Physocephala congoensis, Krober, 1936

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 : 240-241

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P. congoensis Kröber, 1936

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Physocephala halterata Brun. var. congoënsis Kröber 1936

Primary type material examined. ♂ syntype of Physocephala halterata Brun. var. congoënsis Kröber, 1936 : (1) “ Ph. Type ♂ / halterata var / congoensis ”; (2) “ Musée du Congo / Bambesa / 15-IX-1933 / H. J. Bredo ”; (3) “ Physocephala ♂ / halterata Brun. / var. congoensis / Krb / det. Kröber 1935”; (4) “R. DÉT” / P / 2992”; (5) “Typus”; (6) “RMCA ENT / 000012174”; coll. MRAC .

♀ syntype of Physocephala halterata Brun. var. congoënsis Kröber, 1936 : (1) “ Ph. Type ♀ / halterata var / congoensis ”; (2) “ Musée du Congo / Bambesa / 25-IX-1933 / H. J. Bredo ”; (3) “ Physocephala ♀ / halterata Brun. / v. congoensis Krb / det. Kröber 1935”; (4) “R. DÉT” / Q / 2992”; (5) “Typus”; coll. MRAC .

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Additional material. BURUNDI: 1♂ 1♀, 15.i.1950, Bururi, 1900 m, leg. F. J. François, coll. ISNB ; 1♀, 26.v.1949, Bururi Province, Bururi, 1950 m, leg. F. J. François, coll. ISNB ; 1♂, 15.v.1949, Bururi Province, Bururi, 2050 m, leg. F. J. François, coll. ISNB ; DEM- OCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1♀, 21.–27. viii.1931, Tshibinda [-0.287 28.776], det. as P. congoensis by Camras 2000, leg. J. Ogilvie, coll. NHML [ NHMUK010922105 View Materials ] GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 5.ii.1949, North Kivu Province, Gishari , Territory Masisi, 2300 m, leg. F. J. François, coll. ISNB ; EQUATORIAL GUINEA: 1♀, 15.–31.i.1907, Uelleburg , Benitogebiet, det. as P. congoensis by Camras 2000, leg. G. Tessmann, coll. ZMHB .

Physocephala congoensis is very similar to P. halterata and P. acroschista , and all three species could be inter- preted as colour morphs of a single species. As Camras (2001) pointed out before, however, the few specimens which are available can be consistently segregated using the characters given in Key 5.