Alhajarmyia umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher) (Lampromyia)

Swart, Vaughn R., Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Copeland, Robert S., 2015, A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications, Zootaxa 4044 (4), pp. 556-566 : 561-562

Alhajarmyia umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher) (Lampromyia)

Figs 1, 3, 5, 6 , 9, 10 , 13, 14 , 17, 18 , 21, 24 .

Lampromyia umbraticola Stuckenberg & Fisher, 1999: 129 .

Alhajarmyia umbraticola Stuckenberg & Fisher, 1999: 129 , by designation of Stuckenberg (2003: 197).

Type material examined. Holotype ♂, “ARABIA: Oman #45 / Hajar Mountains 2400m / 23°14.0’N: 57°14.9’E / Date: 21.iv.1998 / Collector: M. Fisher / Slopes of Jebel Shams // Collected as larva / Reared at Merrivale / By B. R. Stuckenberg / Fly emerged on / Date: 17.XII.98 // HOLOTYPE / Lampromyia / umbraticola / Stuckenberg & / Fisher [printed and handwritten, red border] // NMSA-DIP / 66339” ( NMSA). Direct-pinned; dissected abdomen in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen; right wing detached and glued to card. Paratype ♀, same labels as holotype, except “Collected as larva / Reared at Merrivale / By B. R. Stuckenberg / Fly emerged on / Date: 23.XII.98 // PARATYPE / Lampromyia / umbraticola / Stuckenberg & / Fisher [printed and handwritten, yellow border] // NMSA-DIP / 66341” ( NMSA). Direct-pinned; dissected abdomen in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen. Paratype ♀, same data, except: “Fly emerged on / Date: 6.I.99 // NMSA-DIP / 66340” ( NMSA). Direct-pinned; right wing detached and glued to card.

Distribution. Apparently confined to the Hajar Mountains of Oman in the Arabian Peninsula.

Bionomics. Stuckenberg & Fischer (1999) provide a habitat description.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. External features of Alhajarmyia spp. 1. Mesonotum of A. umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher), dorsal view (HT, Oman, NMSA). 2. Same, A. stuckenbergi sp. n. (HT, Kenya, NMKE). 3. Head and antenna of A. umbraticola, lateral view (HT, Oman, NMSA). 4. Same, A. stuckenbergi sp. n. (HT, Kenya, NMKE). 5. Male wing of A. umbraticola, dorsal view (HT, Oman, NMSA). 6. Same, female (PT, Oman, NMSA). 7. Male wing of A. stuckenbergi sp. n. (HT, Kenya, NMKE). 8. Same, female (PT, Kenya, NMKE). Not to scale.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Male terminalia of Alhajarmyia spp. 9. Synsternite of A. umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher), dorsal view (HT, Oman, NMSA). 10. Same, diagrammatic. 11. Synsternite of A. stuckenbergi sp. n. dorsal view (HT, Kenya, NMKE). 12. Same, diagrammatic. Not to scale.

FIGURES 13 – 16. Male terminalia of Alhajarmyia spp. 13. Synsternite of A. umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher), ventral view (HT, Oman, NMSA). 14. Same, diagrammatic. 15. Synsternite of A. stuckenbergi sp. n. ventral view (HT, Kenya, NMKE). 16. Same, diagrammatic. Not to scale.

FIGURES 17 – 20. Male terminalia of Alhajarmyia spp. 17. Tergite 9 of A. umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher), dorsal view (HT, Oman, NMSA). 18. Same, diagrammatic. 19. Tergite 9 of A. stuckenbergi sp. n. dorsal view (HT, Kenya, NMKE). 20. Same, diagrammatic. Not to scale.

FIGURES 21 – 25. Female terminalia and distribution of Alhajarmyia spp. 21. Terminalia of A. umbraticola (Stuckenberg & Fisher), lateral view (PT, Oman, NMSA). 22. Same, A. stuckenbergi sp. n. (PT, Kenya, NMKE). 23. Inferred changes to the extent and distribution of forest cover in Africa since the mid-Cretaceous. Shoreline changes are not represented. Changes in the position and orientation of the African continent are due to continental drift (after Clarke 2000). 24. Distribution of A. umbraticola and A. stuckenbergi sp. n. in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. 25. Collecting localities of A. stuckenbergi sp. n. in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya (Copyright 2015 Google, Data SIO, NOAA, US Navy NGA GEBCO, image Landsat). Figs 21 – 23 not to scale.