Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 25. A key to the genera of the subfamily Stenopogoninae with new synonymy and descriptions of six new genera
Author
Londt, Jason G. H.
text
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8360701
melanothrix
sp. n.
Mystax black; katatergal macrosetae black;
♂
genitalia as in
Figs 67-69
..............
Material (
NMSA
-
Type
1109):
SOUTH AFRICA
:
5♂
(HT & PT)
6 ♀
(
PT
): 'Sth Africa:
Cape Prov
/
Richtersveld
7 km
S
/
Lekkersing
2.ix.1989
/ 29°03'OO"S: 17°06'00"E /
J Londt
B Stuckenberg
/ &
P Croeser
Dry river / flat rocky area 300 m' (
BMNH
-
1 ♂
I
♀
PT);
1 ♂
5 ♀
(
PT
),
Richtersveld
,
1 km
N Kuboes
,
28°25'S
:
16°59'E
,
l.
ix.1989
,
Londt Stuckenberg
&
Croeser
;
5 ♂
6 ♀
(PT),
Richtersveld
,
50 km
NE Grootderm
,
29° 19'S
:
16°55'E
,
3.ix.1989
,
Londt
&
Stuckenberg
;
2 ♂
6 ♀
(PT),
Richtersveld
,
40 km
S of Ochta Mine
, 2816BO,
2.ix.1983
,
Londt
&
Stuckenberg
;
1 ♀
(PT),
Noordoewe
S [2817DAJ,
14.iv. 1981
, duwweltjie [?) (
SAMC
);
1
♀
(PT),
Oroe R.
P), (
Namaqualand
),
30.ix.1966
,
SAM
(
SAMC
);
4♂
2♀
(PT),
Naib
[
29°21'S
:
18°20'E
] nr
Bushmanland Btw Springbok and Pella
,
x.1939
,
Mus. Staff
(
SAMC
).
NAMIBIA
: I
♀
(PT),
Rosh Pinah
[27°58'S: 16°46'E]],
17.xi.1975
,
Whitehead
(
SAMC
).
Etymology: Gr. f.
melanos
- black +
thrix
- hair (refers to black setae of the mystax and other parts of the body).