Taxonomic revision of the mydas-fly genera Eremohaplomydas Bequaert, 1959, Haplomydas Bezzi, 1924, and Lachnocorynus Hesse, 1969 (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae)
Author
Boschert, Claire
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Author
Dikow, Torsten
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10 th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
dikowt@si.edu
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African Invertebrates
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2022-03-25
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.63.76309
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.63.76309
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Lachnocorynus Hesse, 1969
Lachnocorynus Hesse, 1969: 46
.
BIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1591101
Type-species:
Lachnocorynus chobeensis Hesse, 1969
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
The genus can be delineated by the densely setose head, the distinctly and deeply rugose scutum, and the costal vein terminating where M1 joins the wing margin.
Distribution, biodiversity hotspots, phenology, and biology.
Known only from three disjunct localities in northern Namibia, north-eastern Botswana, and north-eastern Zimbabwe (Fig.
56
). A rarely collected genus known only from four specimens in museum collections, three collecting events between 1930-1986 (Table
1
), and one observation on iNaturalist in 2019 (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26760859). The genus is not known to occur in any biodiversity hotspot. Adult flies are active in mid to late winter (Table
2
), which corresponds to the dry season and lower temperatures. Nothing is known of the biology.