Crossopalpus aenescens (Wiedemann)

Grootaert, Patrick & Shamshev, Igor, 2013, The flies of the family Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) collected during the Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010 Expedition in Democratic Republic of Congo, Zootaxa 3603 (1), pp. 1-61 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3603.1.1
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scientific name	Crossopalpus aenescens (Wiedemann)
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Crossopalpus aenescens (Wiedemann) View in CoL

Drapetis aenescens Wiedemann, 1830: 649 View in CoL . Type locality: “the Cape” [ South Africa]. Drapetis crassa Loew, 1858: 341 View in CoL . Type locality: “the Cape” [ South Africa].

Material examined: D.R. CONGO: Oriental Prov., 4 3, 1 Ƥ, Lieki village area, 25 May–4 June 2010, Malaise traps, lowland evergreen swamp forest (leg. A.H. Kirk-Spriggs).

Distribution. AFROTROPICAL: Chad, Congo D.R., Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda; ORIENTAL: China ( Taiwan).

Remarks. Crossopalpus aenescens is widely distributed in Africa but here it is recorded from D.R. Congo for the first time.