Melanophora basilewskyi ( Peris, 1957 ) Cerretti & Pape, 2009

Cerretti, Pierfilippo & Pape, Thomas, 2009, Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 552-565 : 560

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5316390
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scientific name	Melanophora basilewskyi ( Peris, 1957 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Melanophora basilewskyi ( Peris, 1957) comb. nov.

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Bequaertiana basilewskyi Peris, 1957: 136 View in CoL . Type locality: Ruhengeri , Rwanda.

Material examined. 3 ♂, Kenya, Mt. Elgon Lodge , 1–6.XI.1983, Malaise trap, A. Freidberg [ TAU] (first Kenyan record) .

References. Crosskey 1977: 56 (as Bequaertiana ) (and references therein); Crosskey 1980: 819 (as Bequaertiana ); Pape 1986: 24 (as Bequaertiana ).

Description. See Crosskey (1977).

Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya.

References

Crosskey, R. W. (1977) A review of the Rhinophoridae (Diptera) and a revision of the Afrotropical species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, 36 (1), 1 - 66.

Crosskey, R. W. (1980) 93. Family Rhinophoridae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 819 - 821.

Pape, T. (1986) A phylogenetic analysis of the woodlouse-flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 129, 15 - 34.

Peris, S. V. (1957) Diptera Calliphoridae Rhinophorinae. A new species of genus Bequaertiana from the Ruanda-Urundi. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge. Zoologie. Serie Octavo, 58, 136.