Conops (Asiconops) argentispatium Brunetti, 1929

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 : 298-299

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Conops (Asiconops) argentispatium Brunetti, 1929 View in CoL

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Conops argentispatium Brunetti, 1929: 17 View in CoL .

Conops nigeriensis Camras, 1962: 211 View in CoL , n. syn.

Conops congoensis Camras, 1962: 217 View in CoL , n. syn. Holotype of Conops argentispatium Brunetti, 1929 View in CoL (examined): ♂ bearing following labels: (1) “ Holotype ”; (2) “ Entebbe / Uganda / 29.v.1912 / 4045. C.C. Gowdey ”; (3) “Press. by / Imp. Bur. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1929—48.”; (4) “ C. argenti - / spatium / W Typ ♂ ”; (5) “BMNH(E)# / 248981” (NHML).

Material examined: Democratic Republic of Congo: 1♂ [allotype of C. congoensis Camras ], Bambesa, ii.1934, H.J. Brédo ( MRAC) . Uganda: 1♀, W Katunguru, in front of Lake Nabugabo , meadow [0°21'07.5"S 31°52'41.0"E], 1000 m, 29.iii.2012, J. Oehlke ( PASS) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Contrary to the information given in Stuke (2017) the female holotype of C. congoensis is in fact deposited in the Cornell University Insect Collection (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA), as described by Camras (1962). The original description and the paratype of C. congoensis fit the concept of C. argentispatium and therefore C. congoensis Camras, 1962 is placed as a junior synonym of C. argentispatium Brunetti, 1929 (n. syn.).

There is no obvious difference between the original description of C. nigeriensis and the material of C. argentispatium . Camras (1962) compares C. nigeriensis only with C. simplex and did not even mention the similarity of C. nigeriensis with C. congoensis or C. argentispatium . I therefore propose to treat Conops nigeriensis Camras, 1962 as a junior synonym of C. argentispatium Brunetti, 1929 (n. syn.).