Aethiopomyia williamsi (Snyder, 1951)

de Sousa, Viviane Rodrigues, Pereira, Andre Fontinelle Magalhaes & Couri, Marcia Souto, 2020, On Aethiopomyia Malloch (Diptera, Muscidae) with the revision of the type specimens deposited in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin (Germany) with a key to species, ZooKeys 926, pp. 73-80 : 73

Aethiopomyia williamsi (Snyder, 1951) Figures 15-19

Material examined.

2 ♀ of Lophomala anax Enderlein, 1927, nomen nudum (see Pont and Werner 2006: 20 for details)

Diagnosis.

Length of body. 12.0-14.0 mm (♀) Head. Fronto-orbital plate greyish brown Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum brownish yellow, with a median silvery grey vitta, more visible pre-suturally. Scutellum light brown, paler at tip. Calypters and halteres fulvous brown. Legs. Brownish yellow; tarsi dark brown. Abdomen. Brownish yellow with a dark dorsal median vitta on tergites IV and V. Abdominal basal sternites hairy, others with numerous long, ventrally directed setae in ♂ (from the original description; ♂ not seen).

Note.

The species was keyed by Zumpt (1969). Zumpt (1969: 166) doubted if this species is specifically different from A. arguta , as, according to him, they differ only by the thicker setae on abdominal sternites in A. williamsi . More specimens must be examined to elucidate the specific status of the species.

Figures

Figures 1 - 19. 1 - 5 Aethiopomyia arguta (Karsch, 1879) lectotype ♂ of Aricia arguta Karsch: 1 lateral view 2 dorsal view 3 head frontal view 4 pulvilli 5 labels 6 - 10 Aethiopomyia gigas (Stein, 1906) syntype ♂: 6 lateral view 7 dorsal view 8 head frontal view 9 pulvilli 10 labels 11 - 14 Aethiopomyia patersoni Zumpt, 1969 Paratype ♀: 11 lateral view; 12 dorsal view 13 head frontal view 14 labels 15 - 19 Aethiopomyia williamsi (Snyder, 1951) ♀ of Lophomala anax Enderlein, 1927, nomen nudum: 15 lateral view 16 dorsal view 17 head frontal view 18 wing 19 labels. Scale bars: 5 mm (1 - 3, 5, 6 - 8, 10 - 19); 1 mm (4, 9).