Thinophilus rex 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 : 19

Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926

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Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926: 23 .

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

Material examined

Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ East London [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E]; 1 Feb. [19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.

Paratypes

SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA • 1 ♂; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London , 26 Feb. [19]25 (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. I 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus rex Curran ”; RMCA

Other material

SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Natal , Umlalazi Nature Reserve, 2831DD, dune forest and edges; 2–10 Oct. 1982; J.G.H. Londt leg.; NMSA .

Notes

A female reported by Vanschuytbroeck (1952) from the Upemba National Park ( DR Congo) was found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus rex ”; it belongs to indeterminable species of Thinophilus . The species 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.