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It can be differentiated from the other Madagascan species ( + +M +. +hirsuta + +) by the yellow face (darker orange in + +hirsuta + +), the posterior anepisternum with pale yellow pile (yellow-orange in + +hirsuta + +), the more reddish abdominal terga, and the presence of narrow interrupted fasciae of white pollinosity along the anterior margin of terga 3 and 4 (absent in + +hirsuta + +) but see comments below. Both can be differentiated from the only other Afrotropical species with bare eyes ( + +M. aperta + +) by the absence of a distinct medial dark brown macula in the wing (present in + +aperta + +), and the unmarginated rounded scutellum (distinctly marginated in + +aperta + +). + + + + + +Type material + + + + +Holotype + + + + +MADAGASCAR +• +♂ +; +Fianarantsoa Dist. +, +Fanovana +, +Oriental Forest +; + +Jan.–May 1937 + +; +C. Lamberton +leg.; +ANSP +, +ANSP ENT 142916 +(6592). + + + + +Allotype + + + + +MADAGASCAR +• +♀ +; same data as for holotype; +ANSP +, +ANSP +ENT 142917 +. + + + + + + +Description + + + +Body length: 10.5–17.0 mm. Wing length: +10.5–12.5 mm +. + + +Male + + +HEAD +( +Fig. 12 +). Eye bare; holoptic, eye contiguity for distance equal to ocellar triangle, ommatidia equal in size. Frons strongly protruding, in lateral view beyond facial tubercle; ground colour yellow; with medium long to long pale yellow pile; anterior of ocellar triangle black medium long pile. Ocellar triangle black; medium long black pilose. Face ground colour yellow, genae black; with whitish pollinosity, facial tubercle and medial part ventral of tubercle non-pollinose; with dispersed long yellow pile along dorsolateral margins, otherwise bare; facial tubercle distinctly pronounced. Antennal segments orange; arista bare, orange at base, darker distally; postpedicel wider than long. + + +THORAX +( +Fig. 2 +). Scutum subshining black; anteriorly, posteriorly and along transverse suture with grey pollinosity; anterior third with medium long to short yellow pile intermixed with shorter black pile, black pile predominant in central part; posterior two-thirds with short black pile, along posterior margin with few pale yellow hairs, postalar callus with longer yellow pile. Scutellum yellow to dark yellow, anterior margin narrowly darker; with long pale yellow pile; unmarginated. Pleura ground colour black; posterior anepisternum with long and dense pale yellow pile, katepisternum with dispersed long pale yellow pile, anterior and dorsomedial parts anepimeron with dispersed long black pile; otherwise pleura bare. + + +LEGS +. Femora all thickened, black; with short dense black pile except ventrally where long black pile, sometimes intermixed with few pale yellow hairs; profemur posteriorly at base with longer pale yellow pile; mesofemur posteriorly along basal two-thirds with longer pale yellow pile continued distally by longer black pile; metafemur ( +Fig. 26 +) anterodorsally along basal two-thirds with row of longer pale yellow pile. Tibia and tarsal segments orange to red-brown; with short whitish pile. + + +WING +( +Fig. 38 +). Slightly fumose, more so along anterior margin, widening distally; most areas microtrichose. Stigmal cross-vein present between distal end of vein Sc and middle of vein R 1. Vein R 4+5 sinuate, without appendix. + + +ABDOMEN +( +Fig. 48 +). Mainly dark reddish brown, along anterior margin of tergum 2 black; with short black pile except tergum 1 with longer yellow-orange pilosity and white pollinosity; tergum 2 along anterolateral margins with longer yellow-orange pile; anterior margin of terga 3 and 4 with narrow fascia of white pollinosity, interrupted medially, and short whitish pile, anterolateral slightly widening; other terga laterally with longer whitish pile. Sterna black to red-brown; sterna 1–3 with very long, dispersed whitish pile intermixed with few shorter black pile, sterna 4–5 with dispersed black pile. + + +Female + +As male except eyes dichoptic, frons yellow, in dorsal half medially slightly darker; with medium long to long pale yellow pile. Thorax, along posterior margin of scutum with pale yellow pile. Femora ventrally without long dense pilosity; only metafemur with dispersed black pile. Metafemur only thickened. Wing, fumose area along anterior margin less pronounced. Abdominal terga more orange-red. + + + + +Distribution + + + +Madagascar +. + + + + + +Comments + + + +Both species ( + +M. hirsuta + +and + +M. meromacrimima + +) are similar in most respects especially when comparing the female +holotype +of + +M. hirsuta + +with the female +allotype +of + +M +. +meromacrimima + +. The main difference is the colouration of abdominal terga, the presence of distinct narrow fasciae of white pollinosity along the anterior margin of terga 3 and +4 in + +meromacrimima + +(see +Fig. 48 +) and the pilosity on the scutum. However, abdominal tergal colouration has been shown to be very variable in some eristaline genera; for example, see revisions of + +Senaspis +( + +De Meyer +et al. +2020b + +) + +and + +Mesembrius +Rondani, 1857 + +( + +Jordaens +et al. +2021 + +). The poor condition of the sole specimen of + +M. hirsuta + +makes comparison between both with regard to scutal and abdominal character states difficult. +One paratype +(not studied) of + +M. meromacrimima + +is collected at the same spot as the +holotype +of + +M. hirsuta + +. The type locality for + +M. meromacrimima + +is about +30 km +east of the one for + +M. hirsuta + +. It is likely that both are actually varied representatives of the same species and the late F.C. Thompson already indicated this as such in the +Systema Dipterorum +website (http://www.diptera.org/), but the proposed synonymy was not officially published. However, because of the limited material available which does not allow a detailed investigation of the intra-specific variability and lacking molecular data, we do not propose a synonymy here. No DNA barcodes were obtained. + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146543A41C9C01AE3F421FB449.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146543A41C9C01AE3F421FB449.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..986047da8bb --- /dev/null +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146543A41C9C01AE3F421FB449.xml @@ -0,0 +1,613 @@ + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +Author + +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be + + + +Author + +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org + + + +Author + +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za + + + +Author + +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be + +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy + + +2024 + +2024-10-09 + + +958 + + +1 + + +242 +290 + + + + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 + + + + + + +Mallota aperta +( +Bezzi, 1912 +) + + + + + + +Figs 3 +, +13 +, +23 +, +27 +, +39 +, +49 + + + + + + + +Protylocera aperta +Bezzi, 1912: 417 + + +. + + + + + +Figs 3–4. +Species of + +Mallota +Bezzi, 1822 + +. Habitus, lateral view. +3 +. + +M. aperta +( +Bezzi, 1912 +) + +, holotype, ♂ (MCSNG). +4 +. + +M. dasyops +( +Wiedemann, 1819 +) + +, ♂ (NMSA DIP 211695). + + + + + +Differential diagnosis + + + +Belongs to the species of + +Mallota + +with bare eyes. It can be readily differentiated from any other Afrotropical + +Mallota + +by the presence of a large and distinct medial macula on the wing extending over the entire width of the wing (absent in other + +Mallota + +), and the apical margin of the marginated scutellum (rounded in other + +Mallota + +). + + + + + +Type material + + + + +Holotype + + + + +GABON +[as Congo Francese] • +♂ +; +Fernand-Vaz +; + +Sep.–Oct. 1902 + +; +L. Fea +leg.; +MCSNG +. + + + + +Other material examined + + + + +CAMEROON +• +1 ♂ +; + +36 mi + +W of +Bertoua +; + +5 Oct. 1966 + +; +E.S. Ross +and +K. Lorenzen +leg.; +CAS + +. + + + +DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO +• +1 ♂ +; +Equateur +, +Bokuma +; + +Mar. 1952 + +; +R.P. Lootens +leg.; +RMCA +, +RMCA ENT 000039659 + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Tshuapa +, +Bokuma +; + +Jan.–Mar. 1954 + +; +R.P. Lootens +leg.; +RMCA + +• + +1 ♂ +, +1 ♀ +; +Bolingo +, rives +Busira +; + +23 Jun. 1936 + +; +J. Ghesquière +leg.; +RBINS + +• + +1 ♂ +; same data as for preceding; + +24 Jun. 1936 + +; +RBINS + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Eala +, + +10–20 Mar. 1914 + +; +R. Mayné +leg.; +RMCA + +• + +2 ♂♂ +; +Eala +; + +Aug. 1935 + +; +J. Ghesquière +leg.; +RBINS + +• + +1 ♀ +; same data as for preceding; + +22 Aug. 1935 + +; +RBINS + +• + +1 ♂ +, +3 ♀♀ +; same data as for preceding; + +Mar. 1936 + +; +RBINS + +• + +1 ♀ +; same data as for preceding; + +5 Oct. 1936 + +; +RBINS + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Eala +, +Boyeka +; + +30 Nov. 1929 + +; +H.J. Brédo +leg.; +RMCA +, +RMCA ENT 000039657 + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Eala-Bokatola- Bikoro +; + +Sep.–Oct. 1930 + +; +P. Staner +leg.; +RMCA + +• + +2 ♀♀ +; +Haut-Lopori +; + +May–Jun. 1927 + +; +J. Ghesquière +leg.; +RMCA +, +RMCA ENT 000039660 +, +RMCA ENT 000039662 + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Malela +; + +1 Jul. 1915 + +; +Lang +and +Chapin +leg.; +AMNH + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Salonga +, +Simba +; + +May 1927 + +; +J. Ghesquière +leg.; +RMCA +, +RMCA ENT 000039661 + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Ubangi +, +Nzali +; + +3–4 Feb. 1932 + +; +H.J. Brédo +leg.; +RMCA +, +RMCA ENT 000039658 + +. + + + + + +Description + + + +Body length: +10.5–13.5 mm +. Wing length: +7.5–9.5 mm +. + + +Male + + +HEAD +( +Fig. 13 +). Eye bare; holoptic, eye contiguity for distance slightly longer than length of ocellar triangle, ommatidia equal in size; sometimes trace of maculae. Frons distinctly protruding, in lateral view equal to or slightly beyond facial tubercle; with medial protuberance, ground colour brown ( +holotype +) to almost black; largely shining, dark brown pollinosity in dorsal third; with medium long