Hessemydas seyrigi (Séguy)

Kondratieff, B. C., 2009, A new synonymy and a new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar, Zootaxa 2325 (1), pp. 65-67 : 65

Hessemydas seyrigi (Séguy)

Leptomydas seyrigi Séguy 1960: 154 . Type locality: Madagascar, Tuléar Prov., Behara.

Afroleptomydas seyrigi, (Séguy) – Bowden 1980: 330.

Hessemydas seyrigi (Séguy) – Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin 2005: 3 .

Hessemydas tulear Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin 2005: 3 . Type locality: Madagascar: Tuléar Prov., Ifaty. new synonymy.

Comments. Séguy (1960) described H. seyrigi from a single male specimen and his original description did not include any specific details of the genitalia, characters necessary for species identification. Kondratieff et al. (2005) provided a complete description of the male of this species under H. tulear , including providing illustrations of the genitalia. Comparison of recently collected specimens ( Kondratieff et al. 2005) with the holotype of H. seyrigi indicated only one difference that the pilosity of the face of the holotype is predominantly black, whereas all other material examined exhibited white to yellow pilosity. The holotype specimen appears to be slightly greased.