Pachylophus contractus Becker, 1910

Deeming, John C., 2018, A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera, Zootaxa 4482 (1), pp. 1-51 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966122

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038487A7-7A5B-FFEA-FF1C-B7ACEFC116E1

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scientific name

Pachylophus contractus Becker, 1910
status

 

Pachylophus contractus Becker, 1910 View in CoL

( Plate 12 View PLATE 12 , Figs 56, 57)

Pachylophus contractus Becker, 1910: 393 View in CoL

Described from Kenya and Tanzania and further recorded from Ethiopia.

Material: 1♀, ETHIOPIA: Alemaya , ex. Eragrostis sp. 15.viii.1993, S. Gudeta ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Shewa Distr., River Awash Wenz S. of Nazret , 15.iii.1995, M. v. Tschirnhaus, (X1015), ( ZSM) ; 1♀, KENYA: Embu, Hotel Iz. Walton , 16.iv.1983, K . A. Spencer ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Kikuyu, Muguga, 6800ft., 25.v.1970 [no collector's name is given, but the specimen is labelled in the hand of O.W. Richards] (BMNH); 2♂, 40km NW. of Nairobi , 31.viii.1983, A. Freidberg ( NMWC & TAU) ; 1♂, Mt. Kenya, Timau , 22.viii.1983, A. Freidberg ( NMWC) ; 1♀, same data ( TAU) ; 2♂1♀, 30km N. of Kitale, Tartar, 4-5.xi.1983, I. Yarom; 3♂, near Naro Moro, Murera Farm, 1.x.1983, I. Yarom; 1♀, Eldoret , 30.x.1983, I. Yarom ; 1♂, 40km E. Narok, 31.viii.1983 , A. Freidberg ; 1♀, Cherangani Hills, Kapcherop, 2.xi.1983, I. Yarom ; 1♂, Masai Mara, Keekorok Lodge , 29–30.viii.1983 , A. Freidberg; 1♂, 10km E. of Kitale , 2.xi.1983, I Yarom ; 2♀, Bungoma, 6–7.xi.1983 , A. Freidberg (all in TAU) ; 8♂ 5♀, Kasarani , 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay ( NMWC) ; 2♀, same data ( OUM) ; 3♂ 2♀, Aberdare Mts., road Nyeri to Gilgil , 7000 ft., 18.iii.1970, (X333) ; 1♂, 15km ENE of Nakuru, Bahati Forest , 25.iii.1970, (X341) ; 1♂ 1♀, Meru District, near Mikinduri , 0°08'N 37°50'E, 27.iii.1970 (X343) GoogleMaps ; 3♂ 7♀, (1♀ with extensive Laboulbeniales on wings and abdomen) 15km NNE of Nanyuki, Kamwaki Farm , 0°08'N 37°10'E, 9.iii.1970, (X345) GoogleMaps ; 2♂ 8♀, (1♂ with Laboulbeniales on wing and abdomen, 1♀ with same on wing) same data but 29.iii.1970, (X347) GoogleMaps ; 4♂ 10♀, TANZANIA: Marangu , foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 4.iii.1971, (X376) ; 7♂ 26♀, same data but 22.ii.1971 (X362) ; 25♂ 52♀ same data (X361) ; 1♂ 4♀, Kilimanjaro, 6700–7000 ft. 27.ii.1971, M. v. Tschirnhaus, (X363); all M.v. Tschirnhaus. ( ZSM) ; 1♂ SOUTH AFRICA: Oribi Gorge , river, 30°41.49'S 30°16.8'E, 16.x.1999, D.P. Sumner ( NMWC) GoogleMaps ; 2♂ 1♀, Natal, 25km W. of Winterton , 16.ix.1983, A. Freidberg ( NMWC) ; 1♂ 15♀, same data ( TAU) ; 1♀, Natal, 10km NE. of Drummond , 18.ix.1983, A. Freidberg ( NMWC) ; 3♂ 3♀, same data ( TAU) ; 1♀, Oribi Gorge N. Res. , 10.x.1983, A. Freidberg ( TAU) ; 2♂, Transvaal, " Streifnetz ", 29.i.1987, rec. fr. Zool. Mus. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (all in NMWC) ; 2♂1♀, Natal, Durban, vii.1948, J.C. Faure; 1♀, Zululand, Eshowe, vi.1926, R.E. Turner (all in NHMUK); 1♂, NAMIBIA: Fish River Canyon, 10–14.ii.1994, H. Schumann ( HUB) .

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

TAU

Tel-Aviv University

OUM

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

HUB

Hacettepe University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chloropidae

Genus

Pachylophus

Loc

Pachylophus contractus Becker, 1910

Deeming, John C. 2018
2018
Loc

Pachylophus contractus

Becker, 1910 : 393
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