Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden, 1975

Greathead, David J., 2006, New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 1149 (1), pp. 1-88 : 61-62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1149.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5058883
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scientific name	Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden
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Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden View in CoL

Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden, 1975a: 99 View in CoL .

Distribution. Botswana, Namibia .

Material examined. 1♀, Opuwo District, Hartmanns Valley at: 17°34’01”S 12°16’36”E, 13–15.iii.1999, E. Marais, white pan GoogleMaps ; 3♀♀, Katima Muilo District, Katima Muilo , 17°50’S 24°17’E, 11–14.iv.1997 E. Marais, floodplain savanna, yellow traps GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Etosha National Park, Fishers Pan , 18°47’S 16°55’E, 14.ii.–25.iii.1987, E. Griffin, pres. pitf. traps GoogleMaps ; 3♂♂, 7♀♀, Otjiwarongo District, Hamakari Süd 373, 20°40’S 17°24’E, 20.ii.–25.iv.1991, M. Pusch, pres. pitf. traps GoogleMaps ; 6♂♂, 9♀♀, Otjiwarongo District , Waterberg Pl. Park, 20°25’S 17°20’E, 31.iii.–30.iv..1993, M. Pusch, pres. pitf. traps GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Otjiwarongo District, Rodenstein 307, SE2017 Ca , 22.ii.–7.iii.1998, E. Griffin, pres. pitf. traps ; 4♀♀, Damaraland, Opheus Suid 419, 20°08’S 15°05’E, 27.ii.–20.iv.1995, E. Marais, pres. pitf. traps GoogleMaps .

Notes. Strongly sexually dimorphic: male black (except tibiae and scutellum) with long whitish hair; female head mostly orange, also most of scutellum and legs, short yellow hair and scales. Tentative identification of a specimen in Greathead (2000a) is confirmed, also a female specimen identified as Hyperusia sp. is this species.