dispersed black pile, dorsally somewhat longer. Ocellar triangle with short black pile. Face ground colour brown, along gena slightly darker ( +holotype +) to almost black; shining except ventral of antennae where slight greyish pollinosity; along dorsolateral margins with dispersed long pale orange pile, otherwise bare; facial tubercle distinctly pronounced. Antennal segments brown ( +holotype +) to black, postpedicel orange ( +holotype +) to brown; arista missing in +holotype +, bare, dark orange in non-type material; postpedicel slightly longer than wide. + + +THORAX +( +Fig. 3 +). Scutum subshining black; rufous pollinosity; with short rufous pile, postalar callus with longer pile. Scutellum as scutum, anterior margin pile somewhat longer; marginated along posterior margin ( +Fig. 23 +). Pleura ground colour black, posterior anepisternum with dispersed long rufous pile, katepisternum more pale rufous pile, anterior anepimeron dorsally predominantly black, ventrally predominantly pale rufous; otherwise pleura bare. Non-type material pollinosity and pilosity sometimes darker golden brown. + + +LEGS +. All femora dark brown ( +holotype +) to almost black, with short dense rufous ( +holotype +) to dark brown pile; pro- and mesofemur posteriorly and metafemur anterodorsally with longer black pile. Metafemur ( +Fig. 27 +) thickened. Tibiae and tarsal segments orange-brown ( +holotype +) to dark brown; + + +with short dense rufous ( +holotype +) to black pile; metatibia curved, along anterior and posterior margins with row of dense medium long pile. + + +WING +( +Fig. 39 +). Largely dark black-brown coloured; in medial part, distally, along posterior margin less so, sometimes some central parts of cells also with less dark brown colouration; microtrichose, more densely so along anterior margin; in distal half with darker fascia from anterior to posterior margin. Stigmal cross-vein absent. Vein R +4+5 +sinuate, with short appendix. + + +ABDOMEN +( +Fig. 49 +). Mainly dark brown subshining, with brownish pollinosity, +holotype +tergum 2 with pair of orange-red triangular shaped lateral maculae, and tergum 3 with pair of orange-red more square shaped lateral maculae; these absent in non-type material. Tergum 4 along anterior two-thirds with more conspicuous grey-brown pollinosity. All terga with short rufous pile (darker in non-type specimens), lateral margins longer pile, posterior margins with short black pile. Sterna black-brown to black, sterna 1–3 with very long dispersed pale yellow pile; sterna 4–5 with dispersed black pile. + + +Female + +As male except for the following character states. Head with eyes dichoptic. Frons subshining black to black-brown; in dorsal half with pale brown pollinosity; with short rufous pile. Legs, paler brown; predominantly rufous pile. Wing less dark brown, with more hyaline maculae. Abdomen, abdominal terga sometimes paler brown, with rufous maculae; subshining maculae sometimes more extensive and more pronounced. + + + + +Distribution + + + +Cameroon +, Democratic Republic +Congo +, +Gabon +. Also reported from +Kenya +( +De Meyer 2001 +). + + + + + +Comments + + + +This species was initially placed in + +Protylocera + +, which is considered an unnecessary replacement name for + +Senaspis + +(see + +De Meyer +et al. +2020b + +). It is unclear who transferred it to + +Mallota + +but it is listed as such by +Smith & Vockeroth (1980) +. It shares some characteristics with species of + +Senaspis + +like the wing pattern, similar to what is observed in e.g., + +S. haemorrhoa +(Gerstaecker, 1871) + +, and the marginated apical margin of the scutellum. Some specimens also have slightly maculated eyes, although the maculae are hardly discernible. It differs mainly from species of + +Senaspis + +by the distinctly open wing cell r +1 +(closed and petiolate in + +Senaspis + +, rarely shortly open). No recent material could be obtained in order to include it in the molecular analysis. We propose to leave it in the genus + +Mallota + +pending availability of additional material. In addition to the +type +, there is a long series from D.R. +Congo +some of which have a much darker appearance, but otherwise they appear to correspond with the +type +. No DNA barcodes were obtained. + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654EA4159ED1ADDB4643B7C8.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654EA4159ED1ADDB4643B7C8.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0b2c58f0a91 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654EA4159ED1ADDB4643B7C8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,323 @@ + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +Author + +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be + + + +Author + +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org + + + +Author + +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za + + + +Author + +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be + +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy + + +2024 + +2024-10-09 + + +958 + + +1 + + +242 +290 + + + + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 + + + + + + +Key to Afrotropical species of + +Mallota +Meigen, 1822 + + + + + + + + + + +1. Head: eyes bare ( +Figs 11–13 +) ........................................................................................................... 