Somatiosoma hirtiscutellatum ( Lamb, 1914 ), 2009

Ebejer, Martin J., 2009, A revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (excluding Gymnochiromyia Hendel) (Diptera: Schizophora), with the recognition of two subfamilies and the description of new genera, African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 321-321 : 375

Somatiosoma hirtiscutellatum ( Lamb, 1914) , comb. n.

Chiromyia hirtiscutellata: Lamb 1914: 355 .

Lamb wrote that he had two males. The holotype (BMNH) is a female, but I was unable to recognize any external characters that would allow me to assign any of the new species to hirtiscutellatum . The paratype (CUMZ), on the other hand, is a headless male of a different species and it fits well the current concept of nitescens Frey , for which a diagnosis is given below. Therefore, for the time being, the species hirtiscutellatum is known only from the holotype.

Diagnosis: Orange-yellow species with deeper yellow scutal stripes: scut without crossed apicals, but with discals and additional marginals, scutal setulae in 10 rows between dc lines; mtn dark on sides with middle two thirds yellow; all abdominal tg with brown bands. Postabdomen not dissected and no external distinguishing features noted.

Distribution: Seychelles.