In honor of Brian Stuckenberg: Two new Spheginobaccha species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Afrotropics
Author
Thompson, F. Christian
Author
Hauser, Martin
text
African Invertebrates
2015
2015-12-29
56
3
769
769
http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0318
journal article
10.5733/afin.056.0318
2305-2562
7914911
Spheginobaccha rotundiceps
(
Loew, 1858
)
Ocyptamus rotundiceps
:
Loew 1858: 376
;
Spheginobaccha rotundiceps
: Thompson 1974: 276
(see also for complete synonymy).
This species was originally described from “Caffrerei,” and known from only
3 specimens
(Thompson 1974: 278).
We
examined 7 additional specimens collected from
South Africa
.
Material
examined:
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZulu-Natal
:
Royal Natal National Park
,
Thendale
,
28°42.378'S
28°56.083'E
,
Leucosedea
dominated scrub,
1600 m
,
15–17.ii.2010
,
A. H. Kirk-Spriggs
(
4 ♂
1 ♀
BMSA
,
1♂
USNM
);
1♀
Tiger Falls area
,
28°41.341'S
28°56.047'E
,
Protea caffra
woodland,
1545 m
,
17–18.ii.2010
,
A. H. Kirk-Spriggs
(
BMSA
)
.