Kayamuhakaia kismayuensis Lehmann, 2025

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Permalink:	KAYAKISM
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia kismayuensis 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:	60–62, figs 3a, 14a
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Kayamuhakaia kismayuensis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia kismayuensis Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♀	ZSM	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 11/102020♀, ZSM.	Somalia	Somalia S, Kismayu, 0°18’44’’S 42°34’30’’E, 1989-03-29, leg. H. Politzar.

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Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia kismayuensis Lehmann, 2025	Somalia		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 60

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Kayamuhakaia kismayuensis (1)

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