treatments-xml/data/B5/60/26/B56026203573FFD9FEC7FBB4664DFE82.xml
2024-06-21 12:48:45 +02:00

221 lines
27 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters

This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="697A204928BD7E95AB5D1CE57E8FA4E9" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.1041.1.1" ID-ISSN="1175­5334" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5050609" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1625108070700" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Scarbrough Table Of Contents, Aubrey G." docDate="2005" docId="B56026203573FFD9FEC7FBB4664DFE82" docLanguage="en" docName="zt01041p076.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 1041 (1)" docSource="https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1041.1.1" docStyle="DocumentStyle:8B0D3ECF822058C8413568C103B59429.6:Zootaxa.2001-2006.monograph" docStyleId="8B0D3ECF822058C8413568C103B59429" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2001-2006.monograph" docStyleVersion="6" docTitle="Afroestricus macroscelis" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="35" masterDocId="49595E58356CFFFBFFCFFFF06729FFDC" masterDocTitle="Afroestricus, a new Afrotropical Ommatine (Diptera: Asilidae) genus with twenty species and two species groups" masterLastPageNumber="76" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="32" updateTime="1698981099349" updateUser="plazi" zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:mods id="28B2023A8070A979BA42DBDC17B2451C" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="7F5FF44D69F40331F5EFC2E88151025B">
<mods:title id="5FEAE1D63A8623B8AD747CDD64C3DE70">Afroestricus, a new Afrotropical Ommatine (Diptera: Asilidae) genus with twenty species and two species groups</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="622BD40F4FA855F03ED1465408B4C324" type="personal">
<mods:role id="D484A5B42AFE8C43B8624416A0352007">
<mods:roleTerm id="744881CBD989682ADF0CA0E57F744891">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="8328109E1A168473A19243D0CD84AD6B">Scarbrough Table Of Contents, Aubrey G.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="1EBFD41F97F59A48E4C732700000B82F">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="967E5B44585E495F9F79FCB18A750503" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="FB85A2182A0F43D0704CE207B0CFF1C6">
<mods:title id="4D362A7E800E5E6C32E2BA365952FEB8">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="748317EEA19C8EAF9D040E040FBD48E2">
<mods:date id="B74ADEB282B72F9197B9368928B27A9A">2005</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="6C49E557E9C4FECDDB60CBEE1981EAE0" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="7F6BCD65C0422474515826C1A5DE488D">2005-08-26</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="C57FF68D8D963EDDE0BD394C7A3B1A75" type="volume">
<mods:number id="35A935E6244DDD3A9741907E26BE91FA">1041</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="DE04A8E77B720B799238DE57340CA9C3" type="issue">
<mods:number id="D052022786D19226A74C09F238654E7F">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="52C0AC28A238557E8F7A639168CC5BEF" unit="page">
<mods:start id="57FAA4B0CD21CEF1424D454B1F2D8CA9">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="A13001648550F4AB42731B4233CE173B">76</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location id="F3BFA4BF884102F6D827887DD56697B1">
<mods:url id="7B9FC88E248C8388990A1FD1C0BB10A0">https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1041.1.1</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification id="CAC4A9870D879F0F285CF27255994336">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="E51ACDADD4D33D8BCDC508100C7F59F3" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.1041.1.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="6FD21592469ABA485C09AEA53D60E609" type="ISSN">1175­5334</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="6A1006ADE6ABF88AE462725AFD4A7B8B" type="Zenodo-Dep">5050609</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="B56026203573FFD9FEC7FBB4664DFE82" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B56026203573FFD9FEC7FBB4664DFE82" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B56026203573FFD9FEC7FBB4664DFE82" lastPageId="34" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<subSubSection id="75D3C4BD3573FFE4FEC7FBB465A6FB81" box="[264,655,1091,1118]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="3D7697363573FFE4FEC7FBB465A6FB81" blockId="31.[264,655,1091,1152]" box="[264,655,1091,1118]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<heading id="663E205A3573FFE4FEC7FBB465A6FB81" bold="true" box="[264,655,1091,1118]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB53573FFE4FEC7FBB465A6FB81" authority="(Bezzi)" baseAuthorityName="Bezzi" box="[264,655,1091,1118]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Afroestricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroscelis">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B243573FFE4FEC7FBB465A6FB81" bold="true" box="[264,655,1091,1118]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B243573FFE4FEC7FBB46519FB82" bold="true" box="[264,560,1092,1118]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Afroestricus macroscelis</emphasis>
