Dinempheria enigmata Väisänen, 1994

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Muller, Burgert S., 2012, The types of Lygistorrhinidae and Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 703-703 : 704

Dinempheria enigmata Väisänen, 1994

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Dinempheria enigmata: Väisänen 1994: 14 , figs 1–3 (head, thorax, wing); figs 4–9 (♂ terminalia). Type locality: South Africa, Mpumalanga.

Holotype ( NMSA type no. 2155): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “S. AFRICA: E. Transvaal [ South Africa: Mpumalanga] | 9 Km nw. Sabie 2530 BB | Bridal Veil Falls [25.0828°S 30.7249°E, uncertainty 0.75 km] | XII 3, 1976. R. Miller [3.xii.1976]”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Dinempheria ♂ | enigmata n.sp. | det. R. Väisänen 19 92 ”; (3) printed with handwriting on red paper: “ Holotypus ♂ | Dinempheria | enigmata n.sp. | Väisänen ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11312”.

Preservation: Exemplar glued on paper triangle, terminalia retained in glycerine, left wing damaged on distal half, abdomen and one leg glued on paper triangle; missing parts: right wing, left leg I, and legs III.

Paratype ( NMSA type no. 2155): ♀ (1) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ SOUTH AFRICA: Natal [KwaZulu-Natal] | Cathedral Peak area [28°57'S 29°12'E, uncertainty 2.46 km] | 2829Cc 16–18.XII.19 77 | JGH Londt”; (2) printed with handwriting on white paper: “ Dinempheria ♀ | enigmata n.sp. | det. R. Väisänen”; (3) printed on yellow paper: “ PARATYPE ♀ ”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 11301” .

Preservation: Pinned exemplar; missing parts: right legs I and II tarsi, right leg III.

Distribution: South Africa (Mpumalanga).

Figures

Figs 1–4. (1) Lygistorrhina sanctaecatharinae Thompson, paratype “NMSA-Dip. 11308”; (2) Dinempheria enigmata Väisänen, holotype; (3) Dziedzickia peckorum Matile, paratype “NMSA-DIP 66399”; (4) Dziedzickia stuckenbergorum Matile, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.