2 + + + + +– Head: eyes long to medium long, dense pilose ( +Figs 14–17 +) or short and more dispersed pilose ( +Figs 18–20 +) ...................................................................................................................................... 4 + + + + + + +2. Wing with distinct medial dark brown macula ( +Fig. 39 +); head: face brown to black ( +Fig. 13 +); thorax: scutum with short rufous pile ( +Fig. 3 +); pleura: posterior anepisternum with long rufous pile; scutellum marginated along posterior margin ( +Fig. 23 +) ................................................ + +M. aperta +( +Bezzi, 1912 +) + + + + + +– Wing slightly fumose, more densely coloured along anterior half, without distinct medial macula ( +Figs 37–38 +); head: face yellow to dark orange ( +Figs 11–12 +); thorax: scutum with yellow to yellow-orange pile intermixed with black pile ( +Figs 1–2 +); pleura: posterior anepisternum with long pale yellow to yellow-orange pile; scutellum not marginated, rounded along posterior margin (as in +Fig. 24 +) .............................................................................................................................................. 3 + + + + + + +3. Head: face dark orange ( +Fig. 11 +); thorax: posterior anepisternum with yellow-orange pile; scutellum orange; abdomen subshining black to dark brown, without white pollinose fasciate vittae along anterior margin of terga 3 and 4 ( +Fig. 47 +) ........................................................ + +M. hirsuta +Hull, 1941 + + + + + +– Head: face yellow ( +Fig. 12 +); thorax: posterior anepisternum with pale yellow pile; scutellum yellow; abdomen reddish, with distinct narrow fasciate vittae of white pollinosity along anterior margin of terga 3 and 4 ( +Fig. 48 +) ...................................................................... + +M. meromacrimima +Hull, 1914 + + + + + + + +4. Head: eyes long pilose, especially in lower third ( +Figs 14–17 +); male eyes dichoptic (the male of + +M +. +aenigma + +is unknown); legs: metatibia ventrally with dispersed short pilosity, pile at most one third of width of tibia ( +Figs 28–31 +) .................................................................................................. 5 + + + + +– Head: eyes short pilose throughout ( +Figs 18–20 +), male eyes holoptic; legs: metatibia ventrally with dense long pilosity in at least apical half, pile at least half as long as width of tibia ( +Figs 32–34 +) .. 8 + + + + + + +5. Face: clypeus without tuft of hairs ( +Fig. 22 +); legs: metafemur strongly swollen, in anterior view medial part at least three times as broad as the apex ( +Figs 28–29 +) ................................................... 6 + + + + +– Face: clypeus with tuft of hairs ( +Fig. 21 +); legs: metafemur moderately to strongly swollen, in anterior view medial part 2.5–3 times as broad as the apex ( +Figs 30–31 +) ..................................................... 7 + + + + + + +6. Legs: metatibia with apex pointed ( +Fig. 28 +); metafemur medioventrally with short black pile ( +Fig. 35 +); pro- and mesotibia largely orange-red ............................. + +M. dasyops +( +Wiedemann, 1819 +) + + + + + +– Legs: metatibia apically blunt ( +Fig. 29 +); metafemur medioventrally bare in distal half ( +Fig. 36 +); pro- and mesotibia largely black ................................................................................... + +M. glabra + +sp. nov. + + + + + + +7. Head female: frons long pilose, with pile as long as length of postpedicel ( +Fig. 17 +); legs: metafemur moderately swollen, more than three times as long as high, dorsal margin moderately convex ( +Fig. 31 +) .................................................................. + +M. aenigma +Bezzi, 1912 + +(the male is unknown) + + + + +– Head female: frons short pilose, with pile less than length of postpedicel ( +Fig. 16 +); legs: metafemur strongly swollen, less than three times as long as high, dorsal margin strongly convex ( +Fig. 30 +) ..... ................................................................................................................................ + +M. hircus + +sp. nov. + + + + + + +8. Head: face flattened and not protruding; facial tubercle hardly visible; ocellar pile short, in lateral view about equal to ocellar triangle ( +Fig. 20 +) .................................................... + +M. stipulata + +sp. nov. + + + + +– Head: face distinctly protruding; facial tubercle distinctly pronounced; ocellar pile longer, in lateral view at least twice as long as ocellar triangle ( +Figs 18–19 +) ............................................................. 