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Metamicroptera paradoxa (Hering, 1932)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metamicroptera (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Metamicroptera rotundata
Authorship:(Hering, 1932)
Citation:Balacra paradoxa spec. nov.
Original genus:Balacra
Publication:Hering E. M. 1932a. Neue Heteroceren aus Afrika.
Journal:Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines
Volume:22
Issue:1
Pagination:107; pl. 2, fig. 30
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metamicroptera rotundata Hulstaert, 1923; synonymized by S. G. Kiriakoff (1953b: 75).

Kiriakoff S. G. 1953b. Arctiidae nouveaux du Musée Royal du Congo Belge.
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Metamicroptera paradoxa (Hering, 1932) Lectotype ♂ RMCA Lectotype ♂, designated by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2005b: 142), RMCA Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], xii.1926, leg. Ch. Seydel. Przybyłowicz Ł. 2005b. A new Afrotropical species of Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 1923 with the first record of M. rotunda Hulst. from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 107; pl. 2, fig. 30
Metamicroptera paradoxa (Hering, 1932) Lectotype ♂ RMCA Paralectotype 1♂, RMCA. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], xii.1926, leg. Ch. Seydel. Przybyłowicz Ł. 2005b. A new Afrotropical species of Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 1923 with the first record of M. rotunda Hulst. from Zambia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 107; pl. 2, fig. 30
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