Physocephala abdominalis, (Krober, 1915)

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 : 214

P. abdominalis ( Kröber, 1915)

( Figs 1–5 )

Pseudodacus abdominalis Kröber 1915

= Pseudodacus apicalis Kröber, 1915

= Physocephala fascipennis Brunetti, 1925

= Conops patelliformis Séguy, 1933

Primary type material examined. 1♂ syntype of Physocephala fascipennis Brunetti, 1925 : (1) “Syn - / type”; (2) “12.II.11 / Caia / Zambesi / Dhawar / H. Swale. ”; (3) “Pres. by / Impl. Bureau Ent. / 1915 - 164”; (4) “ Physo. / fascipennis / Brun. Type ♂ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (5) “BMNH(E)# / 249047”; coll. NHML .

1♀ syntype of Physocephala fascipennis Brunetti, 1925 : (1) “Syn - / type”; (2) “ Nyasaland / Cholo / R. C. Wood ”; (3) “Pres. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1924 - 306”; (4) “ Physo. / fascipennis / Brun. Type ♀ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (5) “BMNH(E)# / 249048”; coll. NHML .

Additional material. BENIN: 1♀, vi.2002, Pénéssou- lou, forest area [09°15’58.26″N 01°33’04.81″E], leg. G. Goergen, coll. IITA; 1♂, 28.i.2018, Togbota, leg. G. Go- ergen, coll. IITA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CON- GO: 1♂, iv.1913, Congo da Lemba, det. as P. fascipennis by Brunetti 1925, leg. R. Mayné, coll. MRAC; 1♂, 1942, Bas-Congo, Mayidi, leg. P. Van Eyen, coll. ISNB; 1♀, 1945, ditto; ETHIOPIA: 1♀, iii.1969, Bahir Dar, leg. Schäuffele, coll. SMNS; 2♂♂, 30.–31.v.2015, Sof Umer [6°54′N 40°51′E], 1200 m, leg. J. Halada, coll. CULSP; KENYA: 1♂, xi.1948, Garissa-Bura, Tana River, det. as D. abdominalis by Camras 1999, leg. van Someren, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922084]; 1♂, 12.x.1998, Morigat, leg. F. Kaplan, A. Freidberg, coll. TAUI; 1♀, 12.–26.ii.2005, Nyanza Province, Ungoye Field Station [0°36.91′S 34°05.52′E], 1147 m, leg. R. Copeland, coll. NMKE; MALAWI: 1♂, 11.v.1916, Nyasaland, Ruo Val- ley, 1000–2000 ft, des. as syntype of P. fascipennis , leg. R. C. Wood, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922076]; MO- ZAMBIQUE: 1♀, 19.–30.iv.2015, Sofala pr., Gorongosa Park, small lake [18°56′39″E 34°26′35″E], 30 m, Mal- aise trap, leg. M. Hauser, A. Rung, coll. PMHA; SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂, i.2000, Mondl Forest, Hilton, KZN, leg. Lyawb, coll. PMHA; 1 specimen, i.–iii.1927, Natal, Weenen, det. as D. abdominalis by Kröber 1930, leg. H. P. Thommaset, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922090]; 1♀, xii.1923, Natal, Weenen, det. as D. fascipennis by Brunetti 1924, leg. H. P. Thommaset, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922093]; 1 specimen, 2.x.1915, Umbilo, Durban, Natal, des. as syntype of P. fascipennis , [col- lector unknown], coll. NHML [NHMUK010922077]; 1♂, iv.1955, Cape Province, Grahamstown, det. as D. fascipennis by Smith 1957, leg. Allison, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922088]; 1♂, 26.xi.1958, Cape Province, Grahamstown, leg. C. Jacot-Guillarmod, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 2.xii.1958, ditto; 1♀, 17.xi.1961, Cape Province, Grahamstown, leg. E. McC Callan, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 19.xii.1971, Cape Province, Grahamstown, det. as D. abdominalis by Camras 2000, leg. D. J. Greathead, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922085]; 1♀, 26.ii.1987, Cape Province, Grahamstown, leg. P. E. Hulley, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 7.vii.2002, Cape Province, Grahamstown [33.17°S 26.31°E], leg. H. V. Lewis, coll. AMGS; 1♀, 15.ix.2006, Cape Province, Grahamstown [33°23′S 26°29′E], leg. A. McClure, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 4.iv.1981, Cape Province, Grahamstown [33°19′S 26°31′E], leg. G. T. Lloyd, coll. AMGS; 1♀, 10.iii.1981, Cape Province, Grahamstown, 200 Dept. window [33.19S 26.32E], leg. E. Nieman, coll. AMGS; 2♂♂, 22.i.1970, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Belmont Valley, on flowering Foeniculum vulgare Mill. , leg. F. W. Gess, coll. AMGS; 2♂♂, 23.i.1970, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Belmont