Crocidium namaquense 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 : 8

Crocidium namaquense Hesse, 1963 ( Figs 12­13 )

Crocidium namaquense Hesse 1963: 279 ­280, 287; Hull, 1973: 185; Bowden, 1980: 399; Evenhuis

& Greathead, 1999: 216.

Male genitalia: gonocoxa elongated; distiphallus long, surpassing apex of posterior process of gonocoxa by a distance equivalent to its length; lateral aedeagal apodeme not surpassing gonocoxal margins; gonostylus hook shaped ( Fig. 12 ).

Spermathecae: spermathecae very small and oblong, with a membranous triangular caput on its ends and longitudinal axis equivalent to the length of sperm pump; spermathecal ducts 7 times longer than sperm pump, enlarged on apical portion and on basal ones, before sperm pump, uniting to form a short common spermathecal duct; sperm pump placed at nearly basal 1/3 of the spermathecal duct; sclerotized collars of sperm pumps smaller on basal ends than on apical ones. ( Fig. 13 ).

Material examined: Paratypes. South Africa. Northern Cape: Knersvlakte, 3 males (one dissected) and 3 females (one dissected), Oct. 1939, (collector unknown). Deposited in the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 12 ­ 16. – Fig. 12 ­ 13: Crocidium namaquense Hesse, 1963: 12. Male genitalia; 13. Spermathecae; fig. 14 – Spermathecae of Crocidium nitidilabre Hesse, 1938; fig. 15 – Spermathecae of Crocidium phaenochilum Hesse; fig. 16 – Spermathecae of Crocidium phaeopterale Hesse, 1938