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Amblypsilopus cilifrons

  • 1. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia.

Description

Amblypsilopus cilifrons (Parent, 1937)

Chrysosoma cilifrons Parent, 1937: 126. Type locality: N Nigeria: Azare.

Amblypsilopus cilifrons – Grichanov 1996: 285.

Material examined

CAMEROON – Far North Region • 4 ♂♂; Mayo-Louti, Bossom; 9°55.233′ S, 13°46.645ʹ E; alt. 475 m; 6Aug. 2013; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping understory vegetation in deep shade; BMSA • 1 ♂; Benoue, Garoua town; 9°18.755ʹ S, 13°23.422ʹ E; alt. 206 m; 6Aug. 2013; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; general sweeping hotel gardens; BMSA • 12 ♂♂; Mayo-Tsanga; Mogode-Cha, Hotel Relaise St Huber; 10°34.111ʹ S, 13°36.422ʹ E; alt. 1001 m; 8–10 Aug. 2013; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; degraded savanna-forest; BMSA.

ETHIOPIA • 1 ♂; Amhara, Blue Nile; 10.08° N, 38.19° E; alt. 1070 m; 31 Jul. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Amhara; Tissisat; 11.488° N, 37.594° E; alt. 1620 m; 2 Aug. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM.

ZIMBABWE • 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (in ethanol); North, 15 km SE of Muzarabani, Mavhurandonha W.A. [Wilderness Area]; 17–19 Dec. 1998; S. Bečwář leg.; ZIN.

Distribution

DR Congo, Kenya, Madagasgar, Namibia, Nigeria, Togo. First records from Cameroon, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland, pp. 49-80 in European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, http://zenodo.org/record/5906516

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMSA , ZIN , ZMUM
Event date
1998-12-17 , 2012-07-31 , 2012-08-02 , 2013-08-06 , 2013-08-08
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Amblypsilopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Parent
Species
cilifrons
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1998-12-17/19 , 2012-07-31 , 2012-08-02 , 2013-08-06 , 2013-08-08/10
Taxonomic concept label
Amblypsilopus cilifrons (Parent, 1937) sec. Grichanov, 2022

References

  • Parent O. 1937. Dipteres Dolichopodides especes et localites nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe royale entomologique de Belgique 77: 125 - 148.
  • Grichanov I. Ya. 1996. Four new species of the genus Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tropical Africa and Papua New Guinea. International Journal of Dipterological Research 7 (4): 285 - 294.