Harpypalpus spermestes Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999

Harpypalpus spermestes Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999: 50, figs. 38–40; Skoracki et al. 2012: i13.

Type material. Female holotype (IRSNB) from Ploceus cucullatus (Muller) (Ploceidae), DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Kananga, Kasai-Occidental, 5°53'46'' S 22°24'59'', June 1965, coll. De Roo. Holotype deposition. Female holotype in IRSNB (examined).

Remarks. This species was described based on a female from a Ploceus cucullatus (Muller) (Ploceidae) from Democratic Republic of the Congo (Fain et al. 1999). No records since the original description.