Afrotethina aurisetulosa ( Lamb, 1914 )

Munari, Lorenzo, Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Mcgregor, Gillian K., 2020, The beach flies of the Mascarene Islands (Diptera: Canacidae: Tethininae), Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 183-198 : 189-190

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.2
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scientific name	Afrotethina aurisetulosa ( Lamb, 1914 )
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Afrotethina aurisetulosa ( Lamb, 1914) View in CoL

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Distribution: Afrotropical: Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarenes ( La Réunion *, Mauritius *, Rodrigues *), Mozambique, Seychelles (Aldabra, Anonyme, Cosmoledo, Long, Mahé). Oriental: Chagos.

Material examined (all “A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & B.S. Muller, sweeping intertidal zone and coastal vegetation”, unless otherwise stated). La Réunion: 5♀, St.-Paul , beach, 20°58′15″S, 55°16′56″E, 0–5 m, 21.x.2015 GoogleMaps , A.H. Kirk Spriggs, sweeping intertidal zone (2♀ deposited LMC); 1♀, St.-Pierre, Pointe de Pont , 21°20′51″S, 55°28′52″E, 0– 6 m, 13.xi.2015 GoogleMaps , A.H. Kirk Spriggs, sweeping intertidal rocks and coral beach; 1♀, Pointe de Tremblet , 21°17′34″S, 55°48′21″E, 0–9 m, 9.xi.2015 GoogleMaps , M.J. Ebejer, general sweeping; intertidal zone & sandy beach (deposited MJEC). Mauritius: 3♀, Black River, Le Morne Brabant , 20°27′32″S, 57°19′42″E, 1–3 m, 28.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 4♂, 3♀, Black River, Tamarin , 20°19′41″S, 57°22′33″E, 1–3 m, 28.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 2♂, 3♀, Flacq, Poste Lafayette , 20°07′02″S, 57°45′05″E, 1–3 m, 30.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Flacq, Troud’Eau Douce , 20°14′20″S, 57°47′34″E, 1–3 m, 27.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Grand Port, Grand Sable , 20°19′12″S, 57°46′12″E, 1–3 m, 27.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 6♂, 12♀, Pamplemousses, Le Goulet , 20°06′14″S, 57°31′02″E, 1–3 m, 30.i.2018 (1♂, 1♀ deposited LMC) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Pamplemousses, Tombeau Bay , 20°08′00″S, 57°29′54″E, 1–3 m, 30.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Pamplemousses, Trou aux Biches , 20°02′36″S, 57°32′14″E, 1–3 m, 29–30.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Rivière du Rempart, Bain Boeuf , 19°59′13″S, 57°36′12″E, 1–3 m, 30.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 2♀, Rivière du Rempart, Grand Gaube , 20°01′00″S, 57°40′55″E, 1–3 m, 29–30.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1♀ (cf.), Savanne, Bel Ombre , 20°29′32″S, 57°22′42″E, 1–3 m, 26.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 2♀, Savanne, Riambel , 20°31′09″S, 57°30′25″E, 1–3 m, 26.i.2018 GoogleMaps ; 6♂, 6♀, Savanne, Rivière des Galets, 20°30′04″S, 57°26′52″E, 1–3 m, 26.i.2018 (1♂ deposited LMC) GoogleMaps . Rodrigues: 1♂, 2♀, Anse Ally , 19°41′42″S, 63°29′48″E, 1–3 m, 10.ii.2018 GoogleMaps ; 2♂, 1♀, Anse Mourouk , 19°44′23″S, 63°27′53″E, 1–3 m, 10.ii.2018 GoogleMaps ; 2♂, 4♀, Plaine Corail , 19°46′05″S, 63°22′36″E, 1–3 m, 9.ii.2018 (1♂, 1♀ deposited LMC) GoogleMaps ; 2♂, 2♀, Rivière Banane , 19°40′37″S, 63°28′30″E, 1–3 m, 10.ii.2018 (1♂ deposited LMC) GoogleMaps (all deposited BMSA, unless otherwise stated).

Comments: Originally described from Seychelles, this delicate, pale yellow beach fly was later recorded from the central-eastern coast of the Afrotropical Region, including Madagascar ( Munari & Mathis 2010) and from the remote Chagos Islands to the east ( Munari 2015). The species is recorded herein for the first time from the Mascarenes. Afrotethina aurisetulosa belongs to an endemic Afrotropical genus, which includes eight species of which A. martinezi Munari, 2005 is known so far exclusively from the southern Arabian Peninsula.