Physocephala bimarginipennis, Karsch, 1887

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Clements, David K., 2019, New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera) - Part 3: Physocephalini, Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (2), pp. 209-273 : 232-233

P. bimarginipennis Karsch, 1887

( Figs 37–41 )

Physocephala bimarginipennis Karsch 1887

= Physocephala gigantea Kröber, 1936

Primary type material examined. ♀ holotype of Physocephala bimarginipennis Karsch, 1887 : (1) “Pungo An- dongo / A. v. Homayer”; (2) “11031”; (3) “ Physocephala / bimarginipennis / n. sp.”; (4) “ Holotypus ”; coll. ZMHB.

♂ syntype of Physocephala gigantea Kröber, 1936 : (1) “ Ph. Type / gigantea ”; (2) “ Musée du Congo / Elisabeth- ville / XI-1927 / Dr. M. Bequaert “; (3) “ Physocephala / gigantea / Krb. / det. Kröber 1935”; (4) “R. DÈT / V / 2992 ”; (5) “Typus”; (6) “RMCA ENT / 000012173”; coll. MRAC .

♂ syntype of Physocephala gigantea Kröber, 1936 : (1) “ Paratype / Ph. gigantea ”; (2) “ Musée du Congo / Kivu: Musingiro / 8-IX-1927 / Ch. Seydel ”; (3) “Musinglro [si] / 8 Sept. 1927 / Ch. Seydel ”; (4) “ Physocephala / gigantea Krb. / det. Kröber 1935”; (5) “R. DÈT / W / 2992”; coll. MRAC .

Additional material. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1♀, 8.vii.1937, Bambesa, det. as P. gigantea by Janssens 1954, leg. J. Vrydagh, coll. MRAC ; 1♀, vi.1932, Eala, det. as P. bimarginipennis by Camras 1962, leg. A. Corbisier, coll. MRAC ; 1♀, 5.iii.1954, North Kivu Province, Lac Vert , forêt route Goma – Sake, leg. J. Verbeke, coll. ISNB ; ETHIOPIA: 1♀, 4.xii.2014, Bonga Waldsaum , 1628 m [07°11.87′N 036°15.13′E], Bothriocline schimperi , leg. H.-J. Flügel, coll. PHJF ; 1♂, viii.2019, Bonga, Kafa Development Association Guest- house [7°14’59.14’’N 36°15’12.26’’E], leg. T. Kirschey, coll. PJHS ; KENYA: 1♀, 16.xi.1967, Nairobi , ex Xylocopa flavorufa found dead 23.ix.1967 Green Office Colo- ny, [collector unknown], coll. NHML ; 1♀, 9.–23.v.2006, Coast Province, Shimba Hills National Park, near artifi- cial Ponds [4.22752°S 39.43197°E], 335 m, mixed grassshrub-land, Malaise trap, leg. R. Copeland, coll. NMKE ; SOUTH AFRICA: 1♀, 1.–3.iv.2001, Mpumalanga Prov- ince, Blyderevierspoort NP [24°39′S 30°50′E], leg. D. J. Greathead, coll. ZMHB ; TOGO: 1♂, ii.2017, Kloto , for- est area [6°57’31.66’’N 0°34’29.75’’E], leg. G. Goergen, coll. IITA ; 1♀, xii.2016, ditto ; 1♀, x.2001, ditto; UGAN- DA : 1♂, 22.vii.1966, Kwanda, ex ♂ Xylocapa rufa , leg. D. J. Greathead, coll. NHML ; 1♀, 12.iii.2012, Western Uganda, n Fort Portal Kijura , forest edge [N302540 E004731], leg. Oehlke, coll. PASS .

Figures

Figs 37–41. Physocephala bimarginipennis Karsch, 1887 (♂, Kawanda). 37. Face, frontal view; 38. Frons, dorsal view; 39. Arista, lateral view; 40. Tip of ♂ abdomen, lateral view; 41. Wing, dorsal view.