Crocidium costilabre 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 : 2-4

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.155823

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6277786

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Crocidium costilabre Hesse, 1963
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Crocidium costilabre Hesse, 1963 View in CoL ( Figs 1­2 View FIGURES 1 ­ 3 – 1 ­ 2 )

Crocidium costilabre Hesse 1963: 276 View in CoL ­277, 285, 286; Hull, 1973: 185; Bowden, 1980: 399; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 216.

Male genitalia: gonocoxa elongated; distiphallus short, not surpassing apex of posterior process of gonocoxa; lateral aedeagal apodeme surpassing gonocoxal margins; gonostylus flattened, hook shaped, with a posterior projection on upper 1/3 ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 ­ 3 – 1 ­ 2 ).

Spermathecae: spermathecae globose with longitudinal axis equivalent to ½ of sperm pump length; spermathecal ducts 7.5 times longer than sperm pump, uniting to form a short common spermathecal duct; sperm pump placed at nearly basal 1/4 of the spermathecal duct; sclerotized collars of sperm pumps smaller on basal ends than on apical ones ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 ­ 3 – 1 ­ 2 ).

Material examined: Paratype: South Africa. Northern Cape: Namaqualand (Knersvlakte), 1 male, Sep. 1941, (collector unknown). Deposited in the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. Non types: South Africa. Western Cape: Strandfontein (Groot­ Sandleegte), 1 male (dissected), 10­12 Oct. 1977, R. M. Miller; Richtersveld (7 km S Lekkersing), 300m (29°03’30’’S. 17°06’00’’E.), 2 females (one dissected), 2 Sep. 1989, J. Londt, B. Stuckenberg & P. Croeser. Northern Cape: Garies (10 km E), 1 female, 6 Sep. 1983, Stuckenberg & Londt. Deposited in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

Genus

Crocidium

Loc

Crocidium costilabre Hesse, 1963

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, Evenhuis, Neal L. & Couri, Márcia Souto 2002
2002
Loc

Crocidium costilabre

Evenhuis 1999: 216
Bowden 1980: 399
Hull 1973: 185
Hesse 1963: 276
1963
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