Archiconops insularis, Krober, 1936

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 : 282-283

Key 1: Species of the Archiconops insularis -group sensu Stuke (2004).

Characters are combined from Stuke (2004, 2005), Camras (2007) and new observations.

1 Claws basally brown; haltere black, only slightly paler basally; tergites 2–3 with broad black medial longitudinal stripe ............................. A. niger Kröber, 1939

– Claws basally white; haltere orange-brown to whitish; only slightly darkened basally; tergites 2–3 with narrow black medial longitudinal stripe...................2

2 Abdomen and scutum only slightly dusted; ♂: protandrium slightly longer than height at its base ......................................................... A. insularis Kröber, 1939

– Abdomen and scutum distinctly dusted; ♂: protandrium shorter than height at its base ........................................................................... A. hova (Janssen, 1954)