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<mods:title id="73CA1AA7E434BE7D5E94F1A4DA1B7FE3">Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 9. The genus Hippomachus Engel, 1927 (Asilinae: Asilini)</mods:title>
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(Walker, 1871)
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<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFEFEF9C9FC91C14E" ID-CoL="8B4BN" authority="Walker, 1871: 259" authorityName="Walker" authorityPageNumber="259" authorityYear="1871" box="[307,795,1576,1608]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Asilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mivatus">
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFEFEF9C9FD8FC14E" box="[307,517,1576,1608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">Asilus mivatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD145EDFFA8FFDDFDDEF9C9FC91C14E" author="WALKER, F." box="[531,795,1576,1608]" firstAuthor="Walker" journalOrPublisher="Entomologist" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" pagination="255 - 263" part="5" refId="ref3934" refString="WALKER, F. 1871. List of Diptera collected in Egypt and Arabia, by J. K. Lord, Esq., with descriptions of the species new to science. Entomologist 5: 255 - 263." title="List of Diptera collected in Egypt and Arabia, by J. K. Lord, Esq., with descriptions of the species new to science" type="journal article" year="1871">Walker, 1871: 259</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF381CFFA8FFDDFEF9F9A8FAE9C16E" blockId="3.[307,1595,1511,1675]" box="[308,1379,1609,1640]" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
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<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFEF9F9A8FCADC16E" ID-CoL="FQVQ" authority="Efflatoun, 1934: 93" authorityName="Efflatoun" authorityPageNumber="93" authorityYear="1934" box="[308,807,1609,1640]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Apoclea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="algira">
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFEF9F9A8FD8FC16E" box="[308,517,1609,1640]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">Apoclea algira</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD145EDFFA8FFDDFDDEF9A8FCADC16E" author="EFFLATOUN, H. C." box="[531,807,1609,1640]" firstAuthor="Efflatoun" journalOrPublisher="Family Asilidae (Section 1) Mem. Soc. r. ent. Egypte" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" pagination="1 - 198" part="4" refId="ref3546" refString="EFFLATOUN, H. C. 1934. A monograph of Egyptian Diptera. Part IV. Family Asilidae (Section 1) Mem. Soc. r. ent. Egypte 4 (2): 1 - 198." title="A monograph of Egyptian Diptera. Part IV" type="journal article" year="1934">Efflatoun, 1934: 93</bibRefCitation>
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(nec Fabricius, 1794).
<treatmentCitation id="0AE11E0DFFA8FFDDFBB3F9A8FAD1C16E" author="Hull" box="[1150,1371,1609,1640]" page="454" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" year="1962">
<bibRefCitation id="EFD145EDFFA8FFDDFBB3F9A8FAD1C16E" author="HULL, F. M." box="[1150,1371,1609,1640]" firstAuthor="Hull" journalOrPublisher="Bull. U. S. natn. Mus." pageId="3" pageNumber="444" pagination="1 - 430" part="224" refId="ref3617" refString="HULL, F. M. 1962. Robber Flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae. Bull. U. S. natn. Mus. 224 (1): 1 - 430, (2): 431 - 907. .." title="Robber Flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae" type="journal article" year="1962">Hull, 1962: 454</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB501F32FFA8FFDDFEF8F988FC35C18D" box="[309,959,1641,1675]" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFEF8F988FD18C18D" box="[309,658,1641,1675]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFEF8F988FD02C18D" ID-CoL="46LHX" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[309,648,1641,1675]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Neolophonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mivatus">Neolophonotus mivatus</taxonomicName>
;
</emphasis>
<treatmentCitation id="0AE11E0DFFA8FFDDFD6CF988FC3FC18D" author="Oldroyd" box="[673,949,1641,1675]" page="341" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" year="1980">
<bibRefCitation id="EFD145EDFFA8FFDDFD6CF988FC3FC18D" author="OLDROYD, H." box="[673,949,1641,1675]" editor="Crosskey, R. W." firstAuthor="Oldroyd" journalOrPublisher="London: Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.)" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" pagination="334 - 373" refId="ref3889" refString="-- 1980. Asilidae. pp. 334 - 373. In: Crosskey, R. W. (ed). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Atrotropical Region. London: Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.)." title="Asilidae" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="Catalogue of the Diptera of the Atrotropical Region" year="1980">Oldroyd, 1980: 341</bibRefCitation>
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.
