Chrysotus latealatus Vanschuytbroeck, 1951

Grichanov, Igor Ya. & Dubrovskiy, Dmitriy V., 2025, A review of long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Burundi with new records and description of a new species of Hercostomus Loew, Zootaxa 5715 (1), pp. 156-173 : 164

Chrysotus latealatus Vanschuytbroeck, 1951

( Figs 7E, 7F )

Type locality: DR Congo: National Park Albert , Niahitsindi, entre volc. Visoke-Musule .

Material examined. Burundi: 1♂, Muramvya Prov., 3 km NW Kanindi vil., Kibira national park , 3.19750°S, 29.55000°E, 16.III.2025, D. Dubrovskiy ( ZIN) .

Distribution. DR Congo. First record from Burundi and first record after description.

Notes. Chrysotus latealatus was described from eight mountainous localities ( 2000–3475 m a.s.l.) in the Virunga (=Albert) National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the borders with Uganda and Rwanda. It is the only Afrotropical species with whitish yellow fore tarsomeres 4 and 5 ( Fig. 7F ). Its male has body length and wing length about 2.5 mm (not indicated in the original description). The species is a possible endemic of the Albertine Rift.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Apelastoneurus biadimbi (Grichanov) from the Tanganyika Lake shore (A–B).A—male habitus, right lateral view; B—hypopygium, left lateral view (after Grichanov 2004). Chrysotus africanus (Parent) from the Rumonge Nature Reserve (C–D). C—male habitus, left lateral view; D—male head, lateral view. Chrysotus latealatus Vanschuytbroeck from the Kibira National Park (E–F). E—male habitus, left lateral view; F—male fore leg, lateral view.