, paratype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 41 (©NHMUK); 33, A. nebulosa, paratype, gen. slide No. BM Thyatiridae 39 (©NHMUK); 34, A. mufindiae, gen. slide No. LG 5628 (ANHRT).