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<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFED9FD9D6D29FD25" ID-CoL="8C7Q7" authority="Bezzi, 1921" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1921" box="[264,601,639,665]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbatus">
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFED9FD9D6EB6FD25" bold="true" box="[264,454,639,665]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Geron barbatus</emphasis>
Bezzi, 1921
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(
<figureCitation id="9BC602E54C69FF9EFEC0FD406E04FD00" box="[273,372,674,700]" captionStart="FIGURES 5 10" captionStartId="12.[264,383,283,307]" captionText="FIGURES 5 10. Specimens of species of Mythicomyiidae and Bombyliidae referred to in Bezzis manuscript. 5, Lectotype of Cyrtosia scutellaris Bezzi [= Cephalodromia], female habitus (lectotype in MSNM). 6 7, “ Geron barbatus ” Bezzi [= G. h e s s e i Bowden] (specimen in MSNM). 6, male habitus 7, detail of hypopygium. 8, Lectotype of Anastoechus spinifacies Bezzi, male habitus (lectotype in MCSN). 9, Lectotype of Bombylius braunsi Bezzi [= Australoechus capensis Linnaeus], female habitus (lectotype in MSNM). 10, Lectotype of Bombylius auricomus Bezzi, male habitus [= Bombylella] (lectotype in BMNH)." pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 67</figureCitation>
)
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34.
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFEECFD166D70FCB1" box="[317,512,756,781]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Geron barbatus</emphasis>
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1Ψ,
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(Eastern Cape): Willowmore,
<date id="774338A04C69FF9EFBA6FD166B84FCB2" box="[1143,1268,756,782]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1906-11-20">20.xi.1906</date>
(H. Brauns). MS page 34.
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFEE9FCD66EB5FCF0" bold="true" box="[312,453,820,844]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Bezzi, 1921a</emphasis>
: 99 key and diagnosis; specimens from Cape, Ookiep [1ɗ] &amp; Knysna,
<date id="774338A04C69FF9EFB30FCD66A5BFCF7" box="[1249,1323,820,843]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1916-10">x.1916</date>
(L. Péringuey) [2ɗ] in SAMC (numbers of specimens and sexes not specified in this paper but determined from notes in Hesse (1938) see below).
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Bezzi, 1922: 78 diagnosis;
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, “Willowmore, 21. Febr.
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Museo Budapestini”.
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Bezzi, 1924: 115 key and description 1ɗ Simonstown,
<date id="774338A04C69FF9EFC77FC4E6C9FFC7F" box="[934,1007,940,963]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1894-10">x.1894</date>
(P. de la Garde) the partially exposed genitalia of this specimen resemble those of
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFC70FC2B6B3DFC5C" box="[929,1101,969,992]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">G. meromelanus</emphasis>
(Hesse)
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.
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Hesse, 1938: 952 description as
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFD62FC056CD4FC42" box="[691,932,999,1022]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amictogeron barbatus</emphasis>
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from Ookiep male; description (p. 950) of
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFE15FBE66DB9FBA7" box="[452,713,1028,1051]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amictogeron peringueyi</emphasis>
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Hesse from two males from Knysna part of Bezzis (1921) original
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series.
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Evenhuis &amp; Greathead, 1999: 38 treated (in error) Bezzis (1921a) and (1924) use of
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFB0EFBDD6ED2FBC8" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">G. barbatus</emphasis>
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as two separate proposals with separate
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and
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localities; listed an undetermined number of
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in SAMC and two
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in MSNM for the 1921 proposal and one
<typeStatus id="DC46A0C24C69FF9EFE13FB7A6D65FB13" box="[450,533,1176,1199]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
in BMNH for the 1924 proposal.
