Metarctia deriemaeckeri Kiriakoff, 1953

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarhodia (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Metarctia rubribasa
Authorship:	Kiriakoff, 1953
Citation:	Metarctia deriemaeckeri sp. nov.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:	Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie
Volume:	26
Issue:
Pagination:	37–38; pl. 3, fig. 28; pl. 6, fig. 79

Metarctia deriemaeckeri (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia rubribasa Bethune-Baker, 1911; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 24).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia deriemaeckeri Kiriakoff, 1953	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo belge, Haut-Katanga, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], 08.xii.1934, leg. Ch. Seydel.
Metarctia deriemaeckeri Kiriakoff, 1953	Paratype	♂	RMCA	Paratype 1♂, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], Congo belge, Haut-Katanga, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], 08.xii.1934, leg. Ch. Seydel.

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Metarctia deriemaeckeri (1)

Metarctia deriemaeckeri (2)

Metarctia deriemaeckeri (3)

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