Eudorylas bredoi (Hardy, 1949)

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of the tribe Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae), Zootaxa 3656 (1), pp. 1-121 : 50

Eudorylas bredoi (Hardy, 1949)

( Figs 40C–D )

Dorilas (Eudorylas) bredoi Hardy 1949 b: 1 .

Diagnosis: Femora black with silver-grey pollinosity posteriorly; tibiae brown with black ring in the middle; hind tibia broadened in the middle, distal half flattened.

Type material: Democratic Republic of Congo: 1♀, HT, Congo belge: Elisabethville [today: Lubumbashi], 30-iv-1939, H.J. Brédo, R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I.G. 12.648 ( ISNB)

Female

Head. Third antennal segment acute; brown. Face silvery pollinose. Frons, upper part silvery pollinose, less so on margins; narrowed close to ocellar triangle, lower part silvery pollinose. Occiput with greyish pollinosity.

Thorax (greasy overall). Humeri dark brown/black; except for distal tip, which is light brown. Mesonotum (viewed obliquely from front) black; from the side black with possible dusting. Scutellum black, 6–7 pairs of weakly developed hairs. Dorsocentral hairs very weakly developed. Halter light brown, stem darker.

Legs. Trochanters and base of femora dark brown, femora black with silver-grey pollinosity posteriorly, knees yellow-brown, tibiae brown with black ring in the middle, hind tibia broadened in the middle, distal half flattened. Tarsal segments brown. Ventroapical row of 2–6 short black spines on first four femora; 3–4 short black spines on 3rd femur. No subapical (distal) spine on first four tibiae. No anteromedial hairs on 3rd tibia. Hind trochanter with moderately long hairs on ventral side. Pulvilli equals in length with last tarsal segment, claws 1.5 times longer than pulvilli.

Wing. Fourth costal section 0.8 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M at 1/3 of discal cell. Pterostigma almost fully coloured. Hairs on tegula uncertain.

Abdomen. Viewed obliquely from front tergites black pollinose, hind margins more shining, sides with distinct silver-grey patches. No hairs on abdominal segments. 2–4 black lateral hairs on first tergite with several pale ones. Ovipositor's ( Fig. 40C ) base visible in lateral view.

Male—Unknown.

Distribution— Democratic Republic of Congo.

Figures

FIGURE 40. Female ovipositors.—A–B: Eudorylas aethiopicus, C–D: Eudorylas bredoi, E: Clistoabdominalis lomholdti, F: Clistoabdominalis nitidifrons, G: Eudorylas falcatus, H–I: Eudorylas flexus, J: Clistoabdominalis crassus, K: Eudorylas setiformis, L: Clistoabdominalis lomholdti, M: Dasydorylas sordidatus, N–O: Eudorylas mikenensis, P–Q: Eudorylas decorus, R–S: Eudorylas galeatus, T: Eudorylas sinuosus, U: Eudorylas wittei, V–W: Dasydorylas evanidus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm