Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni 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:	173–176, figs 11e, 23a
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♂	NMK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 16/022020♂, NMK.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	RMCA	Paratype 1♂, same locality but 2008-10-31, RMCA.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	ZFMK	Paratypes 2♂, same locality but 2008-11-08, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 024/122029♂, ZFMK.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	NMK	Paratype 1♂, same locality but 2008-11-12, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 16B/032029♂, NMK.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	ZMUC	Paratypes 2♂, same locality but 2009-10-29 and 2009-11-16, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 031/122029♂, ZMUC.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	ZSM	Paratype 1♂, same locality but 2009-11-14, ZSM.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	NHMO	Paratypes 2♂, same locality but 2008-11-15 and 2009-10-29, genitalia slide I. Lehmann B12/122029♂, NHMO.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	Lehmann I.	Paratypes 2♂, same locality but 2009-11-14 and 2009-11-16, genitalia slides I. Lehmann A25/012030♂, D10/012030♂, coll. Lehmann.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 2♂, same locality but 2013-12-02 and 2013-12-03, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 19/012020♂, NHMUK.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Mzimba District, Mzuzu, Nkhorongo, 11°23’S 33°59’E, 1375 m, 2011-11-12, leg. R. J. Murphy.

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Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni Lehmann, 2025	Malawi		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 173

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Kayamuhakaia huchtemanni (1)

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