Pachylophus fossulatus Adams, 1905

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 : 10-11

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966126

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scientific name

Pachylophus fossulatus Adams, 1905
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Pachylophus fossulatus Adams, 1905 View in CoL

( Plate 15 View PLATE 15 , Figs 74, 75)

Pachylophus fossulatus Adams, 1905: 195 View in CoL

? Pachylophus septembris Speiser, 1910: 195 View in CoL

Described from Rhodesia and further recorded from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zaire. Sabrosky (1980: 710) cited P. septembris View in CoL as a possible synonym.

Material: 2♀, GAMBIA: W. Div., Kombo Distr., Lamin Bridge , rice field near Lamin Bolan , tidal waterway, on young rice, 2.ix.1997, D.J. Mann ( OUM & MAFY) ; 1♀, ETHIOPIA: Gonder Prov., Blue Nile at T'is Isat Fwafwate waterfall, 28.iii.1995, (X1032), M. v. Tschirnhaus ( ZSM) ; 6♂ 12♀, KENYA: Kikuyu marsh, 17.iv.1983, K . A. Spencer ; long series of both sexes Kisumu, c. 1000m, rice plot in marshland, 27.x.2004, M.R. Wilson ( NMWC) ; 19♂ 20♀, Nairobi , 9–13.xii.1970, A.E. Stubbs ; 1♂, same data but 7.i.1971 ; 1♂, Kakamega Forest, 18.xii.1970 , A.E. Stubbs ; 1♀, 14–16 km. S. of Nakuru, 15.xii.1970 , A.E. Stubbs; 1♀ , Mombasa, 1–3.i.1971 , A.E. Stubbs; 1♂ 1♀, Kapsebet , 11500 ft., 16.x.1971, K . A. Spencer ; 1♀, UGANDA: Serere, sweeping Kamod Marsh , 19.vii.1934, J. Ford ; 1♀, RUANDA BURUNDI: x.1956, N.L.H. Krauss ; 1♀, TANZANIA: Njombe, 6000–6500 Ft. , 16.x.1957, W.P. (all in NHMUK) ; 1♀, MALAWI: Lake Malombe, Nkungulu , 25.x.1983, A. Freidberg ( TAU) ; 1♀, SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Ndwedwe District, Montebello Region , 1.x.1961, B. & P. Stuckenberg ( NMP) ; 1♀, Durban , vii.1948, J.C. Faure ; 1♂, ANGOLA: Salazar, I.I. A . A. Farm , 8.iii.1972, BMSAE (both in NHMUK).

In the material from Nairobi the colour of the haltere knob differs from creamy white to deep black. A female from Kikuyu Marsh was dissected and was found to contain a single large egg.

OUM

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

NMWC

National Museum of Wales

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

TAU

Tel-Aviv University

NMP

Natal Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chloropidae

Genus

Pachylophus

Loc

Pachylophus fossulatus Adams, 1905

Deeming, John C. 2018
2018
Loc

Pachylophus fossulatus

Adams, 1905 : 195
Loc

Pachylophus septembris

Speiser, 1910 : 195
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