Pavlova P.D.1♦, Müller G.C.2,3, Prozorov A.M.4,5, Giusti A.6, Yakovlev R.V.7,8,9♦* 2026. Ingolehmannia — a new genus of African Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) // Invert. Zool. Vol.23. No.1: 146–159 [in English].
1 Altai State University, Lenin Ave. 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia.
2 University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, BP 1805 Bamako, Mali.
3 Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Kalman Ya’akov Man St., 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
4 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
5 Bavarian Natural History Collections (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstraße 21, D-81247 Munich, Germany.
6 The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
7 X-BIO Institute, University of Tyumen, Volodarskogo str. 6, Tyumen 625003 Russia.
8 Tomsk State University, Lenina pr. 36, Tomsk 634050 Russia.
9 Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov, University blv. 15, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
♦ These authors contributed equally to this study
* Corresponding author
Polina Pavlova pavlova_p01@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4477-1015
Günter Müller guntercmuller@hotmail.com ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-0179
Alexey Prozorov alexeymprozorov@gmail.com ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-0741
Alessandro Giusti a.giusti@nhm.ac.uk ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2411-1701
Roman Yakovlev yakovlev_asu@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-8709
https://zoobank.org/References/420725D5-D8CF-4722-B0D5-EE9AC75988BC
doi: 10.15298/invertzool.23.1.09
ABSTRACT: The article describes a new genus, Ingolehmannia gen.n. (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea), which includes eight species: I. kravchenkoi sp.n. (type species), I. inversa (Gaede, 1929) comb.n., I. lenzi sp.n., I. politzari sp.n., I. lobanovorum sp.n., I. marykingsleyae sp.n., I. barthi sp.n., and I. murzini sp.n. The new genus clearly differs from all the known Afrotropical and Oriental genera of Metarbelidae in its special light color, the forked uncus with very wide lobes, and special armor of the valve (the harpe and the process on the sacculus). The article is illustrated with photos of specimens (including the type ones) and of the male genitals. The representatives of the genus are widely distributed in Western Africa (Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria) and in the north-west of Zambia. The distribution is shown on the map.
KEY WORDS: systematics, taxonomy, Africa, new species, fauna, biodiversity.