Tenuopus cognatus Parent, 1934

Grichanov, I. Ya., 2018, A new subfamily of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) for Tenuopus Curran, 1924 with description of new species from Tropical Africa, Far Eastern Entomologist 365, pp. 1-25 : 9

Tenuopus cognatus Parent, 1934

Figs 23–25

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1♂, RSA: KZN, Royal Natal Nature Park , Mahai

Campsite are at: 28°41.386'S, 28°56.288'E, 17–18.II 2010, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs /

Malaise trap (1), straddling Mahai River [ BMSA]; 1♀, RSA, [Eastern Cape,]

Tsitsikamma N.P., Plaatbos Nat. reserve at: 39°56.137'S, 23°54.895'E, 20–22.I

2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto / malaise trap, indigenous forest [ BMSA].

DISTRIBUTION. Type locality: South Africa : Natal, Kloof. South Africa.

NOTES. The species was originally illustrated with a line drawing of wing only.

I publish here pictures of the male head and hypopygium for the first time.

Tenuopus cognatus is remarkable in having long male cerci clinging close to each other and forming a flat tongue (dorsal view).

Figures

Figs 23–28. Tenuopus spp. 23–25 – T. cognatus Parent; 26–28 – T. soderlundi sp. n.; 23,