Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland Author Grichanov, Igor Ya. 5320AD3A-92D8-4820-8091-24802F8C8C06 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia. grichanov@mail.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-01-25 789 1 49 80 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631 journal article 2400 10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631 905fc45e-d75c-4b30-bd74-06550e492e6c 2118-9773 5906516 7C7817E9-A9CE-447B-8CDA-249FEDEC74D0 Amblypsilopus basilewskyi ( Vanschuytbroeck, 1960 ) Sciapus basilewskyi Vanschuytbroeck, 1960: 319 . Type locality: Tanzania :Tanganyika Terr., Kilimanjaro , Marangu, Versant S.E. Amblypsilopus basilewskyi – Bickel 1994: 373 . — Grichanov 1996 : fig. 3. Material examined KENYA • 2 ♂♂ (specimens in ethanol); Kakamega Forest ; 0°22′ S , 34°50′ E ; alt. 1500 m ; mid-Sep.– mid-Oct. 2001; Bergsdorf and Kraemer leg.; Malaise trap ; NMSA • 3 ♂♂ ; Kikuyu env ., Ondri wetland ; 1.25595° S , 36.66557° E ; alt. 2014 m ; 12–14 Nov. 2012 ; D. Gavryushin leg., forest ; ZMUM • 1 ♂ ; Kikuyu env ., Ondri wetland ; 1.25697° S , 36.66682° E ; alt. 2001 m ; 15 Nov. 2012 ; D. Gavryushin leg., ZMUM • 1 ♂ ; Central Province , Katura Forest , Nairobi ; 1°14.504′ S , 36°49.452′ E ; alt. 1720 m ; 23 Apr. 2011 ; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping in shaded mixed upland indigenous forest ; BMSA . Distribution DR Congo , Ethiopia , Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda . Notes Having broad male face, elongate antenna and trilobate cercus, the species is close to some species of the Madagascan Amblypsilopus pallidicornis species group ( Grichanov 2021a ).