Tijdschrift voor entomologie . resent or relatively short. Larva. — Head prognathous, partially re-tracted into thorax with heavily sclerotized en-do-skeletal ridges. Epistomal ridge and posterior tentorial arms of samelength. Labial palpi consisting of two short seg-ments provided with a long seta in the apicalarea. Prothorax with a broad ventral sclerite anda paired dorsal sclerite. Abdomen without pig-mentation. A spinose integument of various ex-tent present or absent. Prothorax with 13 pairsof setae, mesothorax with 11 pairs, abdominalsegments 1—8 wit
Tijdschrift voor entomologie . resent or relatively short. Larva. — Head prognathous, partially re-tracted into thorax with heavily sclerotized en-do-skeletal ridges. Epistomal ridge and posterior tentorial arms of samelength. Labial palpi consisting of two short seg-ments provided with a long seta in the apicalarea. Prothorax with a broad ventral sclerite anda paired dorsal sclerite. Abdomen without pig-mentation. A spinose integument of various ex-tent present or absent. Prothorax with 13 pairsof setae, mesothorax with 11 pairs, abdominalsegments 1—8 with 6 pairs, 9 with 3 pairs and10 with 2 pairs of setae. In the anal end a pair ofstrongly sclerotized, small bands. Calli (ambu-latory warts) well defined on hieso- and meta-thorax, as well as on abdominal segments 2—7. Distribution. — It is likely that the presentspecies are confined to the western part of Afri-ca, but future investigations will prove. 165 166 Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, deel 127, afl. 8, 1984 (1985). ?o;horSmt« d^^r^- ^l* - ^^tSTi- F^™^!^ S»li>- D. Larval chaetotaxy. E, F, Larvalprothoracc scierues, dorsal and ventral vew. G, Leaf-mme. - Scales = mm, except where indicated other- Gustafsson: Stigmella from The Gambia 167 Stigmella rhomboivora n. sp. (figs, la—g)Type locality. — Bakau, Kotu material. — Holotype 6, Kotu Stream:ex larva on Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.,Ì.1981, emerged Paratypes: Same locality as holotype, 11 (5,11 9, ex larva on T. rhomboidea Jacq., 9—, emerged between ; 18 d, 21 9, ex larva on T. rhomboi-dea Jacq., 1—, emerged ÌÌ.1982 and 7.Ì.1983; Bakau: 17 c^, 14 9, exlarva on T. rhomboidea Jacq., 3—,emerged between 9— 1981; 3 (5, ex larvaon T. rhomboidea Jacq., , ÌÌ.1982. Diagnosis. — Deviates from the closely re-lated chanstis Vari, 1963, especially in the fe-male genitalia. There is only o
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