Hybobata triannulata (Macquart)

Marshall, Stephen A., 2017, Micropezidae (Insecta, Diptera, Acalyptratae) of Madagascar and a revision of the genus Paramimegralla Hennig, Zootaxa 4290 (2), pp. 244-280 : 247-248

Hybobata triannulata (Macquart) .

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Calobata triannulata Macquart 1844: 244

Trepidaria triannulata, Speiser 1910: 244 .

Hybobata triannulata, Enderlein 1922: 197 .

Mimegralla triannulata, Hennig 1935: 88 , 294; Verbeke 1956: 476; Steyskal 1980.

Diagnosis. Basal half of mid and hind femur all or mostly black (hind femur with a basal white ring) and distal half reddish with a narrow black band near the middle. Thorax uniformly black.

Type material. Holotype (♀, MNHN, not examined) Madagascar, M. Barmes.

Material examined: Madagascar. Analalava, 17°41'35.5"S, 49°27'37"E, 75m, M. Irwin, R. Harin'Hala Malaise traps (9♀, 7♂, CAS, from samples spanning all months except August, September and October); Moramanga district, approx 15km N Andasibe, disturbed roadside near cattle dung, 25.x.2014, S.A. Marshall (1♂, DEBU, Fig. 1).

Comments. Hennig (1935) and Steyskal (1980) record H. triannulata from Tanzania based on Speiser's (1910) identification of this species from a 1905–06 Swedish zoological expedition to Kilimanjaro, but it is not clear if either author re–examined the specimens on which Speiser based this record. I have seen no continental African specimens of this species. Verbeke (1956) records the species from a number of Madagascar localities but makes no mention of records from continental Africa. This seems to be the most widespread of the Madagascar Micropezidae .