A new species of Diopsis L. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from South Africa and Swaziland, and brief review of African species with a large apical wing spot
Author
Feijen, Hans R.
Author
Feijen, Cobi
text
African Invertebrates
2012
2012-06-30
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.053.0107
journal article
10.5733/afin.053.0107
2305-2562
Diopsis cruciata
Curran, 1934
Diopsis cruciata
:
Curran 1934: 15
(
Holotype
and
one paratype
from Democratic Republic of Congo, but
five paratypes
from
Zimbabwe
and
one paratype
from
Uganda
).
Distribution:?
Burundi
,
Democratic Republic of Congo
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Zambia
and
Zimbabwe
.
Notes: Given the presence of several
D
.
cruciata
-like species in eastern Africa it is likely that the
type
series represents more than one species. The various species with a pruinose cross on the scutellum can be distinguished by the shape of the surstyli and by subtle differences in wing pattern.