Meoneura prima (Becker, 1903)

Papp, L., 2013, New Species And Records Of Meoneura Rondani, 1856 From The Old World Tropics (Diptera, Carnidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (3), pp. 213-227 : 226

Meoneura prima (Becker, 1903)

Material examined: 12 males 4 females ( HNHM): Ghana, Kumasi – 30. VI. 1969, leg. Endrődy-Younga. A widespread Holarctic species, it has been found also in Sudan, Na- mibia and South Africa ( Barraclough 1994, Brake 2009). New to Ghana.

I am sorry to say, I did not find any difference in the surstylus (shape and setosity of its apical part) of the above specimens, or that of the specimens from Tunisia and Hungary, which I prepared for comparison, to the surstylus of M. australis Deeming, 1997 ( 1997: fig. 2). I abstain from proposing a synonymy here, but I would like to call attention of the future revisers to take special care to the details of the genitalia in the M. prima group. Since I regard the above specimens as conspecific with those from Tunisia and Hungary, I named them as M. prima .

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Acknowledgements – My most sincere thanks are due to Dr Ashley H. Kirk–Spriggs (Department of Entomology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa) for the loan of numerous material from their collections, including carnids. We are grateful to Mr. Chris Flint, Chief Technical Advisor of The AgroBioDiversity Initiative, funded by SDC, who helped the Hungarian colleagues in various ways when in Laos.