(Bezzi)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="75D3C4BD3573FFE4FEC7FB9666E5FB5C" box="[264,460,1126,1152]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="description">
<paragraph id="3D7697363573FFE4FEC7FB9666E5FB5C" blockId="31.[264,655,1091,1152]" box="[264,460,1126,1152]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<figureCitation id="A5F28BB33573FFE4FEC7FB9666BDFB5C" box="[264,404,1126,1152]" captionStart="FIGURES 7180" captionStartId="32.[264,370,1808,1829]" captionTargetBox="[303,1287,562,1780]" captionTargetId="figure-109@32.[281,1305,549,1805]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 7180. Afroestricus macroscelis (Bezzi). Male terminalia: 7173. Lateral, dorsal, and ventral views. 74. Gonostylus. 7576. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views. Female terminalia: 7778. Dorsal and ventral views. 79. Spermatheca. 80. Genital fork." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050639" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050639/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Figs. 7180</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A5F28BB33573FFE4FE6FFB9666E5FB5C" box="[416,460,1126,1152]" captionStart="FIGURE 194" captionStartId="70.[264,357,1870,1891]" captionTargetBox="[459,1150,1206,1854]" captionTargetId="figure-93@70.[411,1177,1171,1869]" captionTargetPageId="70" captionText="FIGURE 194. Distribution of six species of Afroestricus in Africa and Madagascar." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050679/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">194</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="75D3C4BD3573FFE4FEC7FB476389FB11" box="[264,1184,1206,1230]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="3D7697363573FFE4FEC7FB476389FB11" blockId="31.[264,1184,1206,1230]" box="[264,1184,1206,1230]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="1DD9B0183573FFE4FEC7FB476389FB11" box="[264,1184,1206,1230]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<treatmentCitation id="BC68B1273573FFE4FEC7FB476599FB11" author="Bezzi, M." box="[264,688,1206,1230]" page="292" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" year="1906">
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB53573FFE4FEC7FB476599FB11" ID-CoL="49CHH" authority="Bezzi 1906: 292" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityPageNumber="292" authorityYear="1906" box="[264,688,1206,1230]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ommatius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroscelis">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B243573FFE4FEC7FB4766D3FB12" box="[264,506,1207,1230]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Ommatius macroscelis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5958EAC73573FFE4FDCEFB466599FB11" author="Bezzi, M." box="[513,688,1206,1229]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" pagination="292 - 294" refId="ref38976" refString="Bezzi, M. (1906) Ditteri Eritrei raccolti dal Dott. Andreini e dal Prof. Tellini. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 37, 292 - 294." type="journal article" year="1906">Bezzi 1906: 292</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
c
<emphasis id="0FBD4B243573FFE4FD0CFB46643EFB12" bold="true" box="[707,791,1206,1230]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">omb. n.</emphasis>
<treatmentCitation id="BC68B1273573FFE4FCD1FB4664EAFB11" author="Hull, F. M." box="[798,963,1206,1229]" page="436" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" year="1962">
<bibRefCitation id="5958EAC73573FFE4FCD1FB4664EAFB11" author="Hull, F. M." box="[798,963,1206,1229]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" pagination="1 - 907" refId="ref39123" refString="Hull, F. M. (1962) Robber flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae. United States National Museum Bulletin No, 224, 1 - 907." type="journal article" year="1962">Hull 1962: 436</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
;
