Kayamuhakaia petermuriithii Lehmann, 2025

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia petermuriithii sp. nov.
Original genus:	Kayamuhakaia
Publication:	Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region).
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Pagination:	70–74, figs 3d, 15a
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia petermuriithii Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 27/012020♂, RMCA.	Kenya	Kenya, Taita-Taveta County, Taita Hills, 3°24’26’’S 38°18’19’’E, 1804 m, 1999-03-14, leg. U. Dall'Asta.
Kayamuhakaia petermuriithii Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	ZSM	Paratype 1♂, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 13/032020♂, ZSM.	Kenya	Kenya, Tsavo – ca. 30 km S Voi, 1 km W of Taita Discovery Centre, 3°43’S 038°46’E, 475 m, 2004-03-23, leg. J. & W. De Prins.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia petermuriithii Lehmann, 2025	Kenya		Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region). page 70

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