Amblypsilopus basilewskyi ( Vanschuytbroeck, 1960 )

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland, European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1), pp. 49-80 : 73

Amblypsilopus basilewskyi ( Vanschuytbroeck, 1960)

Sciapus basilewskyi Vanschuytbroeck, 1960: 319 . Type locality: Tanzania:Tanganyika Terr., Kilimanjaro, Marangu, Versant S.E.

Amblypsilopus basilewskyi – Bickel 1994: 373. — Grichanov 1996: fig. 3.

Material examined

KENYA • 2 ♂♂ (specimens in ethanol); Kakamega Forest ; 0°22′ S, 34°50′ E; alt. 1500 m; mid-Sep.– mid-Oct. 2001; Bergsdorf and Kraemer leg.; Malaise trap; NMSA • 3 ♂♂; Kikuyu env., Ondri wetland ; 1.25595° S, 36.66557° E; alt. 2014 m; 12–14 Nov. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg., forest; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Kikuyu env., Ondri wetland ; 1.25697° S, 36.66682° E; alt. 2001 m; 15 Nov. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg., ZMUM • 1 ♂; Central Province, Katura Forest, Nairobi ; 1°14.504′ S, 36°49.452′ E; alt. 1720 m; 23 Apr. 2011; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping in shaded mixed upland indigenous forest; BMSA .

Distribution

DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.

Notes

Having broad male face, elongate antenna and trilobate cercus, the species is close to some species of the Madagascan Amblypsilopus pallidicornis species group ( Grichanov 2021a).