Kayamuhakaia fontainei Lehmann, 2025

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Permalink:	KAYAFONT
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia fontainei 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).
Journal:	None
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Pagination:	135–139, figs 8c, 8d, 20a, 20b
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia fontainei Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 21/012020♂, RMCA.	Burundi	Burundi, Gitega Province, Gitega District, Gitega, 3°25’05’’S 29°56’11’’E, 1600 m, 1967-10-02, leg. M. Fontaine.
Kayamuhakaia fontainei Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♀	RMCA	Paratype 1♀, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 25/012020♀, RMCA.	Burundi	Burundi, Gitega Province, Gitega District, Gitega, 3°25’05’’S 29°56’11’’E, 1600 m, 1967-12-04, leg. M. Fontaine.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia fontainei Lehmann, 2025	Burundi		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 135

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