New Conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera). Part 1: Paramyopa Kröber, Pseudoconops Camras, Stylogaster Macquart, Thecophora Rondani, and Zodion Latreille
Author
Stuke, Jens-Hermann
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.1
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Stylogaster rwenzoriensis
spec. nov.
(
Figs 114–122
)
Type
material.
Holotype
♂: (1)
Congo Belge
: P. N. A. /
12–ii–1953
/ P. Vanschuytbroeck & / J. Kekenbosch 2624; (2) Massif
Ruwenzori
/ Kalonge,
2.080 m
/ gîte
Ruwenzori
; (2)
Holotypus
/
Stylogaster rwenzoriensis
/ spec. nov. / det.
Stuke, 2014
.
Holotype
is deposited in the
MRAC
. Posterior part of abdomen dissected, macerated and stored in glycerine in a microvial pinned beneath the specimen. The left antenna is missing and sadly the right antenna was lost while photographing the specimen. Several tarsi are missing. The
holotype
is otherwise in an acceptable condition.
Description of
holotype
(male).
Body length about
6.6 mm
. Wing-length 6.0 mm. Head-height
1.6 mm
.
Head.
Eye dark brown, with a few small scattered inconspicuous ommatrichia. Facets on inner side of eye slightly enlarged. Ocelli orange-brown. Ocellar tubercle dark brown, with 1 pair of ocellar setae. Ocellar triangle occupies almost the entire frons and reaches as far as antennae (
Fig. 115
). Ocellar triangle brown. Frons brown lateral to ocellar triangle, without fronto-orbital setae. Scape and base of pedicel yellowish brown, anterior half of pedicel and basal flagellomere brown. Arista three-segmented, brown, situated anterodorsally on basal flagellomere (
Fig. 116
). Scape with a few short brown setulae dorsally. Pedicel with black setulae dorsally and anteriorly. Shape of antenna as illustrated in
Fig. 116
. One distinct black vertical seta. Face pale yellow, silver pruinose. Postcranium almost completely light yellow, densly silver pruinose. Postcranium with a line of regularly-arranged small white setulae. Some long whitish setulae at mouth opening. Proboscis mainly brown to black, except for yellowish brown distal division of labellum and yellowish brown base of proboscis. Labrum ca
3.5 mm
, labellum approximately the same length.
Thorax.
Yellowish brown to light brown, with scutum only dark brown medially. All setae black. Two long notopleural setae, the slightly longer one situated above the smaller one. 1 strong supra-alar seta, 2 strong postalar setae, 1 prescutellar dorsocentral seta, 1 apical scutellar seta, no seta on anepimeron and 1 seta above fore coxa on propleuron. Short black semi-adpressed hairs on scutum. Wing generally clothed in microtrichia, but bc, base of c, base of br, bm, base of dm, cup, base of r1, and base of r2+3 all virtually without microtrichia.
Hind
margin of wing with brown setulae. Venation as in
Fig. 117
. Haltere orange-brown, distal part sharply defined dark brown. Legs whitish yellow, with hind tibia whitish distally. Legs with black and brown setae. Fore and middle coxae each with 2 black seta.
Hind
coxa with 1 distinct seta laterally.
Hind
trochanter without a small triangular tooth. Mid femur posteriorly in distal half with a row of regularly-arranged black setulae curved at their apices. Ventral side of mid femur without black erect setulae. All tibiae without conspicuous setulae.
Hind
tibia with short black spines on anterior surface.
Hind
femur with a few longer hairs at base. Claws yellowish brown basally, black distally. Pulvilli yellowish brown to brown. Empodia short, pale brown.
Abdomen.
Pale brown, with tergite 1 brown, tergites 2–4 with brown posterior margin and broad brown median fascia, tergites 5–6 and epandrium largely dark brown. Tergites with semi-adpressed black setulae, and longer setulae laterally on tergite 5. Tergite 1 with long black setulae laterally, tergite 2 with black setae on either side of anterior margin. Terminalia as illustrated in
Figs 118– 122
. Cercus short, not widened laterally, rounded distally. No teeth or obvious bristles at basal junction of cerci. Surstylus broad, with a finger-like process anterodorsally. Distal margin of surstylus lacking any black teeth and with no field of erect setulae on inner surface. Two short membranous appendages on the inner surface of the surstylus. Phallus sheath as illustrated in
Fig. 121
: Base of phallus sheath slightly protruding, and without dense black spines.
FIGURES 114–117.
Stylogaster rwenzoriensis
spec. nov.
(♂ holotype).
114
. Dorsal view of thorax and head.
115
. Dorsal view of frons.
116
. Lateral view of antenna.
117
. Wing.
FIGURES 118–122.
Stylogaster rwenzoriensis
spec. nov.
(♂ holotype).
118
. Lateral view of outer surface of surstylus.
119
. Lateral view of inner surface of surstylus.
120
. Dorsolateral view of cercus.
121
. Lateral view of phallus sheath.
122
. Tip of aedeagus. mais—membranous appendage on inner surface of surstylus.
Female
unknown.
Etymology.
The species is named after the Rwenzori Mountains, from which the
holotype
originates.
Discussion.
Stylogaster rwenzoriensis
belongs to the
Stylogaster nitens
group as defined in the discussion of
Stylogaster angolensis
and can be identified with the key given above. Using
Stuke (2012)
the species will key out at couplet 16 but will not fit either of the alternatives. Due to the orange-brown lateral margins of the scutum and the lack of bristles on the phallus sheath of the hypandrium,
Stylogaster rwenzorensis
is most similiar to
Stylogaster kenyensis
. Characters to separate these two species are given in the key above.
Distribution.
Stylogaster rwenzoriensis
is only known from the locus typicus in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
. The location is situated in the Virunga National Park (National Park Albert, P. N. A.),
Democratic Republic of Congo
, Orientale Province.