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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Australoechus fenestralis
(Hesse)
Bombylius fenestralis
Hesse, 1938: 248
.
Distribution.
Namibia
*,
South Africa
(Northern &
Western Cape
).
Material examined.
1♀
,
Otjiwarongo District
,
Waterberg Pl. Park
,
20°24’S
17°15’E
,
18.vi.–24.vii.1991
,
M. Pusch
, pres. pitf. traps
;
1♂
,
2♀♀
,
Lüderitz District
,
Obib
waters at:
28°00’08”S
16°38’46”E
,
25–26.viii.1998
,
E. Marais
&
A.H. KirkSpriggs
,
yellow pan trap
sample
.
Notes.
Runs to
A. megaspilus
(Bezzi)
in Hesse’s (1938) key, but the male genitalia are as illustrated for
A. fenestralis
! Unusually
small (ca.
6 mm
) specimens and denuded.