Pachylophus lugens Loew, 1860

Deeming, John C., 2018, A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera, Zootaxa 4482 (1), pp. 1-51 : 15

Pachylophus lugens Loew, 1860

( Plate 9 , Figs 38, 39)

Pachylophus lugens Loew, 1860: 97

Described from South Africa, this species is further known from Chad, Nigeria, Ethiopia, East Africa, Zaire and Madagascar. The immature stages were described by Deeming (1977: 326–327) from shoots of Leersia hexandra .

Material : 7♂ 4♀, with individual puparia N. NIGERIA: Zaria, Samaru, ex shoots Leersia hexandra xii.1972 – i.1973, J.C. Deeming ; 5♂ 8♀, Bauchi, pond with Oryza barthii , 1–12.iv.1990, J.C. Deeming ; 1♂ 2♀, same data but 1–7.iii.1997 ; 1♂, GAMBIA: W. Division, Abuko Forest Reserve, 25.xi.1993, C.E. Dyte ; 2♂ 1♀, same data but 16.xi.1993, J.C. Deeming (all in NMWC) ; 2♀, W. Div., Kombo Distr., Lamin Bridge , rice field near Lamin Bolan , tidal waterway, on young rice, 2.ix.1997, D.J. Mann ( OUM & MAFY) ; 2♂, Abuko , 3.iv.1977, (X84) ; 4♂ 10♀, ETHIOPIA: Shewa Distr., River Awash Wenz S. of Nazret , 15.iii.1995, M. v. Tschirnhaus, (X1015) ( ZSM) ; 10♂ 3♀, KENYA: Nature reserve NNW of Isiolo, 17.iii.1970, (X332), all M. v. Tschirnhaus ( ZSM) ; 1♀, S. Embu, Wangeru , rice area, 16.iv.1983, K . A. Spencer; 1♀, Kikuyu , marsh, 17.iv.1983, K . A. Spencer; 6♂ 3♀, Kasarani , 10– 11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay ; 3♂ 1♀, Kisumu, c. 1000m, rice plot in marshland, 27.x.2004, M.R. Wilson (all in NMWC) ; 1♀, same data ( OUM) ; 9♂ 21♀, Nairobi , 9–13.xii.1970, A.E. Stubbs ; 9♂ 14♀, same data but 7.i.1971 ; 12♂ 12♀, Nairobi, Karura Forest , 9–13.xii.1970, A.E. Stubbs ; 3♂ 2♀, TANZANIA: S. Pare Mtns., hillside above Gonja , c. 3000 ft., 12–16.vi.1974, D. Hollis ; 1♂, ANGOLA: Salazar , mango orchard, 9.iii.1972, BMSAE ; 1♀, S. AFRICA: Natal, Durban, vii.1948, J.C. Faure (all in NHMUK).

Figures

PLATE 9. Figs 38–43. Pachylophus spp. 38, P. lugens sp. n., frons; 39, same habitus; 40, P. mirabilis sp. n., frons; 41, same, habitus; 42, P. nigeriensis sp. n., frons; 43, same, habitus.