Published March 10, 2006 | Version v1
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Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden 1975

Description

Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden

Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden, 1975a: 99.

Distribution. Botswana, Namibia.

Material examined. 1♀, Opuwo District, Hartmanns Valley at: 17°34’01”S 12°16’36”E, 13–15.iii.1999, E. Marais, white pan; 3♀♀, Katima Muilo District, Katima Muilo, 17°50’S 24°17’E, 11–14.iv.1997 E. Marais, floodplain savanna, yellow traps; 1♀, Etosha National Park, Fishers Pan, 18°47’S 16°55’E, 14.ii.–25.iii.1987, E. Griffin, pres. pitf. traps; 3♂♂, 7♀♀, Otjiwarongo District, Hamakari Süd 373, 20°40’S 17°24’E, 20.ii.–25.iv.1991, M. Pusch, pres. pitf. traps; 6♂♂, 9♀♀, Otjiwarongo District, Waterberg Pl. Park, 20°25’S 17°20’E, 31.iii.–30.iv..1993, M. Pusch, pres. pitf. traps; 1♀, Otjiwarongo District, Rodenstein 307, SE2017 Ca, 22.ii.–7.iii.1998, E. Griffin, pres. pitf. traps; 4♀♀, Damaraland, Opheus Suid 419, 20°08’S 15°05’E, 27.ii.–20.iv.1995, E. Marais, pres. pitf. traps.

Notes. Strongly sexually dimorphic: male black (except tibiae and scutellum) with long whitish hair; female head mostly orange, also most of scutellum and legs, short yellow hair and scales. Tentative identification of a specimen in Greathead (2000a) is confirmed, also a female specimen identified as Hyperusia sp. is this species.

Notes

Published as part of Greathead, David J., 2006, New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species, pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 1149 (1) on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1149.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5058081

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