Meganola dananae Hacker 2012

Meganola dananae Hacker, 2012 (Figs 40–42, 111–112, 152) Meganola dananae Hacker, 2012, Esperiana 17: 382. TL: Côte d’Ivoire, Danane. Holotype, female, in coll. H. Hacker /ZSM). Material examined (all in coll. ANHRT). Côte d’Ivoire. 2 males, Denguele Classified Forest, 479m, 09°30'0.6"N, 07°40'51.1"W, 11–18.xi.2019, actinic light trap, leg. Aristophanous, M., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P., Outtara, S., gen. slide Nos: LGNA 1962, LGNA 1963. Guinea. 1 male, Nimba Mts, SMFG concession area, (Societe des Mines de Fer de Guinee), Cite 1, 700m, 7°42'2.83"N, 8°23'58.60"W, 25.viii–05.ix.2017, general coll., leg. Sáfián Sz., Simonics, G., gen. slide No.: LGNA 1151; 1 female, Geipa Camp, Foret de Diecke, 435m, 7°26'7.06"N, 8°50'47.87"W, 05–14.iv.2019, light trap, blended bulb (250W), leg. Sáfián, Sz., Koivogui, S., gen. slide No.: LGNA 988; 1 male, 2 females, 619km ESE of Conakry, Nzerekore Region, Prefecture de Lola, Ziela env., 540–600m, x.2017, 7°42'N, 8°21'W, leg. local collectors, gen. slide No.: LGNA 1538 (male), LGNA 1696, LGNA 1754 (females). Genetic information. This species has been assigned the BIN URI: BOLD AEG5922. The intraspecific divergence calculated from three samples is 0.15–0.31%. The closest relative of M. dananae is M. baaka sp. n. with a PWD of 3.15–3.31%. Meganola bispermutata bispermutata and M. bispermutata cryptochra diverge from M. dananae by 3.80–4.19% and 3.80–4.28%, respectively. Taxonomic note. Owing to the then-lack of DNA barcodes, László (2020) erroneously illustrated the male of M. pachygrapha as the male of M. dananae. The correct matching of the males and females of these species was clarified by the DNA barcode analyses during this study, and the confirmed male and female genitalia are illustrated under Figs 111–112, 152. Distribution. Meganola dananae is a west African species with confirmed records from Côte d’Ivoire (Hacker et al. 2012) and Guinea (present study).