Review of the genus Onchopelma Hesse, with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2002
64
1
12
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.156142
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156142
Onchopelma karooanum
Hesse
(
Fig. 4
)
Onchopelma karooana
Hesse, 1967: 105
.
REMARKS. The original description serves to identify this species very well. An additional character not mentioned by
Hesse (1967)
that can help distinguish this species from its congeners is the yellowish white frons (
Fig. 4
) (black color extending from occiput only to lateral ocelli of ocellar triangle). Since the original description, only one additional specimen of this species has been found: a headless female from Merweville,
South Africa
.
Material examined
:
SOUTH AFRICA
: [Western Cape]: Dikbrome, Merweville,
Jan 1953
, H. Zinn (
SAMC
).