Coenosia abyssinica ( Emden, 1941: 229 )

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2016, Species of Coenosia Meigen (Diptera, Muscidae) described by Fritz van Emden from the British Museum Ruwenzori Expedition of 1934 – 1935, Zootaxa 4144 (4), pp. 529-555 : 531

Coenosia abyssinica ( Emden, 1941: 229)

Holotype female seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. General colour brown; postpronotum and notopleuron grey pollinose, scutum with 3 very faint brown vittae; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere yellow; legs brown; frons more or less subparallel, not narrowed from base of antenna to middle of frons; frons at least as wide as one eye; arista with short hairs; scutellum with both pairs of setae present and with setulae on disc; anterior katepisternal about two-thirds of the length of the posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; fore tibia with a long median seta; hind tibia with one median anterior and one anterodorsal inserted almost at the same level.

Notes. Described by Emden (1941) from a female; male unknown.