Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Metarbela (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1988
Citation:	Metarbela taifensis n. sp.
Original genus:	Metarbela
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1988b. Fam. Metarbelidae, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae (part 6). – In Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (eds.) Fauna of Saudi Arabia.
Journal:	Fauna of Saudi Arabia
Volume:	9
Issue:
Pagination:	71; figs 1, 28

Metarbela taifensis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Taif, 01.vii.1934, leg. H. St. J. Philby.
Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 23♂, genitalia slides E. P. Wiltshire 217♂, 228♂, I. Lehmann 12/092007♂, NHMUK, NHMB.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Taif, 01.vii.1934, leg. H. St. J. Philby.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1988b. Fam. Metarbelidae, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae (part 6). – In Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (eds.) Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 71
Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 268

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Metarbela taifensis (1)

Metarbela taifensis (2)

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