Afrodontomyia, James
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5999081 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4579C86C-AA61-F361-FF53-F928FB368BE2 |
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Genus AFRODONTOMYIA James View in CoL
Afrodontomyia James, 1940: 1 View in CoL . Type species, Odontomyia seminuda Curran, 1928 View in CoL , by original designation.
Afrodontomyia erecta (Brunetti) View in CoL . Comb. nov.
Odontomyia (Odontomyia) erecta Brunetti, 1926: 131 View in CoL . ST 1 ♂ [MNHN]: Congo: Bas Ogooué, N’Gomo; ST 1 ♂ [MNHN]: Gabon: Lambaréné; ST 1 ♀ [MRAC]: Zaire: Kivu, Kissenyi; ST 1 ♀ [MRAC]: Zaire: Haut-Uele, Moto. Odontomyia protrudens Curran, 1928: 3 View in CoL . HT ♀ [AMNH]: Zaire: Stanleyville, 0°30’N, 25°10’E. Syn. nov.
Afrodontomyia gigas (Brunetti) View in CoL .
Odontomyia (Odontomyia) gigas Brunetti, 1926: 127 View in CoL . HT ♂ [MNHN]: Congo: Bas Ogoué, N’Gomo. Odontomyia impressa Curran, 1928: 1 View in CoL . HT ♂ [AMNH]: Zaire: Stanleyville, 0°30’N, 25°10’E. Syn. nov.
Afrodontomyia flammiventris (Brunetti) View in CoL . Comb. nov.
Odontomyia flammiventris Brunetti, 1926: 131 View in CoL . ST 1 ♂, 5 ♀ [ MRAC]: Zaire: Dima.
Afrodontomyia rufiventris (Curran) View in CoL . Comb. nov.
Stratiomys rufiventris Curran, 1928: 1 View in CoL . HT ♂ [ AMNH]: Zaire: Stanleyville.
The only Afrotropical Stratiomys View in CoL listed in Woodley (2001: 305) is Stratiomys rufiventris Curran. The View in CoL examination of photographs of the female paratype clearly shows that this species does not belong into the genus Stratiomys View in CoL , although it has an elongated scape and large scutellar spines. However, the narrow body shape and the color pattern do not agree with the concept of the Holarctic genus Stratiomys View in CoL . The species fits very well in the genus Afrodontomyia View in CoL , which James (1940: 1) characterized as “A genus showing certain characters of both Stratiomys View in CoL and Odontomyia View in CoL ”.
Most species of Afrodontomyia do not have the scape elongated, except A. flammiventris Brunetti ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 31 – 36 ), A. apicalis James 1952 , and A. rufiventris (Curran) ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 31 – 36 ). It is possible that all three taxa are conspecific.
The type material of Ondontomyia erecta Brunetti (2 male syntypes [ MNHN], 1 female syntype [ MRAC]) and O. protrudens Curran (female holotype [ AMNH], 1 female paratype [ MRAC]) is clearly conspecific and the same is true for O. gigas Brunetti (we examined the male holotype and a female paratype [ MNHN], two female paratypes [ BMNH] and another female paratype [ MRAC]) and O. impressa Curran (male holotype [ AMNH]) and therefore these species are synonymized here. Remarkably, all of Curran’s material was collected from the same locality and collecting event, even though most of these species are very rare in collections.
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Stratiomyinae |
Afrodontomyia
| Hauser, Martin, Woodley, Norman E. & Fachin, Diego A. 2017 |
Afrodontomyia
| James 1940: 1 |
Stratiomys rufiventris
| Curran 1928: 1 |
Odontomyia (Odontomyia) erecta
| Curran 1928: 3 |
| Brunetti 1926: 131 |
Odontomyia (Odontomyia) gigas
| Curran 1928: 1 |
| Brunetti 1926: 127 |
Odontomyia flammiventris
| Brunetti 1926: 131 |