Bambara frosti ( Dybas, 1966 )

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 : 244

Bambara frosti ( Dybas, 1966)

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Remarks: The most widespread and commonest species of this pantropical genus. Parthenogenetic. Spermatheca ( Fig. 4I ).

Material examined

1♀, UGANDA: Makerere University College Farm , 12 miles N. Kampala, 0°28′N, 32°37′E, xii.1964 –v.65, 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.