Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae) Author Lamas, Carlos José Einicker Author Evenhuis, Neal L. Author Couri, Márcia Souto text Zootaxa 2002 45 1 12 journal article 51451 10.5281/zenodo.155823 70be80ff-0837-4469-a353-20a756f5080f 1175­5326 155823 Crocidium namaquense Hesse, 1963 ( Figs 12­13 ) Crocidium namaquense Hesse 1963 : 279 ­280, 287; Hull, 1973 : 185 ; Bowden, 1980 : 399 ; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999 : 216. Male genitalia : gonocoxa elongated; distiphallus long, surpassing apex of posterior process of gonocoxa by a distance equivalent to its length; lateral aedeagal apodeme not surpassing gonocoxal margins; gonostylus hook shaped ( Fig. 12 ). Spermathecae : spermathecae very small and oblong, with a membranous triangular caput on its ends and longitudinal axis equivalent to the length of sperm pump; spermathecal ducts 7 times longer than sperm pump, enlarged on apical portion and on basal ones, before sperm pump, uniting to form a short common spermathecal duct; sperm pump placed at nearly basal 1/3 of the spermathecal duct; sclerotized collars of sperm pumps smaller on basal ends than on apical ones. ( Fig. 13 ). Material examined : Paratypes . South Africa . Northern Cape: Knersvlakte, 3 males (one dissected) and 3 females (one dissected), Oct. 1939 , (collector unknown). Deposited in the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa .