A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera Author Deeming, John C. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-17 4482 1 1 51 journal article 29184 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.1 72a80b13-e18f-4dc3-bec2-bb20d17f0e5f 1175-5326 1454415 79FECD6E-5192-45C3-9B46-4E6817366F64 Meromyzella capensis ( Loew, 1860 ) Meromyza capensis Loew, 1860 : 96 Described from South Africa and wide-ranging in Africa north to Chad , the Sudan and Ethiopia . Further material: 8♂ 18♀ , GAMBIA : W. Div., Lamin Bridge, near Lamin Bolan, tidal waterway, on young rice, 2.ix.1997 , D.J. Mann ( OUM ); 1♀ , W. Div., Abuko, on mature rice, 24.ix.1993 , J.C. Deeming & K.E. Shaw; 1♀ , Abuko Forest Reserve, 25.ix.1993 , C.E. Dyte; 1♂ 1♀ , Jibanack, rice field, 21.i.1975 , collector unknown; 1♀ , N. NIGERIA : Zaria, Samaru, 17.vi.1970 , J.C. Deeming; 4♀ , Bauchi , pond, 1–12.iv.1990 , J.C. Deeming; 2♂ , KENYA : Kikuyu, marsh, 17.iv.1983 , K. A . Spencer; 17 ex. Kasarani, 10–11.viii.1989 , J.W. Ismay; long series of both sexes Kisumu , c. 1000m , rice plot in marshland, 27.x.2004 , M.R. Wilson; 2♂ 1♀ , MALAWI : Lake Malombe, Nkungulu, 25.x.1983 , A . Freidberg; 2♂ , ZAMBIA : Kafue River , xii.1995 , J. Pollock ( NMWC ); 1♀ NAMIBIA : W. Caprivi Park, Kwando River , swept from floating grasses and vegetation, 15.xii.1999 , Mann, Marais & Newman (all in NMWC ); 2♂ 1♀ , East Caprivi , Namili MP, Liadura, Linyanti, 11.iii.1992 , U. Göllner ( HUB ); 1♂ , S. AFRICA: Natal, Oribi Gorge N. Res., 10.x.1983 , A . Freidberg ( NMWC ). Additional material (von Tschirnhaus pers. comm.): large samples from Cameroun (leg. F. Menzel), Ethiopia , Gambia , Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda , and Togo (all leg. von Tschirnhaus), were identified by the latter. On an average males are in the minority in the rate of 1: 1.40 as exemplified by one sample: 226♂ 304♀ , ETHIOPIA : Province Shewa, river Awash Wenz, 10km NW Melkasa, 8°26'54''N 39°15'00''E , 1547m a.s.l., river bank with Cyperaceae and grass, 15.iii.1995 , M. von Tschirnhaus ( ZSM ).