Afroplitis tanzaniae Schintlmeister, 2018

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FAMILY	Notodontidae
SUBFAMILY	Dicranurinae
GENUS	Afroplitis
SPECIES	tanzaniae
AUTHOR	Schintlmeister, 2018
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Afroplitis tanzaniae nov. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	Tanzania, Nguru Mts, West dry forest, Makuyu, 566 m, 11.ii.2005, leg. Ph. Darge.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -6°6'0" Longitude: 37°36'0" Toggle map
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide MWM 23.404♂, ZSM; Paratypes 5♂, 4♀, genitalia slides MWM 23.405♂, MWM 23.403♀, MWM, ZSM.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Schintlmeister A. 2018. A review of the genus Afroplitis Kiriakoff, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) with description of seven new species. - Entomofauna 39(14):711-769.
PAGINATION	720-722, figs 25, 26, 27, 81, 82, 89

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Kenya		Schintlmeister A. 2018. A review of the genus Afroplitis Kiriakoff, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) with description of seven new species. - Entomofauna 39(14):711-769.	720
Tanzania		Schintlmeister A. 2018. A review of the genus Afroplitis Kiriakoff, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) with description of seven new species. - Entomofauna 39(14):711-769.	720

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