A study of the Exoprosopa busiris (Jaennicke) group of Bezzi (1924) in tropical Africa (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Author Greathead, D. J. text Journal of Natural History 2001 2001-12-31 35 1 127 147 10.1080/002229301447907 journal article 1464-5262 Exoprosopa magnipennis Bezzi (Figures 4, 12) Exoprosopa magnipennis Bezzi, 1924: 344 , Kenya [examined] This species is readily recognized by the extensive reddening of the head and body including the antennae. The infuscation of the wings is darker and more contrasting with the hyaline areas than in E. brevinasis which it most closely resembles. Bezzi (1924) gives a full description. FIG. 19. Distribution map of E. brevinasis ( _ ), E. busiris ( E ) and E. luteicosta ( + ). Diagnosis As E. luteicosta but: proboscis projecting. Little or no black hair on apex of facial cone. Frons and face red. Scape and pedicel red. Legs red with ochreous scales. Hair a deeper straw yellow. Body with pleura, calli and sterna red. Black macrochetae on coxae. White scale bands on all terga. Wing (®gure 4) with r closed 5 or only narrowly open. Veins with infuscated margins, darker on cross veins. Basal hook red, comb with yellow scales. Veins red. Male genitalia (®gure 12) similar to E. luteicosta but epiphallus deeper and tapering towards apex. Length of body, 15±20 mm ; of wing, 18±24 mm . Material examined Kenya : Tsavo West , Maktan , 1, l 10.vi.1981 , R. H. Markham ( DJG ) ; Watamu , Jilore Forest , 1m , 21.i.1979 , A. W. R. McCrae ( DJG ) ; Mida Creek , 1m , xii.1968 ± i.1969 , G. R. Cunningham-va n Someren ( DJG ) ; Arabuku-Sokok e Forest , Gedi , 1, l 3.xii.1987 , M.J.W. Cock ( DJG ) . Tanzania : 20 miles S of Iringa , 2m , 24.xi.63, D. J. Greathead ( DJG ) ; Iringa Dist. , Ulete , 1, l 14.xi.1963 , D. J. Greathead ( DJG ) ; Old Shinyanga , 1, l 9.x.1935 , E. Burtt ( BMNH ) ; Itigi , 1m , 20.i.1917 , G. D. H. Carpenter ( BMNH ) . FIG. 20. Distribution map of E. atrinasis ( + ), E. magnipennis ( E ), and E. goliath ( _ ). Distribution Kenya , Tanzania (®gure 19). One very denuded specimen in the Natural History Museum may also belong to this species. Yemen : Jebel Jihaf , Shima , c. 7000 ft , 1, l 9.x.1937 H. Scott and E. B. Britton ( BMNH ) .