Revision of Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Metarbelidae) from Madagascar with the description of three new genera and fifteen new species

This is the first publication of any genus Metarbelidae Strand, 1909 for Madagascar since 1891. Here, Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 revised comprising three species including descriptions two new species. Three genera are presented: first, an African-Madagascan sister genus-group, namely Shimbania gen. nov. and Morondavania The monotypic comprises one species, while 13 which 11 to science. Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910) L. durbanica Hampson, 1910 treated as valid moved . Secondly, Eberhardfischeria that shares synapomorphy with S. dubiefi (Viette, 1974) excluded from , it most probably represents another undescribed genus. Species occur along eastern coast African mainland up about 540 km inland Indian Ocean, record Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria (Central Africa). other endemic Madagascar.