Curtonotum gonzo, Kirk-Spriggs & Wiegmann, 2013

Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Wiegmann, Brian M., 2013, <p> <strong> A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV — the continental Afrotropical species of <em> Curtonotum </ em> Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species and a combined phylogenetic analysis of the Curtonotidae </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3684 (1), pp. 1-166 : 94

Curtonotum gonzo species-group

Notes. The gonzo species-group is defined as having sternite 5 expanded laterally and sternites 4–5 with modified setae ( Fig. 302 ) and the basiphallus with an expanded subdivided mid section and a cordiform extension of the distiphallus ( Figs 262, 265 ).

Figures

FIGURES 295–305. Male sternites of Afrotropical Curtonotum spp. 295. C. angolense (N-T, Angola, 10 mi. NE of Sá da Bandeira [= Lubango], CAS). 296. C. campsiphallum (N-T, Cameroon, Limbe (shore), TAU). 297. C. freidberg sp. n. (PT, Malawi, Viphya Mts., TAU). 298. C. hay sp. n. (HT, Uganda, Mujenge, HNHM). 299. C. quinquevittatum (N-T, Malawi, Viphya Mts., TAU). 300. C. sao (N-T, Nigeria, Gadau, BMNH). 301. C. tsacas sp. n. (PT, Kenya, Kainuk, TAU). 302. C. gonzo sp. n. (PT, [Ghana], Kwadaso, HNHM). 303. C. saheliense (N-T, Nigeria, Yankari Game Reserve, NMWC). 304. C. simile (N- T, UAE, Wadi Maidan, NMWC). 305. C. uncinatum sp. n. (PT, Namibia, Kubunyana, NMNW). Scale bars: 295–301, 303–305 = 0.5 mm; 302 = 0.6 mm.

FIGURES 259–267. Male terminalia of Afrotropical Curtonotum spp. 259–261. Hypandrium and epandrium (lateral view). 259. C. gonzo sp. n. (HT, [Ghana], Kwadaso, HNHM). 260. C. saheliense (N-T, Nigeria, Zaria, NMWC). 261. C. simile (N-T, UAE, Wadi Maidag, NMWC). 262–264. Phallus (right lateral view). 262. C. gonzo (same). 263. C. saheliense (same). 264. C. simile (same). 265. Apical section of phallus (left lateral view), C. gonzo (same). 266–267. Junction basiphallus and distiphallus (dorsal view). 266. C. saheliense (same). 267. C. simile (same). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.