<treatmentCitation id="BC68B1273573FFE4FC01FB4663B5FB11" author="Oldroyd, H." box="[974,1180,1206,1229]" page="347" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" year="1980">
<bibRefCitation id="5958EAC73573FFE4FC01FB4663B5FB11" author="Oldroyd, H." box="[974,1180,1206,1229]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" pagination="334 - 373" refId="ref39558" refString="Oldroyd, H. (1980) Family Asilidae. In: R. W. Crosskey (ed.), Catalogue of Diptera of the Afrotropical Region pp. 1 - 1437. London: British Museum (NH), pp. 334 - 373." type="book chapter" year="1980">Oldroyd 1980: 347</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="75D3C4BD3573FFD9FEC7FAF1664DFE82" lastPageId="34" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="description">
<paragraph id="3D7697363573FFE4FEC7FAF16563F9EF" blockId="31.[264,1323,1281,1867]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
Redescription, male. Black. Body
<quantity id="FA313AD33573FFE4FD6DFAF16424FAC7" box="[674,781,1281,1307]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1199999999999999" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" unit="mm" value="11.2">11.2 mm</quantity>
; wing
<quantity id="FA313AD33573FFE4FC90FAF16497FAC7" box="[863,958,1281,1307]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.8" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" unit="mm" value="8.8">8.8 mm</quantity>
. Head: Face yellow tomentose with abundant black setae and bristles on dorsal 1/2, mostly yellow ventrally; FHWR 1.0:3.5. Antenna black; flagellum+style absent; several, long setae below scape as long as or longer than scape and pedicel. Frons yellowish­brown to reddish­brown tomentose; setae longer than scape and pedicel combined. Occiput mostly yellowish­gray tomentose with yellow to white setae; row of 11 to 12 thin, black, postocular bristles extending to or just before midlateral margin of eye; longest bristles strongly proclinate, apices just before ocellar tubercle posteriorly.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D7697363573FFDBFEF7F9B16677FE0A" blockId="31.[264,1323,1281,1867]" lastBlockId="32.[264,1323,284,513]" lastPageId="32" lastPageNumber="33" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B243573FFE4FEF7F9B166A5F986" box="[312,396,1601,1626]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Thorax</emphasis>
: Pronotum brown tomentose, darkest dorsally, with black bristles. Mesonotum mostly brown tomentose dorsally, narrow median stripes and lateral spots obscure, yellow laterally and posterior; vestiture mostly black, sparse pale setae present laterally above wing and posteriorly between dorsocentral bristles; postpronotal setae black; anterior acrostichal setae as long as scape and pedicel combined; long dorsocentral setae and bristles extend forward well beyond transverse suture, shortest of these 2/3 as long as and much thinner than first notopleural bristle, longer and thicker bristles in row posteriorly; four lateral bristles present. Scutellum yellowish­gray tomentose with mostly yellow setae, two black marginal bristles, and a prominent preapical groove. Pleuron yellow tomentose anteriorly, grading to yellowish­gray posteriorly, with mostly long yellow setae; anepisternite with scattered black setae posteriorly; anepimeral bristle black. Halter yellow.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354CFFDBFEF7FE1464D3FE22" blockId="32.[264,1323,284,513]" box="[312,1018,484,513]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354CFFDBFEF7FE14665DFE21" box="[312,372,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Wing</emphasis>
: As
<figureCitation id="A5F28BB3354CFFDBFE64FE1466D5FE22" box="[427,508,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURES 34" captionStartId="8.[264,370,1371,1392]" captionTargetBox="[427,1178,294,1355]" captionTargetId="figure-182@8.[412,1193,282,1373]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 34. Character states of the wing and postocular bristles of the subgenus Afroestricus Scarbrough. 3ab. Wing venation of the macroscelis and the minutus species groups. 4ab. Short, erect and long, thin, postocular bristles bristles. Abbrevations: First radial cell=r1; fourth radial cell=r4; discal cell=d; radial­medial crossvein=r­m; first medial cell=m1; third medial cell=m3." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050615" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050615/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
except as follows. Cell m
<subScript id="A14D9573354CFFDBFCE2FE00641EFDDD" attach="left" box="[813,823,496,513]" fontSize="7" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">1</subScript>
WR 1.0:3.0:3.8.