9 + + + + + + +9. Abdomen: tergum 2 black with orange maculae restricted to anterolateral margins, not extending beyond half of the width of the tergum along margin ( +Fig. 55 +); sterna 1–3 completely black-brown to black .................................................................................................................... + +M. wyatti + +sp. nov. + + + + +– Abdomen: tergum 2 black with orange maculae more extensive, along lateral margins reaching almost till posterior margin, sometimes extending medially till halfway ( +Fig. 54 +); sterna 1–3 partially yellow-orange ............................................................................................ + +M. extrema +( +Loew, 1858 +) + + + + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4159ED1ACBC40F6B417.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4159ED1ACBC40F6B417.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b9cf51c98aa --- /dev/null +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4159ED1ACBC40F6B417.xml @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +Author + +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be + + + +Author + +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org + + + +Author + +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za + + + +Author + +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be + +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy + + +2024 + +2024-10-09 + + +958 + + +1 + + +242 +290 + + + + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 + + + + + + + +hirsuta +group + + + + + + + +Representatives of the + +hirsuta + +group can be differentiated by the following character states: eyes bare, postpedicel roundish, dorsomedial (triangular) part of the anepimeron setulose. It comprises two species, both confined to +Madagascar +: + +M. hirsuta + +and + +M. meromacrimima +. + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4189CECAF684088B30D.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4189CECAF684088B30D.xml index 59df778c1d4..962bd7aa1ef 100644 --- a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4189CECAF684088B30D.xml +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14654FA4189CECAF684088B30D.xml @@ -1,74 +1,74 @@ - - - -On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) - - -Author + + +Author -Meyer, Marc De -29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 -Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. -marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be - - -Author + + +Author -Goergen, Georg -11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA -International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. -g.goergen@cgiar.org +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org - - -Author + + +Author -Midgley, John -82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A -KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. -jmidgley@nmsa.org.za +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za - - -Author + + +Author -Jordaens, Kurt -8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 -Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. -kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be -text - - -European Journal of Taxonomy +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy - -2024 - -2024-10-09 + +2024 + +2024-10-09 - -958 + +958 - -1 + +1 - -242 -290 + +242 +290 - -https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 -journal article -10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 -2118-9773 -13914492 -18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Bezzi, 1822 - + MADAGASCAR • ♀ @@ -205,10 +205,9 @@ Bezzi, 1822 ; C. Lamberton leg.; -ANSP +ANSP , -ANSP -ENT 142915 +ANSP ENT 142915 (6591). diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146559A4079CE3AF424156B6F3.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146559A4079CE3AF424156B6F3.xml index 82a07ea2fd2..88826d38624 100644 --- a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146559A4079CE3AF424156B6F3.xml +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D146559A4079CE3AF424156B6F3.xml @@ -1,77 +1,77 @@ - - - -On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) - - -Author + + +Author -Meyer, Marc De -29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 -Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. -marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be - - -Author + + +Author -Goergen, Georg -11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA -International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. -g.goergen@cgiar.org +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org - - -Author + + +Author -Midgley, John -82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A -KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. -jmidgley@nmsa.org.za +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za - - -Author + + +Author -Jordaens, Kurt -8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 -Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. -kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be -text - - -European Journal