Conops (Smithiconops) nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925

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 : 329-330

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scientific name	Conops (Smithiconops) nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925
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Conops (Smithiconops) nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925 View in CoL

( Figs 101–103)

Conops nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925: 101 View in CoL .

Conops conwayae Stuke, 2003: 275 View in CoL , n. syn.

Syntype of Conops nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925 View in CoL (examined): ♂ bearing following labels: (1) “ Syn- / type”; (2) “ Mt. Mlanje , / Nyasaland / 7.XII.1917 / S.A. Neave ”; (3) “Press. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1924 - 306”; (4) “ Conops View in CoL / nigritarsis View in CoL / Brun. / Type ♂ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (5) “BMNH(E)# / 248968” ( NHML) .

Syntype of Conops nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925 (examined): ♀ bearing following labels: (1) “ Syn- / type”; (2) “ Mt. Mlanje , / Nyasaland / 20.XI.1917 / S.A. Neave ”; (3) “ Conops / nigritarsis / Brun / Type ♀ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (5) “BMNH(E)# / 248969” ( NHML) .

Material examined: Kenya: 1♀, Rabai , vii.1928, van Someren ( NHML NHMUK013644282 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Sokoke Forest , 23.vii.1965, D.J. Greathead, det. as C. nigritarsis by Smith 1969 ( NHML NHMUK013644277 About NHMUK ) ; 1♀, Coast Province, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest [3°25.21'S 39°53.81'E], sweep net, 21–24.vii.1999, R. Copeland ( NMKE) GoogleMaps . Malawi: 1♀, Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanje [= Mulanje Massif], 3.xii.1912, S.A. Neave, des. as syntype of C. nigritarsis ( NHML NHMUK013644292 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanje [= Mulanje Massif], 17.xii.1912, S.A. Neave, des. as syntype of C. nigritarsis ( NHML NHMUK013644290 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanje [= Mulanje Massif], 23.xii.1912, S.A. Neave, des. as syntype of C. nigritarsis ( NHML NHMUK013644291 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanje [= Mulanje Massif], 23.xii.1912, S.A. Neave, paratype of C. nigritarsis ( NHML NHMUK013644276 About NHMUK ) ; 1♀, Nyasaland, Mt. Mlanje [= Mulanje Massif], 18.i.1913, S.A. Neave, des. as cotype of C. nigritarsis by Brunetti 1924 ( NHML NHMUK013644281 About NHMUK ) . Mozambique: 1♀, Delagoa Bay , 20.iv.1893, collector unknown, det. as C. bipunctatus by KrÖber 1926 ( MLUH) ; 1♀, Delagoa Bay , 25.vii.1907, collector unknown, des. as syntype of C. nigritarsis ( NHML NHMUK013644293 About NHMUK ) ; 1♀, Delagoa Bay , 20.iv.1893, collector unknown, det. as C. bipunctatus by KrÖber 1926 ( MLUH) ; 1♀, Lourenço Marques [= Maputo], iv–vii., H.A. Junod, det. as C. nigritarsis by Camras 1962 ( NHML NHMUK013644279 About NHMUK ) . South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: 1♂, “ Natal ”, no date, collector unknown, des. as syntype of C. nigritarsis ( NHML NHMUK013644289 About NHMUK ) ; 1♀, “ Natal ”, no date, Dr. Martin ( ZFMK) ; 1♀, Durban , no date, collector unknown, det. as C. nigritarsis by Camras 1999 ( NHML NHMUK013644280 About NHMUK ) . Tanzania: 1♂, Zanzibar, Nazi Moja , x–xii.1924, H.J. Snell, det. as C. nigritarsis by Bryant ( NHML NHMUK013644278 About NHMUK ) .

Remarks: This species was misinterpreted by Stuke (2003) and therefore errously redescribed as Conops conwayae Stuke, 2003 (n. syn.). The record from Uganda given by Stuke (2003) for Conops nigritarsis in fact refers to C. guineensis .

In the original description Brunetti mentioned five males and four females but he explicitly designated one male and one female as “Type”. Therefore, only these two specimens, both of which are definitely identified by the collecting dates given in the original description, are listed herewith as syntypes. Other specimens listed above are wrongly labelled as “ paratype ” or “cotype”.