Gasterophilus ternicinctus (Gedoelst, 1912) Figs 3 G–I, 6E, F, 9 G–I, 10I, 13 G–I; Table 1

Gasterophilus ternicinctus Gedoelst, 1912: 426. Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “Zaire”), 11.5 km W of Luapula river (as "6 milles W. du Luapula").

Gasterophilus gedoelsti Rodhain & Bequaert, 1920: 188. Type locality: Kenya.

Selected references.

Zumpt (1965: 128); Cogley (1991b); Colwell et al. (2006: 36).

Diagnosis.

Facial plate bare. Wing with darkened patches with demarcated edges. Distance between crossveins r-m and dm-cu less than length of r-m. Meron with unmodified setae. Legs yellowish brown, with tibiae and tarsi more or less darkened. Hind trochanter of male with a long, spatulate process, of female with a tubercle; hind tibia and tarsus flattened distinctly in male, slightly in female; tarsomeres 2-4 shortened in both sexes, broader than long. Abdomen ground color yellow in both male and female. Male cercus elongated and broad, length/width ratio around 1.5; surstylus mainly black with yellow coloration basally, and a rounded apex. Female abdominal segment 7 distinctly longer than broad, sternite 8 longitudinally ridged in the middle and with a scallop-shaped apex.

Material examined.

SOUTH AFRICA • 1♂; KwaZulu; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park; 8 Mar. 1963; collector unknown; MBFU. KENYA • 1♂, 1♀; Kenplains, Athi river; 13 Mar. 1991; C.F. Dewhurst leg.; NHMUK.

Hosts.

Burchell’s zebra ( E. quagga burchellii).

Distribution.

Afrotropical - Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia.