Celidodacus coloniarum ( Speiser, 1915 )

Huangfu, Ning, Zhu, Chaodong & Chen, Xiaolin, 2019, A new species of Celidodacus Hendel, with notes on C. coloniarum (Speiser) and C. obnubilus (Karsch), Zoological Systematics 44 (3), pp. 240-246 : 241-243

Celidodacus coloniarum ( Speiser, 1915) ( Figs 11–16 )

Acidia coloniarum Speiser, 1915: 102 . Type-locality: Tiko, Limbe, Cameroon; Sigitale, Tanzania.

Celidodacus coloniarum ssp. mendax Hering, 1940: 1 . Type-locality: Manow, Tanzania.

Conradtina conjuncta Enderlein, 1920: 344 . Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea.

Celidodacus coloniarum: Hancock, 1986: 299 .

Redescription. Frons, gena, postgena and ventral part of occiput dark brown, dorsal part of occiput yellow-brown. Pleura dark, scutum ( Fig. 15 ) red-brown with two narrow longitudinal black vittae and two pale brown bands; legs brown except femora almost black. Wing ( Fig. 13 ) with isolated apical patch and 2 separate transverse black bands: apical patch having a hyaline spot in apex of cell r 4+5, subcostal band from pterostigma through vein BM-Cu to convergent point of vein Cu 2 and A 1; radial-medial band from wing anterior margin through crossvein R-M and almost reaching posterior edge of wing; subcostal band about twice as wide as radial-medial band; vein R 4+5 setulose to beyond crossvein R-M. Abdomen ( Fig. 16 ) dark brown to black; tergites 1+2, 3 and 4 brown, tergites 5–6 black, tergites 1+2 with one pair vague medial yellow-brown patch; oviscape black, tapering and cylindrical, almost equal to combined length of tergites 5–6, middle width to length ratio about 0.5.

Material examined. 1♀ ( USNM), Kenya, Western Province , Kakamega forest, Malaise trap, 1550 m, 0°14′N, 34°51′E, 10–24 February 2007, leg. R. Copeland .

Distribution. Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Mocambique.

Remarks. The species is first recorded in Kenya.

Figures

Figures 11–16. Celidodacus coloniarum (Speiser, 1915), female. 11. Habitus, dorsal view. 12. Habitus, lateral view. 13. Wing. 14. Head, lateral view. 15. Scutum, dorsal view. 16. Abdomen, dorsal view.