</paragraph>
<caption id="69B6C7BE354CFFDBFEC7F8E065F6F8BC" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050639" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5050639" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050639/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" startId="32.[264,370,1808,1829]" targetBox="[303,1287,562,1780]" targetPageId="32">
<paragraph id="3D769736354CFFDBFEC7F8E065F6F8BC" blockId="32.[264,1322,1808,1888]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354CFFDBFEC7F8E06696F8F9" bold="true" box="[264,447,1808,1829]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURES 7180.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB5354CFFDBFE04F8E16439F8F9" authority="(Bezzi)" baseAuthorityName="Bezzi" box="[459,784,1808,1830]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Afroestricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroscelis">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354CFFDBFE04F8E16595F8FA" box="[459,700,1809,1830]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Afroestricus macroscelis</emphasis>
(Bezzi)
</taxonomicName>
. Male terminalia: 7173. Lateral, dorsal, and ventral views. 74. Gonostylus. 7576. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views. Female terminalia: 7778. Dorsal and ventral views. 79. Spermatheca. 80. Genital fork.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FEEC63E4FDFA" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFEF7FEEC664DFEE9" box="[312,356,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Leg</emphasis>
: Coxae and trochanter black, former yellow tomentum and pale yellow to white vestiture. Femora black with abundant, long yellow setae ventrally, especially fore and middle femora. Middle femur with long, black bristles anteriorly and anteroventrally. Hind femur with black bristles ventrally, at least two to three yellow bristles anteriorly; HFWLR 1.0:3.3. Tibiae mostly brown to black, narrow anterior or posterior, and base yellow to brownish­yellow. Hind tibia with a prominent apical tubercle. Tarsi brown to black with mostly black bristles, three to four yellow bristles present on fore and middle tarsi.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FDC4647EFD42" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFEF7FDC4668FFD91" box="[312,422,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Black with mostly gray tomentum and pale yellow or white setae; terga 5 to 8 dorsally slightly brown tomentose with scattered black setae along apical margin; setae moderately long and thin laterally on each tergum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FD5C6412FCBA" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFEF7FD5C669EFD19" box="[312,439,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Terminalia</emphasis>
(7176): Mostly black, narrowly yellow brown to red apically. Epandrium wide apically, apex broadly emarginate with raised corners in lateral view. Gonostylus distinctive. Distiphallus horizontal, narrow; epiphallus flat anteriorly, narrow dorsally, lateral extension short; ejaculatory apodeme thick, lateral flanges absent. Gonocoxite short laterally. Hypandrium broadly rounded apically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FC846365FB12" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Female. Differs as follows: Body
<quantity id="FA313AD3354DFFDAFD16FC846413FC52" box="[729,826,884,910]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.6" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="8.6">8.6 mm</quantity>
; wing
<quantity id="FA313AD3354DFFDAFC5FFC8464D8FC52" box="[912,1009,884,910]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.8" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="6.8">6.8 mm</quantity>
; FHWR 1.0:4.2; HFWLR 1.0:4.7.
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFEA7FC6C668EFC69" box="[360,423,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Head</emphasis>
: Face with mostly black setae and bristles, yellow along ventral margin only. Post ocular bristles extend to midlateral margin of eye.
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFC62FC346328FC01" box="[941,1025,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Thorax</emphasis>
: Katatergite with one to two black bristles.
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFE24FC1C653EFBD9" box="[491,535,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Leg</emphasis>
: Setae below femora not unusually abundant. Hind femur basally with two to three yellow posteroventral bristles. Hind tibia without apical tubercle.
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFEC7FBCC665EFB89" box="[264,375,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Terga mostly black setose; apical segments with yellow or black bristles.