of Taxonomy +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy - -2024 - -2024-10-09 + +2024 + +2024-10-09 - -958 + +958 - -1 + +1 - -242 -290 + +242 +290 - -https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 -journal article -10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 -2118-9773 -13914492 -18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 - - + + @@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ sp. nov. + + urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6B74F8B8-4710-479B-AB48-59B32F4CDE04 - - -Figs 5 +Figs 5 , 15 , @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ but can be differentiated by the blunt apex of the metatibia, rather than pointe are in general larger and have more extensive black pilosity on scutum and scutellum, but these characters are not exclusive. - + Figs 5–6. Species of @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ After the Latin ‘ - + SOUTH AFRICA • ♂ @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ After the Latin ‘ KwaZulu-Natal , -Dlinza Forest +Dlinza Forest N.R. ; @@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ After the Latin ‘ and Bellingan leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 206104 +NMSA DIP 206104 . @@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ leg.; - + SOUTH AFRICA – @@ -256,13 +255,12 @@ N of King William’s Town ; D. and C. Barraclough leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 50179 +NMSA DIP 50179 . – - + KwaZulu-Natal @@ -277,13 +275,12 @@ leg.; ; K. Jordaens leg.; -RMCA +RMCA , -RMCA -AB59880787 +RMCA AB59880787 • - + 1 ♂ ; oNgoye ( Ngoye @@ -296,16 +293,15 @@ leg.; ; G.B.P. Davies leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 65015 +NMSA DIP 65015 • - + 1 ♀ -; oNgoye -Forest +; +oNgoye Forest N.R. ; @@ -316,13 +312,12 @@ leg.; and Bellingan leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 205936 +NMSA DIP 205936 . – - + Limpopo @@ -330,10 +325,8 @@ leg.; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ -; -N Transvaal -, -Zoutpansberg Range +; N Transvaal, +Zoutpansberg Range , Entabeni For. Station ; @@ -343,16 +336,14 @@ leg.; ; Stuckenberg leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 48401 +NMSA DIP 48401 , -NMSA -DIP 63846 +NMSA DIP 63846 . – - + Western Cape @@ -361,9 +352,7 @@ leg.; ; Cape , -Outeniqua State For. -near -Knysna +Outeniqua State For. near Knysna ; 23 Jan. 1984 @@ -371,13 +360,12 @@ near ; D. and C. Barraclough leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 49398 +NMSA DIP 49398 • - + 1 ♂ ; Cape @@ -390,13 +378,12 @@ leg.; ; D. and C. Barraclough leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 49880 +NMSA DIP 49880 • - + 1 ♀ ; Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve @@ -409,10 +396,9 @@ leg.; and G.L. Theron leg.; -NMSA +NMSA , -NMSA -DIP 222552 +NMSA DIP 222552 • @@ -426,7 +412,7 @@ leg.; ; R.C. Swart leg.; -RMCA +RMCA • @@ -436,7 +422,7 @@ leg.; 29 Jan. 2022 ; -RMCA +RMCA . @@ -466,7 +452,7 @@ Body length: THORAX ( -Fig. 5 +Fig. 5 ). Scutum subshining black; with grey pollinosity, with long pale brown pile; anteriorly and medially fasciae with more brownish pollinosity and dark brown pile. Scutellum yellow-brown, paler than scutum; with long pale yellow pile; anteromedially with distinct black pile. Pleura ground colour black; posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and anterior anepimeron with long pale brown pile, otherwise bare. diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655DA4059CFCADD34701B086.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655DA4059CFCADD34701B086.xml index b3997a2b98f..6ac9d0ac100 100644 --- a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655DA4059CFCADD34701B086.xml +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655DA4059CFCADD34701B086.xml @@ -1,77 +1,77 @@ - - - -On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) - - -Author + + +Author -Meyer, Marc De -29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 -Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. -marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be - - -Author + + +Author -Goergen, Georg -11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA -International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. -g.goergen@cgiar.org +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org - - -Author + + +Author -Midgley, John -82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A -KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. -jmidgley@nmsa.org.za +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za - - -Author + + +Author -Jordaens, Kurt -8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 -Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. -kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be -text - - -European Journal of Taxonomy +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy - -2024 - -2024-10-09 + +2024 + +2024-10-09 - -958 + +958 - -1 + +1 - -242 -290 + +242 +290 - -https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 -journal article -10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 -2118-9773 -13914492 -18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 - + @@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ sp. nov. + + urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C649A2B0-F563-4815-8091-74EE8319B848 - - -Figs 6 +Figs 6 , 16 , @@ -175,12 +175,13 @@ The Latin word - -DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -CONGO + +DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO • ♂ -; Stanleyville [= Kisangani]; +; Stanleyville [= +Kisangani +]; Mar. 1915 @@ -189,10 +190,9 @@ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and Chapin leg.; -RMCA +RMCA , -RMCA -ENT 000037958 +RMCA ENT 000037958 . @@ -202,35 +202,32 @@ leg.; -DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -CONGO + +DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO • - 1 ♂ ; same data as for holotype; -RMCA +RMCA , -RMCA -ENT 000037959 +RMCA ENT 000037959 • - + 1 ♀ ; same data as for holotype; Apr. 1915 ; -RMCA +RMCA , -RMCA -ENT 000037957 +RMCA ENT 000037957 • - + 1 ♂ ; same data as for holotype; -AMNH +AMNH • @@ -246,7 +243,7 @@ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC M. pallidibasis ); -AMNH +AMNH . @@ -274,7 +271,7 @@ Body length: 13.0– THORAX ( -Fig. 6 +Fig. 6 ). Scutum subshining black; with brown pollinosity, with medium long pale brown pile; along anterior and posterior margin with more greyish pollinosity and pale yellow pile. Scutellum yellow-brown, paler than scutum; with long pale yellow pile; anteromedially with distinct black pile. Pleura ground colour black; posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and anterior anepimeron with long pale brown pile, otherwise bare. @@ -283,18 +280,12 @@ Body length: 13.0– Fig. 30 ) greatly thickened, in anterior view medial part about three times as broad as apex; medioventral part with very short pile. Pro- and mesotibia predominantly black; with short pale yellow pile; metatibia curved with apex not pointed, entirely dark brown; with short predominantly black pile, few pale yellow hairs. Tarsal segments orange-red; with short black pile. - + WING ( Fig. 42 -). Largely hyaline; most areas microtrichose. Stigmal cross-vein present between distal end of vein Sc and middle of vein R +). Largely hyaline; most areas microtrichose. Stigmal cross-vein present between distal end of vein Sc and middle of vein R 1. Sometimes cell r 1 closed. Vein R 4+5 sinuate, without appendix. -1 -. Sometimes cell r -1 -closed. Vein R -4+5 -sinuate, without appendix. ABDOMEN ( diff --git a/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655FA40B9C05AA06419AB5D0.xml b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655FA40B9C05AA06419AB5D0.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f8ed1b7a0f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/CE/3D/0D/CE3D0D14655FA40B9C05AA06419AB5D0.xml @@ -0,0 +1,423 @@ + + + +On the identity of the Afrotropical species of Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) + + + +Author + +Meyer, Marc De +29491E42-8F20-4711-B73C-55142EB2A744 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be + + + +Author + +Goergen, Georg +11B63B43-550B-46BE-B9BF-BC1F0A803FAA +International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Biodiversity Centre, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin. +g.goergen@cgiar.org + + + +Author + +Midgley, John +82915903-0488-4865-BF1A-E508F86B676A +KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Department Natural Sciences, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 3201. & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 6139. +jmidgley@nmsa.org.za + + + +Author + +Jordaens, Kurt +8E90942E-C18C-4E7D-8158-9990AD010470 +Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. +kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be + +text + + +European Journal of Taxonomy + + +2024 + +2024-10-09 + + +958 + + +1 + + +242 +290 + + + + +https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2675/12391 + +journal article +10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2675 +2118-9773 +13914492 +18DC2A7C-175B-4375-A82E-E1AFF4029A94 + + + + + + +Mallota aenigma +Bezzi, 1912 + + + + + + +Figs 7 +, +17 +, +21 +, +31 +, +43 +, +53 + + + + + + + +Mallota aenigma +Bezzi, 1912: 434 + + +. + + + + + + +Differential diagnosis + + + +This species belongs to a group differentiated from other Afrotropical species of + +Mallota + +by the distinctly long pilose eyes and dichoptic eyes in both sexes (not confirmed for + +M. aenigma + +as the male of this species is unknown). It can be differentiated from + +M. dasyops + +and + +M. glabra + +sp. nov. +by the presence of a tuft of long pile on the clypeus. It is the only species in this group with the metafemur only slightly thickened (medial part at most 2.5 times as broad as apex; in others of this group three times or more). The lower part of the face is also more drawn out compared to the others. + + + + + +Type material + + + + +Holotype + + + + +EQUATORIAL GUINEA +• +♀ +; Is. Fernando Poo [= +Bioko Island +], Moka; + +Feb. 1902 + +; +L. Fea +leg.; +MCSNG +. + + + + +Other material examined + + + + +KENYA +• +1 ♀ +; +Eastern Province +, +Nyambene Hills +, +Itieni Forest +; + +15–27 Nov. 2011 + +; +R. Copeland +leg.; +ICIPE +, +NMK/ICIPE 210 + +. + + + +MALAWI +• +1 ♀ +; +Zomba Plateau +, +Kuchawe +trout farm; + +8–11 Nov. 2016 + +; +K. Jordaens +leg.; +RMCA +, +RMCA AB59313805 + +. + + + +ZIMBABWE +• +1 ♀ +; +Chirinda Forest +; + +Oct. 1905 + +; +G.A.K. Marshall +leg.; +NHMUK + +• + +1 ♀ +; +Mt Selinda +, +Chirinda Forest +; + +6–8 Feb. 1959 + +; +A.C. van Bruggen +leg.; +SANC + +. + + + + + +Description + + + +Body length: 12.0–13.0 mm. Wing length: +8.5–9.3 mm +. + + +Female + + +HEAD +( +Fig. 17 +). Eye with dense medium long whitish pile; dichoptic, ommatidia equal in size. Frons weakly protruding, in lateral view subequal to facial tubercle; ground colour black, dorsally of antennae narrowly yellow; light greyish brown pollinosity, along eye margins more greyish, dorsally of antennae without pollinosity; with long intermixed black and pale brown pile, in ventral and dorsal part predominantly brownish. Face ground colour black, sublateral band from eye margin to oral margin more yellow-brown; with whitish pollinosity, along lateral margins more densely so, facial tubercle and medial part ventral of tubercle non-pollinose; with dispersed long yellow pile along sublateral paler areas, otherwise bare; facial tubercle weakly pronounced. Clypeus with small tuft of long whitish pile ( +Fig. 21 +). Antennal segments black-brown, postpedicel black; arista missing in +holotype +, bare, yellow-brown to dark brown in non-type material; postpedicel longer than wide. + + + +Figs 7–8. +Species of + +Mallota +Bezzi, 1822 + +. Habitus, lateral view. +7 +. + +M. aenigma +Bezzi, 1912 + +, holotype, ♀ (MCSNG). +8 +. + +M. extrema +( +Loew, 1858 +) + +, ♂ (NMSA DIP 211609). + + + +THORAX +( +Fig. 7 +). Scutum subshining black; with grey pollinosity; with long pale brown pile, sometimes darker brown pile in parts of posterior third. Scutellum yellow-brown, paler than scutum; with long pale brown pile; anteromedially with pale reddish ( +holotype +) to black pile. Pleura ground colour black; posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and anterior anepimeron with long pale brown pile, otherwise bare. + + +LEGS +. Femora largely black, basally orange-brown, metafemur more extensively orange-brown ventrally and distally; with short to long dense pale yellow pile, metafemur ventrodistally with short black pile. Metafemur ( +Fig. 31 +) moderately thickened, in anterior view medial part at most 2.5 times as broad as apex. Pro- and mesotibia predominantly black-brown to orange-brown; with short pale yellow pile; metatibia curved, along anterior and posterior margins with dispersed short black pile. Tarsal segments orange-brown; with short black pile. + + +WING +( +Fig. 43 +). Largely hyaline; most areas microtrichose. Stigmal cross-vein present between distal end of vein Sc and middle of vein R +1 +. Vein R +4+5 +sinuate, without appendix. + + +ABDOMEN +( +Fig. 53 +). Mainly shining black with orange fasciae; tergum 1 pale orange, white pollinose; with long white pile. Tergum 2 with large orange fascia medially occupying about half of entire length, sometimes weakly interrupted in the middle; predominantly short whitish pile except along posterior margin where black; tergum 3 orange fascia occupying anterior third to half, sometimes reduced to pair of narrow maculae along anterior margin; posterior margin narrowly orange; with short whitish pile except in posterior fourth where black; tergum 4 black except along anterior margin and more narrowly posterior margin where orange; with short whitish pile except along posterior margin where black, other terga with short black pile. Sterna dark brown to black; with very long, dispersed whitish pile. + + +Male + +Unknown. + + + + +Distribution + + + +Equatorial Guinea +, +Kenya +, +Malawi +, +Zimbabwe +. Probably also +Cameroon +(see Comments). + + + + + +Comments + + + +Limited material (all female specimens) is available for this species. While the +type +originates from +Equatorial Guinea +, the other specimens we have studied are from eastern Africa. They correspond in general characters used for this group with the +type +; the latter is distinctly larger. +Curran (1939b) +suspected that the specimen by +Bezzi (1915) +listed under + +M +. +aenigma + +from +southern Rhodesia +( +Zimbabwe +) belongs to + +extrema + +but study of this specimen has shown that it most likely belongs to + +M. aenigma + +. Recently, we received images of a specimen of + +Mallota + +collected in +Cameroon +by A. Hlavacek ( +Prague +, +Czech Republic +). From the images provided, it corresponds with specimens of + +M. aenigma +. + +The single DNA barcode of + +M. aenigma + +showed high interspecific p-distances to other species of + +Mallota + +(range p-distances = 5.2–10%) (Fig. 57; +Table 2 +). + + + + \ No newline at end of file