Valley, on flowering Foeniculum vulgare Mill. , leg. F. W. Gess, coll. AMGS; 2♂♂, 26.i.1970, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Belmont Valley, on flowering Foeniculum vulgare Mill. , leg. F. W. Gess, coll. AMGS; 1♂ 1♀, 25.i.1972, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Belmont Valley, leg. F. W. Gess, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 6.i.1977, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Hil- ton [-33.310629 26.525595], on Acacia karroo flowers, leg. D. W. Gees, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 2.xii.1979, Cape Prov- ince, Grahamstown, Hilton [-33.310629 26.525595], leg. F. W. Gees, S. K. Gees, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 6.–14.i.1972, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Howison´s l′oort, leg. F. W. Gess, coll. AMGS; 1♀, 19.–22.xi-1971, ditto; 1♂, 8.–9.iv.1979, Cape Province, Salt Vlei, Port Alfred, leg. A. E. Mel. Collan, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 19.xi.1999, East- ern Cape Province, 37 km nw of Steytlerville [33°11′S 24°10′E], 695 m, leg. M. Hauser, coll. PMHA; 1♂, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as D. abdominalis by Kröber 1938, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922087]; 1♂, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as D. abdominalis by Kröber 1938, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922089]; 1♀, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as D. abdominalis by Kröber 1938, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922092]; 1♀, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as D. abdominalis by Kröber 1938, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922094]; 1♂, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as P. platycephala by Kröber, 1938, det. as P. rufitarsis by Camras 2000, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922157]; 1♂, 26.ix.2010, Free State Province, Bloemfontein, 10 Jan Venter Street [29°06′12″S 26°08′42″E], leg. R. J. Nuttall, coll. BMSA; 1♀, 26.ix.2010, Free State Prov- ince, Bloemfontein, 10 Jan Venter Street [29°06′12″S 26°08′42″E], on window, leg. R. J. Nuttall, coll. BMSA; 1♂, xii.2009, Free State Province, Bloemfontein, Nation- al Museum Library [29°6′54.35″S 26°13′9.72″E], leg. L. Coetzee, coll. BMSA; 1♀, 13.xii.2012, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Pietermaritzburg, Kwela Lodge, 940 m, leg. B. Lechner, coll. PASS; 1♂, 22.–25.xi.2003, Mpumalanga Province, 30 km ne Lydenbrug near Ohrig, leg. J. Hala- da, coll. CULSP; 1♀, no date, Natal Province, Howick, des. as syntype of P. fascipennis , leg. J. P. Gregor, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922078]; 1♂, 14.i.1953, Natal Province, St. Michaele, det. as D. fascipennis by Smith 1957, on flowers of Scutia myrtina , leg. E. McC Callan, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922086]; 1♂, 28.iv.2002, Western Cape Province, Nature Valley, 33 23 DC, leg. L. de Wet, coll. AMGS; TANZANIA: 1♂, 10.v.1956, Old Shinyanga, Block 9, det. as P. caenoneura by Emden 1950, leg. E. Burtt., coll. NHML [NHMUK010922143]; ZIMBABWE: 1♀, 13.iii.1936, Salisbury [= Hara- re] [17.84 31.05], leg. W. L. Williams, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922091]; 1♂, 24.vii.1958, Salisbury [= Harare] [17.84 31.05], leg. A. D. Graham, coll. AMGS; 1♀, ii.1987, Zambesi Valley, Rekometjie [16°10′S 29°25′E], leg. S. Gussmann, coll. ZFMK; UNKNOWN LOCATION: 1♀, 27.xii.1937, [characters illegible], det. as D. abdominalis by Kröber 1938, leg. A. I. Bevis, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922095].

Figures

Figs 1–5. Physocephala abdominalis (Kröber, 1915). 1. Wing, dorsal view (♂, Belmont Valley); 2. Tip of ♂ abdomen, lateral view (♂, Belmont Valley); 3. Spoon-shaped structure of ♀ postabdomen (♀, Zambesi Valley); 4. Epandrium, dorsal view (♂, Graham- stown); 5. Postabdomen, lateral view (♂, Grahamstown). ce = cercus; dp = distiphallus; ep = epandrium; pa = phallapodeme; hya = hypandrial arm; psh – phallus sheath.