Euconops bellus Kröber, 1915

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 : 335-336

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scientific name	Euconops bellus Kröber, 1915
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Euconops bellus Kröber, 1915 View in CoL

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Material examined: South Africa: Western Cape: 1♂, Nieuwoudtville area [31°22'S 19°06'E], Calvinia district , 14.x.1964, B. & P. Stuckenberg, det. as E. bellus by Smith 1966 ( NHML NHMUK010922081 About NHMUK ) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Gamkaskloof (Die Hel) [33°21.808'S 21°37.650'E], Malaise trap, Karoo and valley, Acacia woodland, 16–18.x.2012, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( BMSA) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 1♀, Matjiesfontein [33°13'51"S 20°34'55"E], 22 –23.x.1928, R.E. Turner, det. as E. bellus by KrÖber 1938 ( NHML NHMUK010922082 About NHMUK , NHMUK010922083 About NHMUK ) GoogleMaps ; 2♂, West coast National Park, Duinepos [33°11.660'S 18°08.305'E], 0 m, Malaise trap, costal fynbos, 22–23.x.2012, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( BMSA) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: E. bellus is endemic to South African Western Cape Province. A record from Mozambique was published by Camras (1962) and repeated in the catalogue listings of Smith (1980) and Stuke (2017). This record was corrected by Camras (2000).