Stylogaster nitens Brunetti, 1925

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2015, New Conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera). Part 1: Paramyopa Kröber, Pseudoconops Camras, Stylogaster Macquart, Thecophora Rondani, and Zodion Latreille, Zootaxa 3963 (2), pp. 101-159 : 146-147

Stylogaster nitens Brunetti, 1925

( Figs 103–106 )

Material. BURUNDI: 1♂, 21.–26.xi.2010, Kayanza Province, Parc National de la KibiraRwagura Sector, 2237 m [0255.329′S 2930.067′E], leg. A. H. Kirk-Spriggs, coll. BMSA; MALAWI: 1♂, 20.–30.ix.1998, North Viphya Mts., Rt.M1, 20 km s Mzimba, leg. F. Kaplan & A. Freidberg, coll. TAUI; SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂, ii.1957, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Ngoye forest between Eshowe & Empangeni, leg. B. Stuckenberg, coll. NMSA.

Discussion. When preparing the key to the nitens group it became apparent that I had previously confused some undescribed species with Stylogaster nitens . A new diagnosis of this species is therefore given in the key above. The records of Stuke (2012) from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo in fact belong to Stylogaster angolensis spec. nov. and Stylogaster occulta spec. nov.. The specimen from South Africa listed above was previously reported by Stuke (2012) and has a very light brown scutum, but the genital structure fits very well with the other two specimens.

Figures

FIGURES 103 – 106. Stylogaster nitens (♂ from Malawi, North Viphya Mountains). 103. Lateral view of phallus sheath. 104. Dorsal view of cerci. 105. Lateral view of outer surface of surstylus. 106. Lateral view of inner surface of surstylus.