Pachylophus punctifemur Sabrosky, 1945

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 : 21

Pachylophus punctifemur Sabrosky, 1945

( Plate 11 , Figs, 52, 53)

Pachylophus proximus var. punctifemur Sabrosky, 1945: 459

Described as a variety of proximus from Kenya and also recorded from Uganda and Tanzania. Spencer (1985: 179) recorded finding a first instar larva in the abdomen of a female from Embu collected on 16.iv.1983 and figured its cephaloskeleton.

Material: 4♂ 3♀, KENYA: Nairobi , 9–13.xii.1970, A.E. Stubbs ; 1♂ 6♀, Nairobi, Karura Forest , 9– 13.xii.1970, A.E. Stubbs ; 2♀, Meru, 5100 ft., vii.1943, V.G.L. van Someren ; 1♀, Mt. Elgon , 7000–8000 ft., 28.xii.1980, P.S. Cranston (all in NHMUK) ; 2♀, Embu, Hotel Iz. Walton , 16.iv.1983, K . A. Spencer; 1♀, Kasarani , 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay ; 2♂ 2♀, Tsavo west, Ngulia Lodge , 16–17.viii.1983, A. Freidberg ; 1♂, 40km NW. of Nairobi , 31.viii. 21983, A. Freidberg ; 1♂, West Pokot, Chepareria , 4–5.xi.1983, I. Yarom (all in NMWC) ; 1♀, 15km NNE of Nanyuki, Kamwaki Farm , 0°08'N 37°10'E, 9.iii.1970, (X345) ; 3♂ 9♀, Tsavo National Park , Voi River, 20.ii.1971, (X356) ; 4♂ 6♀, same data but 22.ii.1971, M. v. Tschirnhaus (X354) ; 1♂, UGANDA: NE of Queen Elizabeth National Park , 15.vii.1994, O. Krüger, (X973) ; 1♂, TANZANIA: S. Marangu, SE slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 26.ii.1971, M. v. Tschirnhaus (X359) ; 2♂ 8♀, same data (X360); (all in ZSM).

Figures

PLATE 11. Figs 50–55. Pachylophus spp. 50, P. minimus Becker, frons; 51, same, habitus; 52, P. punctifemur Sabrosky, frons; 53, same, habitus; 54, P. punctifrons Becker, frons; 55, same, habitus.