Systoechus robustus Bezzi, 1912

Greathead, David J., 2006, New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 1149 (1), pp. 1-88 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1149.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5058775
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scientific name	Systoechus robustus Bezzi
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Systoechus robustus Bezzi View in CoL

Systoechus robustus Bezzi, 1912: 608 View in CoL .

Systoechus bechuanus Hesse, 1936: 163 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Distribution. Botswana, Malawi, Namibia *, Zambia, Zimbabwe *.

Material examined. 7♂♂, 2♀♀, 15 km W of Karabib on road to Usakos , 21°56’S 25°42’E, 5.iv.1998, 97/98/244B general, F.W. & S.K. Gess ( AMGS) GoogleMaps ; 13♂♂, 1♀, Solitaire , 23°52’S 16°00’E, 30.iv.2002, F.W. & S.K. Gess, general, 01/02/161 ( AMGS) GoogleMaps .

Notes. Genitalia of Solitaire males are identical with those of S. bechuanus Hesse (illustrated in Hesse, 1938). Thus, the only character separating these species is the colour of the legs—darkreddish brown to black in S. bechuanus and reddishyellow in S. robustus —therefore S. bechuanus Hesse is a synonym.