New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species
Author
Greathead, David J.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-03-10
1149
1
1
88
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1149.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1149.1.1
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Systoechus robustus
Bezzi
Systoechus robustus
Bezzi, 1912: 608
.
Systoechus bechuanus
Hesse, 1936: 163
.
syn. nov.
Distribution.
Botswana
,
Malawi
,
Namibia
*,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
*.
Material examined.
7♂♂
,
2♀♀
,
15 km
W of Karabib
on road to
Usakos
,
21°56’S
25°42’E
,
5.iv.1998
, 97/98/244B general,
F.W. & S.K. Gess
(
AMGS
)
;
13♂♂
,
1♀
,
Solitaire
,
23°52’S
16°00’E
,
30.iv.2002
,
F.W. & S.K. Gess
, general, 01/02/161 (
AMGS
)
.
Notes.
Genitalia of Solitaire males are identical with those of
S. bechuanus
Hesse
(illustrated in Hesse, 1938). Thus, the only character separating these species is the colour of the legs—darkreddish brown to black in
S. bechuanus
and reddishyellow in
S. robustus
—therefore
S. bechuanus
Hesse
is a synonym.