Trichothyse antineae (Fage, 1929) comb. nov.

Poecilochroa antineae Fage, 1929: 248, fig. 1 (holotype ♂: MALI: Asselar [Asler] [18°52’N, 00°15’E], 21.XII.1927, collector unknown, #596, repository unknown—not examined.

Description. Male. For description of the male, see Fage (1929).

Female. Unknown.

Justification of transfer. The illustrations of the holotype palp provided in Fage (1929: fig. 1) are diagnostic and were used for comparison. Even though we did not examine the holotype of P. antineae, the original illustrations of the palp have all of the typical features of male Trichothyse species, in contrast to Poecilochroa sensu stricto and Macarophaeus: distomedially originating broad conductor with prolateral fold, apically originating claw-like embolus with broad embolic base, medially contiguous sperm duct with single loop, and a robust RTA with apical bifurcation (cf. Figs 1–8, 54–55, 109–112, 116–117 and Fage 1929: fig. 1). Based on these observations, we propose transferring P. antineae to Trichothyse .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 120).