Physocephala kroeberi, Stuke & Clements, 2019

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 : 252

P. kroeberi nom. nov.

( Figs 91–93 )

= annulipes ( Kröber 1939) , junior secondary homonym of Conops annulipes Wiedemann in Meigen 1824

Primary type material examined. ♂ holotype of Pseudophysocephala annulipes Kröber 1939 : (1) “ Holo- /

type ”; (2) “ Kinangop / below bamboo / forest 8500 ft ”; (3) “ Kenya: / Aberdare Range / x.1934. / B. M. E. Afr. Exp. / B. M. 1935-203”; (4) “ Pseudophysocephala / annulipes . Krb / examined & det. / O. Kröber 1938”; (5) “ Pseodophysoce / phala annuli - / pes Krb”; (6) [blank red label]; coll. NHML .

Additional material. KENYA: 1♂, 22.ix.1990, Mount Kenya , ≈ 10.000 ft, sweep netting, leg. R. Copeland, coll. IITA ; 1♀, i.–ii.1946, N. W. Mau Forest , 8000–10000ft, det. as P. annulipes by Camras 1962, leg. H. P. Thomma- set, coll. NHML [ NHMUK010922136 ] .

Physocephala kroeberi nom. nov. is a new name for Pseudophysocephala annulipes Kröber 1939 – Kröber (1939): 389; type-locality: “ Kenya, Aberdare Range”; HT ♂ [BMNH] – which is a junior secondary homonym of Conops annulipes Wiedemann in Meigen 1824: 135; type-locality: “Wahrscheinlich aus Oesterreich ”; HT ♂ [depository unknown, Evenhuis 1997] – available, in- valid: junior synonym of Physocephala pusilla (Meigen, 1804) .

Physocephala kroeberi is easily recognised by the dis- tinctive black facial marking ( Fig. 92 ), obvious markings on the femora ( Fig. 91 ), and wing pattern with the dis- cal-medial-cubital crossvein not completely surrounded by brown colouration ( Fig. 93 ). It would be informative to see more material to confirm that this is not merely an extreme variation of P. platycephala or P. microvena , however.

Figures

Figs 91–93. Physocephala kroeberi nom. nov. (♂, Mt. Kenya). 91. Habitus, lateral view; 92. Face, anterior view; 93. Wing, dorsal view.