Records of Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha) from Togo and other African countries, with descriptions of new species
Author
Macgowan, Iain
Research Associate, National Museums of Scotland, Collection Centre, 242 West Granton Road, Edinburgh, Scotland. EH 5 1 JA
Author
Tschirnhaus, Michael Von
Fakultät Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100 131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-09-25
5514
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5514.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5514.1.1
1175-5326
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Fulgenta
MacGowan, 2017
An endemic Afrotropical genus with 15 described species (
MacGowan, 2023
). In almost all cases only the males can be identified with certainty.
Fulgenta complexa
MacGowan, 2017
(
Fulgenta
):
Région des Plateaux
:
1 km
distance from
Adossou
SE of Zogbégan
(
SE of Badou
), at creek Olabè.
7.558N
0.6855E
,
520m
a.s.l.
, aspirated from fresh human excrement, 25.4.200 8, leg.
M. Tschirnhaus
,
1♂
.
Only previously known from the
holotype
collected in
Cameroon
in 1987 (
MacGowan, 2017
)
.
Fulgenta plumosa
MacGowan, 2017
(
Fulgenta
):
Région des Plateaux
:
Lomnava
NE of Huimé
(
NE of Kpalimé
),
7.0163N
0.6794E
,
295m
a.s.l.
, plantation (cocoa, banana), aspirated from spittle droplets on leaves attracting flies, 18.4.200 8, leg.
M. Tschirnhaus
,
1♂
.
Only previously known from
five males
captured in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
and Cameroon between 1936 and 2010 (
MacGowan, 2017
)
.
Fulgenta saegeri
MacGowan, 2017
(
Fulgenta
):
Région des Plateaux
:
Lomnava
NE of Huimé
(
NE of Kpalimé
),
7.0163N
0.6794E
,
295m
a.s.l.
, plantation (cocoa, banana), aspirated from spittle droplets on leaves attracting flies, 18.4.200 8, leg.
M. Tschirnhaus
,
1♂
.
Only previously known from
four males
collected in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
in 1951 and 1952 (
MacGowan, 2017
)
.