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFEE9FB576E08FB71" bold="true" box="[312,376,1205,1229]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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: Known from at least six
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: SAMC (at least 3), HNHM (1; destroyed), MSNM (1ɗ, Knysna,
<date id="774338A04C69FF9EFDD0FB316D3AFB56" box="[513,586,1235,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1916-10">x.1916</date>
(L. Péringuey); 1Ψ, Caledon,
<date id="774338A04C69FF9EFC47FB316CAFFB56" box="[918,991,1235,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1918-10">x.1918</date>
(L. Péringuey) but one doubtful) and BMNH (1). The male from Ookiep in SAMC is here designated
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFBADFB126B92FAB4" bold="true" box="[1148,1250,1264,1288]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<typeStatus id="DC46A0C24C69FF9EFBADFB126B92FAB4" box="[1148,1250,1264,1288]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFED9FAC96E0AFAF9" bold="true" box="[264,378,1323,1349]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
: This species was established by Bezzi (1921a) in his key and diagnosis based on specimens from Ookiep and Knysna in SAMC. However, he does not provide the numbers of specimens or their sexes believing that the
<typeStatus id="DC46A0C24C69FF9EFC67FA9E6C99FA2A" box="[950,1001,1404,1430]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">type</typeStatus>
specimen was in BMNH. Unfortunately, this
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was not published until 1924 and based on different material. The specimens in SAMC mentioned in his 1921 publication are
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. Hesse (1938) provided a full redescription (as
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFDBCFA166C06F9B1" box="[621,886,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amictogeron barbatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) with figures of the genitalia of the single male from Ookiep. He also described a distinct species,
<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFBD7F9FE6A53F989" box="[1030,1315,1564,1589]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Amictogeron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peringueyi">
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFBD7F9FE6A53F989" box="[1030,1315,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amictogeron peringueyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, on two males from Knysna, which were the specimens referred to
<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFBFDF9A66BC7F9E1" box="[1068,1207,1604,1629]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Amictogeron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbatus">
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFBFDF9A66BC7F9E1" box="[1068,1207,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">G. barbatus</emphasis>
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by Bezzi (1921a). Since
<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFE10F98E6D28F939" box="[449,600,1644,1669]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Amictogeron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFE10F98E6D28F939" box="[449,600,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amictogeron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hesse has been synonymised with
<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFBD8F98E6BC7F93A" authority="Meigen" authorityName="Meigen" box="[1033,1207,1644,1670]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFBD8F98E6B23F939" box="[1033,1107,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Geron</emphasis>
Meigen
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in which Hesse also proposed a species,
<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFD57F9766C29F911" box="[646,857,1684,1709]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peringueyi">
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFD57F9766C29F911" box="[646,857,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Geron peringueyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hesse, the species described in
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFB35F9766E12F969" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Amictogeron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was renamed
<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C69FF9EFDDCF95E6C1BF96A" authority="Bowden (1974)" authorityName="Bowden" authorityYear="1974" box="[525,875,1724,1750]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hessei">
<emphasis id="3189C2724C69FF9EFDDCF95E6DD7F969" box="[525,679,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Geron hessei</emphasis>
Bowden (1974)
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. The listing of an unspecified number of
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in SAMC by Evenhuis &amp; Greathead (1999) requires amending to three
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[here =
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and 2
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] in SAMC.
</paragraph>
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The
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in MSNM are not mentioned in any of Bezzis publications. However, the male from Knysna bears the same date as the two males in SAMC and must have been part of the same series and its status is confirmed. The genitalia are exposed and can be seen to be those of
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,
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which Hesse (1938) described from the two specimens from Knysna in SAMC. The female from Caledon cannot be allocated with certainty to either
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<emphasis id="3189C2724C76FF81FE85FE5E6EAEFE69" box="[340,478,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">G. barbatus</emphasis>
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or
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<taxonomicName id="C4FD65E34C76FF81FDDBFE5E6DDCFE69" box="[522,684,444,469]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peringueyi">G. peringueyi</taxonomicName>
,
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as there are no associated male specimens. Since no specimens from Caledon are mentioned in Bezzis publications, the status of the female as a
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cannot be confirmed.
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For stability in the nomenclature the male specimen from Ookiep in SAMC that Hesse (1938) described as
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(Bezzi)
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is designated
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.
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