Taxonomic review of Gasterophilus (Oestridae, Gasterophilinae) of the world, with updated nomenclature, keys, biological notes, and distributions
Author
Li, Xin-Yu
Author
Pape, Thomas
Author
Zhang, Dong
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.38560
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.891.38560
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Gasterophilus meridionalis (Pillers & Evans, 1926)
Figs 2
D-F
,
5C, D
,
11E
,
15
D-F
; Table 1
Oestrus meridionalis
Pillers & Evans, 1926: 264. Type locality: Zimbabwe (as
"Rhodesia"
).
Selected references.
Zumpt (1965
: 121);
Cogley (1991b)
;
Colwell et al. (2006
: 36);
Colwell et al. (2007
: 256).
Diagnosis.
Male unknown. Antennal postpedicel long-oval. Facial plate setose. Wing completely hyaline. Crossvein dm-cu extremely weak, with only a faint trace; distance between crossveins r-m and dm-cu equal or less than length of r-m. Meron with unmodified setae. Legs black or black-brown. Abdomen ground color dark brown. Female sternite 8 longitudinally ridged in the middle and with a scallop-shaped apex.
Material examined.
SOUTH AFRICA • 2♀♀; Transvaal; Newington; 15 Aug. 1957; reared from third instar larvae by F. Zumpt; KZNM.
Hosts.
Burchell's
zebra (
E. quagga burchellii
).
Distribution.
Afrotropical
- Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.