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFEC7FB9466AEFBA1" box="[264,391,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Terminalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A5F28BB3354DFFDAFE50FB94651CFBA2" box="[415,565,1124,1150]" captionStart="FIGURES 7180" captionStartId="32.[264,370,1808,1829]" captionTargetBox="[303,1287,562,1780]" captionTargetId="figure-109@32.[281,1305,549,1805]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 7180. Afroestricus macroscelis (Bezzi). Male terminalia: 7173. Lateral, dorsal, and ventral views. 74. Gonostylus. 7576. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views. Female terminalia: 7778. Dorsal and ventral views. 79. Spermatheca. 80. Genital fork." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050639" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050639/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Figs. 7780</figureCitation>
): Tergum 9 entirely sclerotized, about 1/3 as long as cerci. Sternum 8 with four to five thin, black bristles laterally. Spermatheca smooth, base and apex wide. Genital fork distinctive, base narrowly sclerotized medially.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FB2C63F5FAB2" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Type specimens examined:
<materialsCitation id="8DA19D6B354DFFDAFDB3FB2C63F5FAB2" collectingDate="1909-08" collectionCode="MZUF" collectorName="D. A. Andreini" country="Eritrea" location="Male" municipality="Typus" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="syntype">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFDB3FB2C6428FB2A" bold="true" box="[636,769,1244,1270]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingCountry id="45DED7A6354DFFDAFDB3FB2C6428FB2A" box="[636,769,1244,1270]" name="Eritrea" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">ERITREA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: 1 M
<typeStatus id="E2722994354DFFDAFC86FB2C648EFB2A" box="[841,935,1244,1270]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
,
<location id="3816C1ED354DFFDAFC7CFB2C64C6FB2A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B56026203573FFD9FEC7FBB4664DFE82:3816C1ED354DFFDAFC7CFB2C64C6FB2A" box="[947,1007,1244,1270]" country="Eritrea" municipality="Typus" name="Male" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Male</location>
symbol ~
<collectingMunicipality id="DD120D4C354DFFDAFBA3FB2C639AFB2A" box="[1132,1203,1244,1270]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Typus</collectingMunicipality>
[red label ~ ERITREA:ADI­UGRI,
<date id="4977B1F6354DFFDAFDF4FAF4658CFAC2" box="[571,677,1284,1310]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" value="1909-08">
<collectingDate id="5933481E354DFFDAFDF4FAF4658CFAC2" box="[571,677,1284,1310]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" value="1909-08">viii­1909</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="903CF2E0354DFFDAFD78FAF4644FFAC2" box="[695,870,1284,1310]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">D.A. Andreini</collectorName>
~ 1961 [diamond­shaped label with parallel blue lines and one purple through the number 196 ~
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB5354DFFDAFC18FADC63CAFA99" authority="Scarbrough Table Of Contents, 2005" authorityName="Scarbrough Table Of Contents" authorityYear="2005" box="[983,1251,1324,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ommatius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroscelis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFC18FADC63CAFA99" box="[983,1251,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Ommatius macroscelis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="148EF65F354DFFDAFB24FADC6202FA9A" box="[1259,1323,1324,1350]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<collectionCode id="5BD80FF3354DFFDAFEDFFAA46641FAB2" box="[272,360,1364,1390]" country="Italy" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mvk4-k796" name="Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">MZUF</collectionCode>
); 1 F
<typeStatus id="E2722994354DFFDAFE65FAA46521FAB2" box="[426,520,1364,1390]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
, labels identical except label designating sex absent (
<collectionCode id="5BD80FF3354DFFDAFBB8FAA463E6FAB2" box="[1143,1231,1364,1390]" country="Italy" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mvk4-k796" name="Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">MZUF</collectionCode>
).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FA8C622EFA4A" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" box="[312,1287,1404,1430]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Distribution (
<tableCitation id="704BA28D354DFFDAFE1BFA8C6510FA4A" box="[468,569,1404,1430]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="9.[264,343,851,872]" captionText="TABLE 1. Distribution of Afroestricus species by country." pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Tables 1</tableCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="704BA28D354DFFDAFD88FA8C6571FA4A" box="[583,600,1404,1430]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="10.[264,343,563,584]" captionText="TABLE 2. Phenology of Afroestricus species. Abbreviations refer to the months of the year." pageId="33" pageNumber="34">2</tableCitation>
;
<figureCitation id="A5F28BB3354DFFDAFDA9FA8C65E5FA4A" box="[614,716,1404,1430]" captionStart="FIGURE 194" captionStartId="70.[264,357,1870,1891]" captionTargetBox="[459,1150,1206,1854]" captionTargetId="figure-93@70.[411,1177,1171,1869]" captionTargetPageId="70" captionText="FIGURE 194. Distribution of six species of Afroestricus in Africa and Madagascar." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050679/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 194</figureCitation>
). Known from
<typeStatus id="E2722994354DFFDAFCB1FA8C6499FA4A" box="[894,944,1404,1430]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">type</typeStatus>
locality; captured in August.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7FA546417F95A" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Remarks.
