Prunaspila bezdeki sp. nov. is described from Mozambique, compared with its relatives and a photo of habitus is provided. New locality records of the genus Prunaspila Koch, 1950 and distributional map of all known species are presented.
Institute of Forest Ecology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 3, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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