annuligera Verhoeff, 1904

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annuligera Verhoeff, 1904

Pselliophora annuligera Verhoeff, 1904

Type material.

Syntypes, 2♂, 1♀, ZMB 3837 / 3837 a–r (Verhoeff slide nrs 2568-2583); "Tanagebiet, D. O. Afrika" [Tanzania or Kenya?]; leg. Denhardt, 23.VIII.1895.

Present name.

Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by Würmli (2005).

Remarks.

The collector was probably Gustav Denhardt (1856-1917); one of a pair of brothers who undertook several expeditions to east Africa and were active in promoting the exploration and use of the Tana river. Gustav was still in the area in 1895, his brother having returned to Germany. Note that the Tana region may refer to the Tana river which today lies within the political boundaries of Kenya.