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB5354DFFDAFE61FA5465E6FA61" box="[430,719,1444,1469]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Afroestricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroscelis">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFE61FA5465E6FA61" box="[430,719,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Afroestricus macroscelis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from congeners by the combined characters of black femora, thin proclinate bristles, and terminalia (
<figureCitation id="A5F28BB3354DFFDAFC7FFA3C6369FA3A" box="[944,1088,1484,1510]" captionStart="FIGURES 7180" captionStartId="32.[264,370,1808,1829]" captionTargetBox="[303,1287,562,1780]" captionTargetId="figure-109@32.[281,1305,549,1805]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 7180. Afroestricus macroscelis (Bezzi). Male terminalia: 7173. Lateral, dorsal, and ventral views. 74. Gonostylus. 7576. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views. Female terminalia: 7778. Dorsal and ventral views. 79. Spermatheca. 80. Genital fork." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5050639" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5050639/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Figs. 7180</figureCitation>
). The species has a distinctive terminalia that is not easily confused with any other species with black femora. Although both
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB5354DFFDAFE0BF9EC655CF9E9" box="[452,629,1564,1589]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Afroestricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroscelis">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFE0BF9EC655CF9E9" box="[452,629,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">A. macroscelis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="FAC9ECB5354DFFDAFD76F9EC6467F9E9" authorityName="Scarbrough Table Of Contents" authorityYear="2005" box="[697,846,1564,1589]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Afroestricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="abyssinia">
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354DFFDAFD76F9EC6467F9E9" box="[697,846,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">A. abyssinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have long, thin, proclinate postocellar bristles and a wide, shallow apical notched epandrium, the black femora and combined characters of the terminalia separate the species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354DFFDAFEF7F9646203F892" blockId="33.[264,1326,284,1870]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
The male
<typeStatus id="E2722994354DFFDAFE60F96466C8F972" box="[431,481,1684,1710]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">type</typeStatus>
lacks the flagellum+pedicel, middle and hind right legs, and numerous setae and bristles of the mesonotum. The tomentum pattern of the mesonotum is also obscure but it otherwise is in good condition. The female is slightly teneral and in poor condition. The flagellum+pedicel is absent; the right eye has a hole on the dorsal surface; the dorsal vestiture of the mesonotum is absent; the wings are wrinkled; and the abdomen
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D769736354EFFD9FEC7FEEC664DFE82" blockId="34.[264,1323,283,350]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
is glued to the thorax. The
<typeStatus id="E2722994354EFFD9FD87FEEC658AFEEA" box="[584,675,284,310]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
male is selected
<emphasis id="0FBD4B24354EFFD9FCA1FEEB64F7FEE9" bold="true" box="[878,990,283,309]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<typeStatus id="E2722994354EFFD9FCA1FEEB64F7FEE9" box="[878,990,283,309]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
to stabilize the status of the species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>