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Walker (1871) described
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFCFDF948FC3DC1D5" box="[816,951,1705,1747]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">mivatus</emphasis>
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on a single female specimen from Egypt 'Tajura, Waddy Nash'. For some reason unstated, Efftatoun (1934) placed this species (spelt
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFDF4F8EDFD37C033" box="[569,701,1804,1845]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">mivata)</emphasis>
as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFBC1F8EDFA79C033" authority="Fabricius. I" authorityName="Fabricius. I" box="[1036,1523,1804,1845]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Apoclea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="algira">
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFBC1F8EDFA99C033" box="[1036,1299,1804,1845]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">Apoclea algira</emphasis>
Fabricius. I
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have seen the
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and can state with certainty that it is not an
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFB1FF8DCFAE5C060" box="[1234,1391,1853,1894]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFB1FF8DCFAE1C060" authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1838" box="[1234,1387,1853,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Apoclea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Apoclea</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Hull (1962) accepted this synonymy while Oldroyd (1980) provisionally placed the species in the genus
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFEF8F840FDC5C0CC" box="[309,591,1953,1994]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFEF8F840FDCFC0CC" authorityName="Engel" authorityYear="1925" box="[309,581,1953,1994]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Neolophonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Neolophonotus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Although the
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is in poor condition the wing is definitely that of a
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFE4BF833FD03C0FD" box="[390,649,2002,2043]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFE4BF833FDF5C0FD" authorityName="Engel" authorityYear="1927" box="[390,639,2002,2043]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hippomachus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="ED51A0D9FFA8FFDDFD56F833FD22C0FD" box="[667,680,2002,2043]" country="Romania" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14415" name="&amp;quot;Alexandru Ioan Cuza&amp;quot; University" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" type="Herbarium">I</collectionCode>
have seen a number of specimens from north-east Africa and believe that these are conspecific. Amongst these specimens are a few males which belong to
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFDBFF7D6FCE0CF64" authorityName="Engel" authorityYear="1927" box="[626,874,2103,2146]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFDBFF7D6FCE0CF64" box="[626,874,2103,2146]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">Hippomachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but are distinct from
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFAC1F7D6FA2BCF64" box="[1292,1441,2103,2146]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFAC1F7D6FA17CF64" baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[1292,1437,2103,2146]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachlls" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pegasus">pegasus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="ED51A0D9FFA8FFDDFA74F7D6FA4FCF64" box="[1465,1477,2103,2146]" country="Romania" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14415" name="&amp;quot;Alexandru Ioan Cuza&amp;quot; University" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" type="Herbarium">I</collectionCode>
therefore accept
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFEF8F78BFE37CF92" box="[309,445,2154,2196]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">mivatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a valid species of
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFCAFF78BFBD0CF92" authorityName="Engel" authorityYear="1927" box="[866,1114,2154,2196]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFCAFF78BFBD0CF92" box="[866,1114,2154,2196]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">Hippomachus</emphasis>
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and provide the following brief description to supplement those of Walker (1871) and Efflatoun (1934) (who described the species under the name of
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFBE3F731FA55CFFC" box="[1070,1503,2256,2298]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">
<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFBE3F731FA45CFFC" baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[1070,1487,2256,2298]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pegasus">Hippomachus pegasus</taxonomicName>
).
</emphasis>
Redescription: Based on the
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&lt;? but supplemented with data from other material examined.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFA8FFDDFEF8F695FE2ACE98" box="[309,416,2420,2462]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="444">Head:</emphasis>
Antenna similar to
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<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFA8FFDDFCDEF695FC14CE98" baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[787,926,2420,2462]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pegasus">pegasus</taxonomicName>
,
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bristles and setae of variable colour, predominantly blackish but there are usually some white ones as well. Mystax white with one or two black setae in extreme dorsal part. Ocellar setae dark red-brown. Postocular bristles white (yellowish in
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), moderately well developed, proclinate.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAFFFDAFF0EFE67FEC7C6A8" box="[195,333,390,430]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="445">Thorax:</emphasis>
Similar to
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAFFFDAFDD6FE67FD2CC6A8" box="[539,678,390,430]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="445">pegasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but mane may have white setae in posterior one-quarter. Postpronotal lobes with only a few fine white setae. Three to four notopleural bristles, 2-3 supra-alars, 1 -3 (usually 2) postalars, all yellow-white. Scutellum with 8-10 white marginal bristles. Pleural setae white or yellow-white. Wing: Ranges from 5,6 x 1,7 (Quadda
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) to 8,4 x
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(
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). Venation of
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as in
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; male wing similar to
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.
