Physocephala barbata, (Camras, 2001)

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Clements, David K., 2019, New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera) - Part 3: Physocephalini, Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (2), pp. 209-273 : 264

P. barbata ( Camras, 2001)

( Figs 126–130 )

Pseudophysocephala barbata Camras 2001

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂, 10.–22.xii.1930, Cape Province, Somerset East, paratype of P. barbata , det. as P. constricta by Kröber 1938, leg. R. E. Turn- er, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922128]; ZIMBABWE: 2♂♂, 28.x.1965, n Vumba [= Bvumba] [-19.093432 32.740631], paratype of P. barbata , leg. D. Cookson, coll. FMNH.

Physocephala barbata looks like P. hirta but with shorter setulae. Only the female holotype of P. hirta is known whilst only males are known of P. barbata , leading to the suspicion that they may be conspecific. It would be use- ful to find the opposite sex of one or other of these spe- cies to exclude the possibility of sexual dimorphism such as that observed in other species of the pubescens group.

Figures

Figs 126–130. Physocephala barbata (Camras, 2001) (♂, paratype n Vumba). 126. Habitus, lateral view; 127. Middle tibia, dorsal view; 128. Face, anterolateral view; 129. Frons, dorsal view; 130. Arista, lateral view.