Coenosia macrotriseta Muller & Miller, 2013

Muller, Burgert S. & Midgley, John M., 2022, How strange: Coenosia curiosa sp. nov. (Diptera: Muscidae), the first recorded Tiger fly from Lesotho, with revision of the Coenosia globuliseta-group, Zootaxa 5222 (4), pp. 367-377 : 375-376

Coenosia macrotriseta Muller & Miller, 2013

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Coenosia macrotriseta Muller & Miller, 2013: 596 , figs 1A, 2A, 3A, 4, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A; Muller 2019: 249 , figs 5, 9, 13, 20–22, 27.

Material Examined. Holotype Ô South Africa: Western Cape: Oudtshoorn district, Moeras-River Farm (209); 33°48’S, 22°03’E; 525 m [a.s.l.]; Early September 2007 [ix.2007]; G.P.B. Davies; Dry Karoo scrub with flowers ; Holotype Ô 1806; Coenosia macrotriseta sp. nov., det. B. Muller 2013; NMSA-Dip. 70333; NMSA type no. 1806. Micro-pinned specimen, genitalia dissected, stored together with abdomen in vial under specimen. Specimen deposited in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum Pietermaritzburg, South Africa .

Diagnosis. Male with three pairs of frontal setae that have apically globular apices in combination with undifferentiated dorsocentral and acrostichal setae on the scutum, except for the most posterior dorsocentral setae that are well-developed.

Distribution. South Africa (Western Cape).

Figures

FIGURES 8–19. Coenosia spp. Ô, terminalia: C. curiosa sp. nov.: (8) sternite 5; (9) cercal plate; (10) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. C. flagelliseta: (11) sternite 5; (12) cercal plate; (13) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. C. macrotriseta: (14) sternite 5; (15) cercal plate; (16) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. C. globuliseta: (17) sternite 5; (18) cercal plate; (19) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. Figs 11–19 modified from Muller (2019), figs 17–25 under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).

FIGURES 20–23. Coenosia spp. Ô, phallic complex: (20) C. curiosa sp. nov.; (21) C. flagelliseta; (22) C. globuliseta; (23) C. macrotriseta. Figs 21–23 modified from Muller (2019), figs 26–28 under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).