New species of Bombylioidea in Mario Bezzi’s Unpublished Hungarian Museum Manuscript
Author
Greathead, David J.
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2004
773
1
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158466
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Ligyra paris
(Bezzi, 1923)
97.
Hyperalonia paris
ɗΨ
Eritrea
: Ghinda & Ψ ‘Africa orientali germanica’ [=
Tanzania
]. MS page [97].
Bezzi, 1923
: 338 – diagnosis; ɗ,
Kenya
: “Voï, dans le pays Taita, alt.
600m
, st. n°. 60,
mars 1912
” in MNHN.
Bezzi, 1924: 366 – key and diagnosis:
2 specimens
,
Kenya
:
x.1911
(R.J. Stordy); 1ɗ, S.
Nigeria
: Ibadan,
7.xii.1913
(Dr W.A. Lambourn) in BMNH.
Hesse, 1956: 919 – key and description by comparison with
L. vittata
(Ricardo)
. Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 409 – incorrectly treated the Bezzi (1923) and (1924) as two separate proposals of a new name with different
types
and
type
localities listing a
holotype
in MNHN for the 1923 proposal and an undetermined number of
syntypes
in BMNH for the 1924 proposal.
Types
: The
syntype
specimens listed by Bezzi (1924) as being in BMNH are not present in the collection nor are they listed in the museum catalogue. We therefore conclude that they are lost.
Remarks:
Ligyra paris
is a common and widespread species in the savanna zones of trop
ical Africa. It has totally infuscated brown wings with darker spots on crossveins and
brown vestiture. It can only be confused with
L. vittata
but is darker.