Remotomyia brunales Londt 1983, spec. nov.
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Description
Remotomyia brunales spec. nov. Figs 40-42.
Derivation: L. brun = brown; ales = winged. Refers to the brown-stained wings of this species.
Description: Based primarily on holotype but supported with information from paratypes.
Head: Antenna dark red-brown except for proximal half of first llagellomere which is orange-brown; ventrally expanded scape with strong white bristles ventrally; scape and pedicel with fine white setae; microsegment shortish (about half length of pedicel). Face orange-brown with lower facial margin blackish; profile as for albosetatus (Fig. 36). Mystax composed of longish yellow-white bristles on and just above lower facial margin as well as short fine white setae which extend to just below antennal bases. Vertex dull black (greasy) with red-brown stripe between antennal bases and ocellarium; lateral margins with shortish dull brown bristles. Ocellarium weakly projecting, with 6 yellow-brown bristles; median ocellus twice the diameter of lateral ocelli. Occiput blackish (greasy) with dorsal bristles short yellow-brown with dark brown apices, setae fine yellow-white. Proboscis dark red-brown, stouter than that of albosetatus, with fine white setae ventrally. Palp dark red-brown with white setae.
Thorax: Pleura dark red-brown, gold pruinose (mostly greasy) fine setae white. Katatergite with ca. 10 moderately long thin yellow-brown bristles and a few fine white setae. Antepronotum with yellow-brown bristles anteriorly (do not extend to lateral extremeties or posterior parts). Anatergite with a group of fine white setae laterally. Mesonotum blackish with orange-brown post-pronotal and postalar lobes; gold pruinose (mostly greasy). Post-pronotal lobes with 5 yellow-brown bristles and short tiny white setae; ca. 4-5 notopleural bristles, 3 supra-alars, 4.-—5 postalars, all brownyellow. Dorsocentral bristles poorly developed, confined mainly to posterior of suture although weakish bristles on anterior margin may be poorly developed dorsocentrally. Scutellum with ca. 10 marginal bristles; disc with tiny sparse white setae. Halters yellow-brown. Legs: red-brown, femora darker than rest; bristles short yellow-white (very short on fcmora), setae fine short white. Claws robust, orange-brown with black distal half; empodium laterally compressed, robust. Wings: holotype 10,0 X 3,5 mm; membrane brown-stained, transparent; venation dark brown; cells rf, and m 3 closed and stalked, cup closed on wing margin.
Abdomen: Dark red-brown (greasy); tg ı with yellowish bristles laterally, all other segments with white setae only (quite well developed on posterolateral margins of terga). d‘ genitalia as in Figs 40-42 fused gonocoxites well developed, longer than paired epandrial lobes. ‘i? with y bristles on each acanthophorite; setae of tg 6 and tg 7 anteriorly directed.
Variation: Negligible.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. NAMIBIA: 2 ♂ 1 ♀ (holotype ♂ and paratypes), Vogelstrausskluft 87, Bethanien, SE 2717a, 24-29 ix. 1 974, H. 20536 (SMW, NM). NM type number 2656. H. 20536 is an accession number - the specimens were collected by five SMW staff members (Mokgoabone, Batista, Telje, Balt & Grobler).
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Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4030786 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4030784 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.11781 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AC53665CE04DBC75FFD7F244F5685A3E (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/B9781793-EDAD-4863-B31E-C1200459ADDB (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SMW, NM
- Event date
- 1974-09-24
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Remotomyia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- H . 20536
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Londt
- Species
- brunales
- Taxonomic status
- spec. nov .
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1974-09-24
- Taxonomic concept label
- Remotomyia brunales Londt, 1983