Eudorylas garambensis ( Hardy, 1961 )

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of the tribe Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae), Zootaxa 3656 (1), pp. 1-121 : 69

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3656.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6486733

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scientific name

Eudorylas garambensis ( Hardy, 1961 )
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Eudorylas garambensis ( Hardy, 1961) View in CoL

( Figs 22G–L View FIGURE 22 , 39D View FIGURE 39 )

Dorilas (Eudorylas) garambensis Hardy 1961: 138 View in CoL .

Dorilas (Eudorylas) megacanthus Hardy 1961: 142 — View in CoL syn. nov.

Diagnosis: Hind trochanter with 2 black spines posterodorsally. Surstyli subsymmetrical, inner tips pointing towards each other; gonopods subsymmetrical with small hairs; phallic guide with two lateral lobes and (in lateral view) a hook; phallus trifid with teeth.

Type material: Democratic Republic of Congo: 1♂, HT, Congo belge P.N.G., Miss[ion] H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 30-x-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger 2701 ; 1♀, AT, same as HT, II/fd/17, 13-II-1952, No. 3125; 1♀, PT, same as AT, II/ jd/11, 1-IX-1952, No. 4008 ; 1♂ [HT of E. megacanathus ], Congo belge P.N.G., Miss[ion] H. De Saeger, Ndelele/ R, 24-ix-52, H. De Saeger 4075 (all MRAC) .

Other material examined: Botswana: 1♀, Mochudi (bush), 28.05– 9.06.1985, ( MV), leg. and det. De Meyer ; 1♀, same data, 22– 27.05.1985 ; 1♂, Mochudi , 22– 27.05.1985, yellow water trap, leg. De Meyer (all ISNB) . Comoro Islands: 1♀, Moheli Island, 3.10.1983 ; 1♂, same data, 27.09.1983 (both MRAC) . Kenya: 1♂, Ngong Forest Station , IV-13-17-1968, Paul Spangler ( USNM) ; 1♂, same data, 13–18 Jan. 1968, Malaise trap, Krombein & Spangler ( HNHM) .

Male

Head. Third antennal segment acuminate; pale brown. Face silvery pollinose. Frons, upper part black, lower part silvery shining; eyes touching for distance equal to 2.5–3 times ocellar triangle. Occiput, upper half black, lower half silvery grey.

Thorax. Humeri pale brown to dark brown. Mesonotum (viewed obliquely from front) shining black, along anterior margin greyish pollinose; brown from the side with greyish pollinosity. Scutellum shining black, with short, pale hairs. Dorsocentral hairs weakly developed. Halter yellow-brown.

Legs. Trochanters and base of femora yellow, femora yellow (distal 2/3 sometimes brown), knees, tibiae, tarsal segments yellow, last segment brown. Ventroapical row of 7–10 strong, black spines on first four femora; 6–8 spines on 3rd femur. Subapical (distal) spines on first four tibiae present, but weakly developed. One anteromedial hair on 3rd tibia. Hind trochanter with 2 black spines posterodorsally. Pulvilli somewhat shorter than last tarsal segment.

Wing. Fourth costal section 0.7–0.9 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M at 2/5 of discal cell. Pterostigma fully coloured, proximal border as a line. 1–2 black hairs on tegula.

Abdomen. Viewed obliquely from front tergites shining brown, weakly sclerotised. Hairs very weakly developed. Lateral spines on first tergite: 2–4. Postabdomen in dorsal view: T5 1.1 times as long as ST8. Genitalia without dissection: SS yellow, m.a. elongated.

Genitalia. Surstyli subsymmetrical, inner tips pointing towards each other; epandrium short; ST8 enlarged, broad, m.a. large ( Fig. 22H View FIGURE 22 ). SES borders only clear in lateral view; gonopods subsymmetrical with small hairs ( Fig. 22L View FIGURE 22 ); phallic guide with two lateral lobes and (in lateral view) a hook, and a membranous supporting structure; phallus trifid with teeth; ejaculatory apodeme elongated, broadening in the middle ( Figs 22G, L View FIGURE 22 ); sperm pump flat, simple ( Fig. 22K View FIGURE 22 ).

Female

As male except for the following characters. Frons, eyes separated; silver-grey pollinose on lower half (less so in the median line), shining black on upper half. Pulvilli and claws about 1.5 times as long as last tarsal segment on first leg. One or two erect dark hairs on t3. Tergites on abdomen not weakly sclerotized, two silver patches in the middle of T2 dorsally. Female ovipositor as in Fig. 39D View FIGURE 39 .

Distribution— Botswana, Comoro Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya.

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

MV

University of Montana Museum

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Pipunculidae

Genus

Eudorylas

Loc

Eudorylas garambensis ( Hardy, 1961 )

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY 2013
2013
Loc

Dorilas (Eudorylas) garambensis

Hardy, D. E. 1961: 138
1961
Loc

Dorilas (Eudorylas) megacanthus

Hardy, D. E. 1961: 142
1961
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