Curtonotum uncinatum, Kirk-Spriggs & Wiegmann, 2013

Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Wiegmann, Brian M., 2013, <p> <strong> A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV — the continental Afrotropical species of <em> Curtonotum </ em> Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species and a combined phylogenetic analysis of the Curtonotidae </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3684 (1), pp. 1-166 : 103

Curtonotum uncinatum species-group

Notes. The uncinatum species-group is defined as having the distiphallus with two dorsally-directed basal spines or dorsal ridge ( Figs 271–276 , 280–285 , 289–294 ; Kirk-Spriggs 2011, figs 77, 78).

Figures

FIGURES 268–276. Male terminalia of Afrotropical Curtonotum spp. 268–270. Hypandrium and epandrium (lateral view). 268. C. bicuspis sp. n. (PT, Namibia, Susuwe, NMNW). 269. C. cimbebas sp. n. (HT, Namibia, Tsaobismund 85, NMNW). 270. C. constance sp. n. (HT, Angola, 7 mi. N Vila Perreira d’Eça, MNHN). 271–273. Phallus (right lateral view). 271. C. bicuspis (same). 272. C. cimbebas (same). 273. C. constance (same). 274–276. Apical section of phallus (left lateral view). 274. C. bicuspis (same). 275. C. cimbebas (same). 276. C. constance (same). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 277–285. Male terminalia of Afrotropical Curtonotum spp. 277–279. Hypandrium and epandrium (lateral view). 277. C. cuthbertsoni (N-T, South Africa, D’Nyala Nature Reserve, PPRI). 278. C. litoralis sp. n. (HT, Kenya, Muhaka Field Station, NMNW). 279. C. mcgregor sp. n. (PT, Portuguese East Africa [= Mozambique], Marromeu, NMSA). 280–282. Phallus (right lateral view). 280. C. cuthbertsoni (same). 281. C. litoralis (same). 282. C. mcgregor (same). 283–285. Apical section of phallus (left lateral view). 283. C. cuthbertsoni (same). 284. C. litoralis (same). 285. C. mcgregor (same). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 286–294. Male terminalia of Afrotropical Curtonotum spp. 286–288. Hypandrium and epandrium (lateral view). 286. C. pauliani (N-T, Namibia, Ekuju village, NMNW). 287. C. uncinatum sp. n. (PT, Namibia, Kubunyana, NMNW). 288. C. unicuspis sp. n. (PT, Namibia, Salambala, NMNW). 289–291. Phallus (right lateral view). 289. C. pauliani (same) [ejaculatory apodeme missing]. 290. C. uncinatum (same). 291. C. unicuspis (same). 292. Junction basiphallus and distiphallus (dorsal view), C. pauliani (same). 293–294. Apical section of phallus (left lateral view). 293. C. uncinatum (same). 294. C. unicuspis (same). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.