Anastoechus varipecten Bezzi, 1921

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 : 37

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scientific name	Anastoechus varipecten Bezzi
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Anastoechus varipecten Bezzi View in CoL

Anastoechus varipecten Bezzi, 1921a: 48 View in CoL .

Anastoechus leucochroicus Hesse, 1938: 373 View in CoL syn. nov.

Distribution. Namibia , South Africa (Northern & Western Cape).

Material examined. 2♂♂, Mariental District , Viljoenskroon 507, 25°10’S 19°58’E, 12–18.xi.1998, G. Olivier, Malaise trap GoogleMaps .

Notes. As suspected previously (Greathead, 2000a), Anastoechus leucochroicus Hesse is a synonym. Characters of these specimens combine those described by Hesse (1938) to distinguish the two species.