Metarbelidae

Metarbelidae
The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.
Distribution
The family Metarbelidae is most diverse on the African mainland (occurs only south of the Sahara). The family is absent in the New World, Europe, northern Asia, Australia and have a very scattered occurrence on Madagascar and in the Oriental Region through the southwestern and southern Arabian Peninsula.
Genera
Aethiopina Gaede, 1929
Arbelodes Karsch, 1896
Bjoernstadia Lehmann, 2012
Dianfosseya Lehmann, 2014
Eberhardfischeria Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893
Haberlandia Lehmann, 2011
Indarbela T. B. Fletcher, 1922
Janegoodallia Lehmann, 2014
Kroonia Lehmann, 2010
Lebedodes Holland, 1893
Lukeniana Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023
Lutzkobesia I. Lehmann, 2019
Marshalliana Aurivillius, 1901
Melisomimas Jordan, 1907
Metarbela Holland, 1893
Metarbelodes Strand, 1909
Morondavania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
Moyencharia Lehmann, 2013
Ortharbela Aurivillius, 1910
Paralebedella Strand, 1923
Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891
Salagena Walker, 1865
Shimbania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
Shimonia I. Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
Squamicapilla Schultze, 1908
Squamura Heylaerts, 1890
Stenagra Hampson, 1920
Stueningeria I. Lehmann, 2019
Subarchaeopacha Dufrane, 1945
Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021
Teragra Walker, 1855
Zambezia Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023
Former genera
Catarbelana Bethune-Baker, 1908
References
, 1997: Metarbela haberlandorum sp. nov., a new moth from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae). Nachrichten Entomologischer Verein Apollo 18 (1): 45–53.
, 2007: Metarbelidae. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 4: 169–185.
, 2008: Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. Journal of East African Natural History 97 (1): 43–82. .
, 2010: A new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Afrotropical Region with the description of seven new species. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 5: 294–322.
, 2010: A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae)from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of thirteen new species. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 8 b/w plates, 5 colour plates.
, 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map.
, 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
, 2012: Description of a new genus and species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from the Albertine Rift region of Tanzania, East Africa. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 59: 234–240.
, 2013: Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 10 b/w plates, 5 colour plates, 2 coloured maps.
, 2013: Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from East and Central Africa, with notes on biogeography. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 62(1): 100–110. Full article: .
, 2014: Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests Ecoregion (Central Africa). Zootaxa 3895 (4): 570–580.
, 2019b: First revision of the family Metarbelidae Strand, 1909(Lepidoptera: Cossoidea Leach, 1815) and a phylogeny based on adult morphology of 60 genera from the Afrotropical and Oriental Region. Doctoral Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-55423: 1–397.
, 2021: Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. VI. Genus Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin gen. nov. from the Bangladesh and Marcopoloia dea (Swinhoe, 1890) comb. nov. Ecologica Montenegrina, 45, 43–47. doi: 10.37828/em.2021.45.8
, 2023: Revision of the Metarbelodes Strand, 1909 genus-group (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae) with descriptions of two new genera and 33 new species from high elevations of eastern and southern Africa. Zootaxa 5267 (1): 001–106.
, 2023: Revision of Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae) from Madagascar with the description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Evolutionary Systematics 7 : 133–182.
External links
Metarbelinae
Moth families