Hybobata scapulifera ( Bigot 1886 ) Bigot, 1886

Marshall, Stephen A., 2017, Micropezidae (Insecta, Diptera, Acalyptratae) of Madagascar and a revision of the genus Paramimegralla Hennig, Zootaxa 4290 (2), pp. 244-280 : 247

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:79FBA585-7662-4DE1-9BAB-37DFDA2BABBD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6033407
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0399A674-FFFB-A022-FF0A-FC4FAC318EB5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hybobata scapulifera ( Bigot 1886 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Hybobata scapulifera ( Bigot 1886) View in CoL new combination

Figs 5,6

Taeniaptera scapulifera Bigot, 1886: 377 View in CoL

Mimegralla scapulifera, Steyskal 1980 View in CoL , Barraclough 1991.

Diagnosis. Basal halves of mid and hind femora yellow, distal halves with two black rings. Anterior fifth of thorax orange to reddish brown, balance of thorax black to dark brown.

Type material. Holotype (♂, Bigot collection, Oxford University, photographs examined) Madagascar, "Nossi Be" (Nosy Be), J. Bigot.

Material examined. Madagascar, Antsirinana, dry forest 7kmN Joffreville, 426m, 20–27.Jan.2007, Malaise trap, M. Irwin, R. Harin'Hala (1♀, CAS)

Comments. This species is known only from the type locality and one nearby locality in northern Madagascar. The coloration seems unmistakable and this species is easily separated from the only other Malagasy Hybobata .