Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2012, A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 267-267 : 319

Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962

Figs 173–180

Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962 b: 185 (Type locality: Madagascar: “ Ankarafantsika Forest , Tsaramandroso ”).

Literature: Camras (1962 b), Smith (1967).

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: Antananarivo: 1♀ Province, 46 km NE of Ankazobe, Ambohitantely , 18°11.88'S 47°16.89'E, 700 m, 15 x–1 xi.2004, sclerophyl forest, M. Irwin & R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap; 1♂ same data, except 1–14 xi.2004. d’Antsiranana: 1♀ Parc National Montagne d’Ambre, 12°30.87'S 49°10.88'E, 960 m, 7–27.i.2007, M. Irwin, F. Parker & R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap (all CAS & J­HS) .

Remarks: The females identified here as S. malgachensis match the original description as well as to the description of Smith (1967). The male is identified as S. malgachensis due to diagnostically enlarged facets ( Fig. 180 ).

Distribution: Endemic to Madagascar.

Bionomics: Found in sclerophyl forest at low to moderately high elevation (700–960 m).

Figures

Figs 173–179. Male postabdomen of Stylogaster malgachensis Camras (♂ Madagascar, 46 km NE of Ankazobe): (173) surstylus, lateral view; (174) same, dorsal view; (175) same, ventral view; (176) phallus sheath of hypandrium, lateral view; (177) cercus, lateral view; (178) cercus, ventral view; (179) sperm pump and ejaculatory apodeme. Not to scale.

Figs 180, 181. Enlarged facets of Stylogaster spp.: (180) S. malgachensis Camras (♂ Madagascar, 46 km NE of Ankazobe); (181) S. kroeberi sp. n. (holotype). Not to scale.