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Legs: Dark red-brown but proximodorsal part of tibia yellow-brown; bristles predominantly yellow-white but there are a few dark red-brown ones on most segments.
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAFFFDAFF76FCC3FEF0C44A" box="[187,378,802,844]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="445">Abdomen:</emphasis>
Terga and sterna with moderately long white setae-no dark red-brown ones evident dorsally; terga with moderately well-developed white or yellow-white bristles along hind margin laterally.
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genitalia as in
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, aedeagus with spiny projections laterally near tip.
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ovipositor (
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) similar to
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<taxonomicName id="4C40439FFFAFFFDAFF74FC0DFECFC312" baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[185,325,1004,1044]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Hippomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="445" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pegasus">pegasus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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Material examined:
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:
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,
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,
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, Bab-el-Mendeb, 1.
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, Pres. R. Mandola (
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.
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:
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1
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(now defective), Djibouti,
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, 871-93 [1893] (
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)
</materialsCitation>
;
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1
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAFFFDAFC94FB6CFC0DC3BE" box="[857,903,1165,1208]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="445">♂,</emphasis>
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,
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, 1897 (
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);
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1
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<specimenCount id="9D46F395FFAFFFDAFF73FB5FFE8BC3EA" box="[190,257,1214,1260]" pageId="4" pageNumber="445" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
,
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,
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, 871-93 (
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)
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;
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,
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[= Obock], 10usseaume, 7-97 [1897] (
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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(?):
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,
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!.,
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, 10usseaume, 7.97 (
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)
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.
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<collectingCountry id="F357788CFFAFFFDAFC94FAC4FC7CC248" box="[857,1014,1317,1358]" name="Kenya" pageId="4" pageNumber="445" value="Kenya">KENYA</collectingCountry>
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1
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAFFFDAFBF7FAC4FBE2C248" box="[1082,1128,1317,1358]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="445">♂,</emphasis>
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,
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W. of Elige Springs
</locationDeviation>
,
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:
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.,
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,
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,
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(
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)
</materialsCitation>
. The localities of Tajura and Quadda are given as being in
<collectingCountry id="F357788CFFAFFFDAFC67FA68FB84C2B4" box="[938,1038,1417,1458]" name="Libya" pageId="4" pageNumber="445" value="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
and the
<collectingCountry id="F357788CFFAFFFDAFB62FA68F9D0C2B4" box="[1199,1626,1417,1458]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="4" pageNumber="445" value="Central African Republic">Central African Empire</collectingCountry>
in atlases consulted but there may be other places bearing these names which do not appear in my sources of reference. 1.
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. Lord apparently collected in
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and Arabia and so
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assume Tajura is in Egypt. Quadda, according to the insect label, is in 'Somalie Angl.' (British Solaliland) which is part of present-day Somalia.
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can find no such place in Somalia. The only place that
<collectionCode id="ED51A0D9FFAEFFDBFAE0FE95FAB3C69A" box="[1325,1337,372,412]" country="Romania" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14415" name="&amp;quot;Alexandru Ioan Cuza&amp;quot; University" pageId="5" pageNumber="446" type="Herbarium">I</collectionCode>
can find bearing this unusual name lies at
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80°9 '
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</geoCoordinate>
:
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in the Central African Empire some distance west of Somalia. It is possible that the label data are incorrect.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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Figs 8-12.
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<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAFFFDAFE05F645FC84CEC1" box="[456,782,2468,2503]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="445">Hippomachus mivatus</emphasis>
(Walker)
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, genitalia. 8- 11. Obock male. 8. Lateral. 9. Dorsal. 10. Ventral. 11. Lateral aspect of gonocoxite, style and aedeagus. 12. Holotype female ovipositor (dry).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35A6B97FFAEFFDBFEFAFDF7FC5CC46D" pageId="5" pageNumber="446" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFF381CFFAEFFDBFEFAFDF7FC5CC46D" blockId="5.[310,1797,272,875]" pageId="5" pageNumber="446">
Remarks:
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H.
<emphasis id="B934E40EFFAEFFDBFDF8FDF7FD37C538" box="[565,701,534,574]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="446">mivatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a widely distributed species which occurs in both the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions. While
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have not seen the single male recorded by Efflatoun (1934) from Egypt (under
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H.
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am reasonably sure it must be conspecific with
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.
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The more important similarities being the black ocellar bristles and the form of the male genitalia. This Egyptian locality 'Gebel
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, Farag Ayed' cited by Efflatoun could not be traced using sources available to me.
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