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Issue: Vol. 5792 No. 3: 14 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.3.9
Page range: 581-586
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 8

A new genus and species of bee-mimicking clearwing moths from Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiini)

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart; Rosenstein 1; 70191 Stuttgart
Department of Systematic Zoology; Institute of Environmental Biology; A. Mickiewicz University; Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6; Poznań 61-614; Poland
Lepidoptera Afrotropical region

Abstract

This article provides a description of a new genus and species of Sesiini, Osmiasphex gorongosus gen. nov. & sp. nov., from central Mozambique. The new genus is characterized by an unusually short and broad head, with short, clavate antennae and short labial palpus with a greatly reduced terminal segment. It appears to be a mimic of bees of the genus Osmia Panzer, 1806.

 

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How to Cite

Bartsch, D. & Bakowski, M. (2026) A new genus and species of bee-mimicking clearwing moths from Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiini). Zootaxa, 5792 (3), 581–586. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5792.3.9