Helina penicillata Emden, 1951

Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2018, The male terminalia of some African species of Helina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Muscidae), Zootaxa 4399 (2), pp. 233-247 : 244

Helina penicillata Emden, 1951

( Figs 42–44 )

Examined type material: Holotype male seen; wings damaged at apex and behind. One male paratype from Cameroon (Musake, Mt. Cameroon) dissected and illustrated.

Diagnosis. Dorsocentrals 2+3; wing with brown round clouds on crossveins r–m and dm–cu; costal spine much longer than crossvein r–m; hind femur with a row of strong anterodorsal setae, in male with a row of numerous fine and long anteroventral setae; hind tibia slightly curved inwards at apex and with a ventral apical pad of short stubby black setulae.

Male terminalia. Sternite 5 square-shaped with scattered setae on disc and lobes ( Fig. 42 ); cercal plate and surstylus elongated; surstylus longer than cercal plate, with short spines on inner margin ( Figs 43–44 ); aedeagal complex with epiphallus a little longer than postgonite; distiphallus membranous ( Fig. 44 ).

Figures

FIGURES 42–47. Helina Penicillata Emden, 1951, paratype male: (42) sternite 5, dorsal view; (43) cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view; (44) cercal plate, surstylus and aedeagal complex, lateral view. Helina quadruPlex (Stein, 1913), male: (45) sternite 5, dorsal view; (46) cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view; (47) cercal plate, surstylus and aedeagal complex, lateral view.Scale bar 0.1 mm.