Revision of the genus Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) Author Dikow, Torsten text African Invertebrates 2003 2003-12-31 44 2 1 131 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7911189 2305-2562 7911189 Euscelidia livida sp. n. Figs 43 , 60 Etymology: Latin adjective lividus = black and blue; refers to the bluish-black colour of the scutum. Diagnosis: The species is distinguished from congeners by the two large lateral apruinose bluish-black spots on the sct and features of the ơ terminalia (sur with large lobe ventrally, lat apod bifurcated). Description: Head: Black; fc silver pruinose, fc gib indistinct, mystax white, many macrosetae; prob and plp brownish-black, setae white; oc tr apruinose; occ silver pruinose, setae white; Antennae (pped broken) - scp brown, brown setae ventrally; ped brown, brown setae ventrally and dorsally, white pruinose. Thorax: Orange to black; ppro peg large, silver pruinose; sct bluish-black, antero-lateral and lateral margins orange, yellow pruinose medially, margins silver pruinose, 2 median narrow longitudinal stripes, not reaching posterior margin, and 2 lateral spots, not reaching anterior and posterior margins, apruinose, few white and yellow setae on margins; macrosetae: black, 1 npl s, 1 spal s; sctl silver pruinose, ds sctl s and sctl s short, white; Legs - yellow to brown; fem pale yellow proximally, light brown on remaining part, meta fem slightly clubbed, club brown; pro and meso tib light brown, pale yellow stripe anteriorly, meta tib yellow proximally, remaining part brown, pale yellow stripe not reaching tip anteriorly; first tar yellow proximally, brown distad, remaining tar brown, black setae; emp distinct, very short; Wings - hyaline, but microtrichia on distal margin, slightly browned stained; ptero distinct, brown; cell d terminating in 2 veins; hlt yellow. Abdomen: Brown; T predominantly brown pruinose, grey pruinose laterally, T1 with long brown setae laterally, T 2 in proximal half with few white setae laterally, remaining T with yellow setae, S grey pruinose; ơ terminalia Fig. 43 - sur pointed distally, large lobe ventrally; hypd ventral margin straight; d aed shea tubular, medium length; lat apod bifurcated. Type material - The ơ holotype is labelled ‘ Toungoo , Karenni 3000’ [ 3000 ft = 900 m ]. Burma IV.14. [ iv.1914 ] Michelitz / HOLOTYPE Euscelidia livida sp. nov. det. T. Dikow 2001 (red label)’. The specimen is double mounted (minuten in rectangular piece of cardboard), is in very good condition (pped broken; ơ terminalia attached to specimens pin in micro vial), and is deposited in the ZMHB . Type locality and distribution ( Fig. 60 ): Myanmar , Toungoo, 18 56'N 96 25'E . Myanmar .