Leptocera atra ( VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1951 )

Papp, L., 2012, A Review Of The Afrotropical Species Of Leptocera Olivier (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (3), pp. 225-258 : 227-228

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5735828
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scientific name	Leptocera atra ( VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1951 )
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Leptocera atra ( VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1951) View in CoL

Paracollinella atra VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1951: 7 View in CoL . Type locality: Zaire, Élisabethville (= Lubumbashi). The holotype male is deposited int the Collection of the IRSN.

Leptocera (Leptocera) nigricorpus RICHARDS, 1980: 619 View in CoL [unnecessary new name for Paracollinella atra VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1951 View in CoL , in Leptocera View in CoL a secondary junior homonym of Limosina atra ADAMS, 1903 View in CoL , now Rachispoda atra (ADAMS, 1903) View in CoL ].

For detailed synonymy see ROHÁČEK et al. 2001: 151.

Material studied: 2 female paratypes (one of them without head, HNHM): Congo belge, Eala-XI–1936, J. Ghesquière – P. Vanschuytbroeck det. 1951, Paracollinella atra Vansch. – [red] Paratype – cf. Bull. Inst. Sc. Nat. Belg. T. XXVII, n° 41, 1951, p. 7 .

An easily identifiable species, which appears to be rare and restricted to the Congo Basin.

Hitherto only known from the type locality ( Zaire) .