Conops (Asiconops) rugifrons Karsch, 1888

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 : 303-304

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Conops (Asiconops) rugifrons Karsch, 1888 View in CoL

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Conops rugifrons Karsch, 1888: 381 View in CoL .

Conops obscurus Brunetti, 1925: 106 View in CoL .

Conops camaronensis Kröber, 1939: 380 View in CoL , n. syn.

Holotype of Conops rugifrons Karsch, 1988 (examined): ♂ bearing following labels: (1) “Type”; (2) “Usambara / C. W. Schmidt / Febr–März 86”; (3) “ Conops / rugifrons N.” ( ZMHB).

Syntype of Conops obscurus Brunetti, 1925 (examined): ♂ bearing following labels: (1) “ Syn- / type”; (2) “Umbilo / 28.3.15”; (3) “Durb / Mus”; (4) “ S. Africa ”; (5) “Pres. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1924-306.”; (6) “ Conops / obscurus / Brun Type ♂ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (7) “BMNH(E)# / 249015” ( NHML) .

Syntype of Conops obscurus Brunetti, 1925 (examined): ♀ bearing following labels: (1) “ Syn- / type”; (2) “Durban / (F. Muir)”; (3) “Recd. in exch. / fr. / Dr. Hugh Scott. / 1924.279.”; (4) “ Conops / obscurus / Brun Type ♀ / Det. E. Brunetti 1924”; (5) “BMNH(E)# / 249014” ( NHML) .

Syntype of Conops camaronensis KrÖber, 1939 (examined): ♂ bearing following labels: (1) “Type”; (2) “S. O. Kamerun / Uam-Gebiet / G. Tessmann S.G. / 29.6.14 [written perpendicularly]”; (3) “Typus”; (4) “ Conops camarunensis [sic!] / Krb. / det. KrÖber 1938” ( ZMHB) .

Syntype of Conops camaronensis KrÖber, 1939 (examined): ♀ bearing following labels: (1) “Type”; (2) “S. O. Kamerun / Uam-Gebiet / G. Tessmann S.G. / 29.6.14 [written perpendicularly] / bei Bosum [written perpendicularly]”; (3) “Typus”; (4) “ Conops camarunensis [sic!] / Krb. / det. Kröber 1938” ( ZMHB) .

Material examined: Central African Republic: 1 specimen, Uamgebiet, Bosum [probably Bozoum; 6°19'N 16°22'E], 30.iv.1914, G. Tessmann, det. as C. rugifrons by Camras 2000 ( ZMHB) GoogleMaps ; 2♂, 95 km SW Sibut [5°12'N 18°25'E], 24.v.2009, J. Halada ( CULSP) GoogleMaps . Democratic Republic of Congo: 1♂, Akam , Mission H. De Saeger, 23.vi.1950, G. Demoulin ( MRAC) . Kenya: 1 specimen, Kilifi (J.), x.1948, van Someren, det. as C. rugifrons by Camras ( NHML NHMUK010922047 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Kilifi (J.), x.1948, van Someren, det. as C. rugifrons by KrÖber 1931 ( NHML NHMUK010922045 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Kwall Forest , 20 mi W of Mombasa, 1.vi.1948, M. Steele, det. as C. rugifrons by Camras 1962 ( NHML NHMUK010922046 About NHMUK ) ; 1♀, Western Province, Kakamega Forest , sweep net [0°14.13'N 34°51.87'E], sweep net, 14.x.1999, R. Copeland ( NMKE) GoogleMaps . Namibia: 1♂, 25 km SE Tsumeb , 15.i.1993, M. Schwarz ( PMHA) . South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: 1♀, Durban, Umbilo [29°53'S 30°59'E], iv.1926, A.I. Bevis, det.as C. rugifrons by KrÖber 1931 ( NHML NHMUK010922048 About NHMUK ) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, same but 12.x.1919, A.I. Bevis, det. as C. rugifrons by KrÖber 1931 ( NHML NHMUK010922044 About NHMUK ) ; 1♂, Stanger [=KwaDukuza; 29°22'S 31°16'E], 14.iii.1963, H.N. Empey ( PMHA) GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Ndumo Game Reserve, W Nyamiti pan [26.0°S 32.264°E], 95 m, Malaise trap, 27.xi–3.xii.2014, P.H. Kerr, S.L. Winterton ( PMHA) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, St. Lucia, Fanies Island [28°06'S 32°27'E], 21–25.vii.1981, A.J. Weaving ( AMGS) GoogleMaps .