Conops (Asiconops) aureomicans Kröber, 1933

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 : 299

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scientific name	Conops (Asiconops) aureomicans Kröber, 1933
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Conops (Asiconops) aureomicans Kröber, 1933 View in CoL

( Figs 34–37)

Holotype of Conops aureomicans KrÖber, 1933 (examined): ♀ bearing following labels: (1) “ Holo- / type”; (2) “Type”; (3) “ Dr. EN van Someren / Kibwezi W. F. / Dec. 1929 ”; (4) “Pres. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. 1931-480.”; (5) “ Conops ♀ / aureomicans / Krb / det. KrÖber 1931”; (6) “BMNH(E)# / 249018” ( NHML).

Material examined: Namibia: 1♂, 50 km E Outjo [20°02'16"S 15°40'50"E], 1360 m, 18–24.ii.2010, J. Oehlke ( PASS) GoogleMaps ; 3♂, Namibia central, S Okasewa [22°34'53"S 18°11'15"E], 1550 m, 12–17.ii.2010, J. Oehlke ( PASS) GoogleMaps . South Africa: Gauteng: 1♂, Pretoria , 31.xii.1914, G.A.H. Bedfort, det. as C. braunsii by Brunetti 1924 ( NHML NHMUK010922052 About NHMUK ) . Tanzania: 1♂, Njombe, 6000–7000 ft, 16.iii.1952, W. Peters ( NHML) . Zimbabwe: 1♂, Bulawayo, 3.ii.1923, collector unknown ( NHML) ; 1♀, Salisbury [= Harare; 17.84°S 31.05°E], ii.1900, G.A.K. Marshall, det. as C. braunsii by Brunetti 1924 ( NHML NHMUK010922053 About NHMUK ) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Matabeleland, Matobo Hills , iv.1932, J. Ogilvie, det. as C. aureomicans by Camras 1999 ( NHML NHMUK010922050 About NHMUK ) .

Remarks: The specimens from Namibia are obviously paler than the two other specimens reported here, having a completely orange abdomen and only small black markings on scutum. I am, however, convinced that this is merely intraspecific variation.