Revision of Afrotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae)
Author
Disney, R. H. L.
text
Journal of Natural History
2005
2005-02-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930410001708680
journal article
10.1080/00222930410001708680
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Chonocephalus madagascariensis
Paulian, 1958
(
Figures 51, 52
)
Chonocephalus madagascariensis
Paulian 1958
, p 12
.
Figures 51, 52.
Chonocephalus madagascariensis
male, details of hypopygium from below. (51) Epandrium and right gonopopd. (52) Hypandrium and vestigial left gonopod. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
The
type series has been lost.
One
of a freshly collected series of males from the
Comoros
Islands
has been designated the
neotype
(deposited in
ZSM
). The female is not recognizable from the perfunctory description by Paulian
.
Material
Type series,
Madagascar
, Tananarive,
Parc
de Tsimbazaza
, reared from fungi,
R
.
Paulian
(lost).
Nine
males, including
neotype
,
Comoros
Islands
,
Moheli
,
Hoani
,
Chalet St Antoine
,
400 m
, from tree trunk,
21 April 2002
,
M. Kotrba
(
ZSM
,
CUMZ
—30-6)
.
Natural history
Reared from fungi (
Paulian 1958
).