Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2023, A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 878, pp. 1-52 : 10-11

Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926

Fig. 3E

Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926: 26 .

Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London.

Material examined

Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ East London [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E], 2.2.[19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.

Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 16 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; “2, 22, 26 Feb., 1 May 1925 ”; NMSA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London , 1.5.25, 22.2.25 (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. M 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus capensis Curran ”; RMCA .

Notes

Four males from the National Park Albert (= Virunga), DR Congo, were found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus capensis , det. Vanschuytbroeck”; two of them belong to Thinophilus imperialis ( Curran, 1924) and two to T. splendidus . The species once reported from this country by Vanschuytbroeck (1951) must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Distribution

South Africa.

Figures

Fig. 3. Thinophilus sp., ♂♂. A. T. ciliventris Grichanov, 1997 (NMSA), habitus. B. T. ciliventris (NMSA), head. C. T. ciliventris, surstylus (after Grichanov 1997). D. T. virgatus Curran, 1926, holotype (NMSA), abdomen, dry, lateral view. E. T. capensis Curran, 1926, holotype (NMSA), hypopygium, dry, lateral view. F. T. imperialis (Curran, 1924) (ZIN), hypopygium with basal part of cercus, after maceration, lateral view. G. T. imperialis, holotype (NMSA), ventral part of abdomen with cercus, lateral view. H. T. prudens Curran, 1926, holotype (NMSA), hypopygium, dry, lateral view. I. T. rex Curran, 1926, holotype (NMSA), abdomen, dry, lateral view.