Schedophysoconops longicornis ( Kröber, 1915 ), Stuke, 2019

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2019, New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Conopidae). Part 2: Conopinae excluding Physocephalini, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (2), pp. 277-349 : 342-343

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scientific name	Schedophysoconops longicornis ( Kröber, 1915 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Schedophysoconops longicornis ( Kröber, 1915) , n. comb.

( Figs 125–130)

Physocephala longicornis Kröber, 1915 a: 95 View in CoL .

Physoconops longicornis ( Kröber, 1915) : Camras 2001: 207.

Conops rhodesiensis Brunetti, 1925: 111 View in CoL : Camras 2001: 207.

Physoconops tetraspilotus Camras, 1962: 218 View in CoL ; Camras 2000: 228.

Physoconops notatifrons Camras, 1962: 219 View in CoL , n. syn.

Holotype of Physocephala longicornis KrÖber, 1915 (examined): ♂ bearing following labels: (1) “ Daressalaam, / D. O. Afr. Ertl ”; (2) “Type”; (3) “ Physocephala ♂ / longicornis Kröb. / O. Kröber det. 1914”; (4) “ J. Skevington / specimen # / 45421” ( NMW).

Holotype of Conops rhodesiensis Brunetti, 1925 (examined): ♀ bearing following labels: (1) “ Rusapi / S. Rhodesia / 19.12.1920 / Rhodesia Museum”; (2) “Press. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1924 - 306”; (3) “ Conops / rhodesiensis / Brun. / Type ♀ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (4) “ Physoconops / rhodesiensis / Brunetti / det. Camras 1999”; (5) “BMNH(E)# /248957” ( NHML).

Holotype of Physoconops tetraspilotus Camras, 1962 (examined): ♀ bearing following labels: (1) “ ♀ / Holotypus ”; (2) “ Coll. Mus. Congo / Kivu: Uviara / 24–28/XII-1952 / P. Basilewsky ”; (3) “ Holotype ♀ / Physoconops / tetraspilotus / Camras”; (4) “RMCA ENT / 000012175” ( MRAC).

Material examined: Central African Republic: 1♀, la Maboké ( Mbaiki ) [3.866°N 17.983°E], 25.x.1972, N’Gombé-Docko ( ISNB) GoogleMaps . Kenya: 1♀, Rabai [3°57'S 39°34'E], viii.1930, van Someren, det. as P. longicornis by Camras 2000 ( NHML NHMUK010922127 About NHMUK ) GoogleMaps . Mozambique: 1♂, Lourenço Marques [= Maputo; 25°57'S 32°33'E], i–iii.1914, H.A. Junod, des. as allotype of Physoconops tetraspilotus ( NHML NHMUK010922125 About NHMUK ) GoogleMaps ; South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: 1♂, Monk’s Cowl Road , fern forest [29°00'14"S 29°24'59"E], 1298 m, 20.ii.2016, RSA-team Ståhls ( PASS) GoogleMaps . Zambia: 1♂, 50 km W Chingola [12.458°S 27.809°E], 9–11.xii.2002, J. Halada ( CULSP) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Camras (2001) investigated the holotype of Physocephala longicornis Kröber, 1915 , introduced the new generic combination Physoconops longicornis and placed Conops rhodesiensis Brunetti, 1925 as a junior synonym of that species. Gibson and Skevington (2013) transferred Physoconops rhodesiensis incorrectly to Caenoconops , without stating on which material or on what new characters their conclusion was based. According to the characters in Key 2, Conops rhodesiensis Brunetti, 1925 belongs to the same genus as does Physocephala longicornis , that is Schedophysoconops , and is treated here as a junior synonym of the latter species. Physoconops notatifrons Camras, 1962 is also herewith placed as a junior synonym of Schedophysoconops longicornis ( Kröber, 1915) (n. syn.).

I also concur with Camras (2000), who correctly synonymised Physoconops tetraspilotus with Conops rhodesiensis Brunetti, 1925 .