Crocidium dasypolium Hesse, 1963

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, Evenhuis, Neal L. & Couri, Márcia Souto, 2002, Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae), Zootaxa 45, pp. 1-12 : 4

Crocidium dasypolium Hesse, 1963 ( Fig. 4 )

Crocidium dasypolium Hesse 1963: 281 ­282, 289; Hull, 1973: 185; Bowden, 1980: 399; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 216.

Spermathecae: spermathecae without a conspicuous reservoir, distinguished only by a darker area on the extremities of the spermathecal ducts. This area with longitudinal axis equivalent to 3 times of sperm pump length; spermathecal ducts 7 times longer than sperm pump, uniting to form a short common spermathecal duct; sperm pump placed at nearly ½ of the spermathecal duct; sclerotized collars developed on both ends of sperm pumps ( Fig. 4 ).

Material examined: South Africa. Northern Cape: Namaqualand, 1 female (dissected), 31 Oct. 1987, M. Struck. Deposited in the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 4 ­ 6. – Fig. 4: Spermathecae of Crocidium dasypolium Hesse, 1963; Figs. 5 ­ 6 – Crocidium dichopticum Hesse, 1963: 5. Male genitalia; 6. Spermathecae