Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2023, A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 878, pp. 1-52 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:07EFE4B6-4184-41C7-82A5-747BF67BA093

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8119213

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677-E92A-FF88-C01C-CBEBFE987FC5

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scientific name

Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926
status

 

Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926 View in CoL

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Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926: 23 View in CoL .

Type locality: South Africa: Eastern Cape: East London.

Material examined

Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ East London [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E]; 1 Feb. [19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA. GoogleMaps

Paratypes

SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA GoogleMaps 1 ♂; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London , 26 Feb. [19]25 (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. I 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus rex Curran ”; RMCA

Other material

SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Natal , Umlalazi Nature Reserve, 2831DD, dune forest and edges; 2–10 Oct. 1982; J.G.H. Londt leg.; NMSA .

Notes

A female reported by Vanschuytbroeck (1952) from the Upemba National Park ( DR Congo) was found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus rex ”; it belongs to indeterminable species of Thinophilus . The species must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Distribution

South Africa.

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

RMCA

Royal Museum for Central Africa

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Dolichopodidae

Genus

Thinophilus

Loc

Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926

Grichanov, Igor Ya. 2023
2023
Loc

Thinophilus rex

Curran C. H. 1926: 23
1926
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