Physocephala brevipetiola, (Camras, 1962)

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 : 247

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.2.209
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scientific name	Physocephala brevipetiola
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P. brevipetiola (Camras, 1962)

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Pseudophysocephala brevipetiola Camras, 1962

Primary type material examined. ♂ holotype of Pseudophysocephala brevipetiola Camras, 1962 : (1) “ ♂ / Ho- lotypus”; (2) “ Musé du Congo / Eala / III-1932 / H. J. Bredo ”; (3) “ Holotype ♂ / Pseudophysocephala / brevipetiola / Camras”; (4) “RMCA ENT / 000012177”; coll. MRAC .

Additional Material. GABON: 1♂, viii.1892, Libre- ville, determined as a Physocephala nov. spec. by Kröber 1921, [collector unknown], coll. MLUH .

Physocephala brevipetiola is a rarely recorded species. Only the two males mentioned above are known to date. These are obviously well characterised by the unique ab- domen shape, having a very narrow base of the abdomen (“petiole” sensu Camras (1962), cf Fig. 75 View Fig ) which is ob- viously much shorter than remaining bulbous abdomen (“abdominal club” sensu Camras 1962).