Thevenetimyia Bigot

Maass, Natalia, Larmore, Zachary, Bertone, Matthew A. & Trautwein, Michelle, 2016, Description of a new species of Thevenetimyia (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Madagascar, with a revised checklist of Madagascan bee fly fauna, Zootaxa 4175 (1), pp. 57-66 : 58

Key to the Afrotropical species of Thevenetimyia Bigot

1. Body length just over 6 mm ( Fig. 2 ); terminal antennal segment with blunt apex ( Fig. 3 ); thorax and dorsal area of occiput without golden or brown setae; scutellum with abundant spine-like tubercles ( Fig. 4A and 4 B); medial crossvein curving gradually to meet posterior intercalary vein at an acute angle; M1 vein about six times the length of anterior intercalary vein ( Fig 5).................................................................... T. spinosavus Maass & Bertone , sp. nov.

- Body length 9 mm; terminal antennal segment with moderately acute apex; thorax and dorsal area of occiput with at least some golden or brown setae; scutellum without abundant spine-like tubercles; medial crossvein abruptly curved to meet posterior intercalary vein at a right angle; M1 vein four times the length of anterior intercalary vein..... T. quedenfeldti ( Engel, 1885)

Figures

FIGURE 2. Lateral habitus of Thevenetimyia spinosavus Maass & Bertone, sp. nov.

FIGURE 3. Anterior view of the face of Thevenetimyia spinosavus Maass & Bertone, sp. nov.

FIGURE 4. A. Lateral thoracic region of Thevenetimyia spinosavus Maass & Bertone, sp. nov. showing pleural pollinosity and setae, as well as the diagnostic spine-like scutellar tubercles (black arrow). B. Close-up of scutellar tubercles.