Physocephala constricta Kröber 1915

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 : 247-248

Physocephala constricta Kröber 1915

= Physocephala ruficoxa Kröber, 1933

( Figs 76–83 )

Primary type material examined. ♀ lectotype of Physocephala constricta Kröber 1915 designated by Camras (2001): (1) “3053”; (2) “Type”; (3) “ Physocephala ♀ / constricta Krb. / O. Kröber det. 1914”; coll. ZMHB.

♂ holotype of Physocephala ruficoxa Kröber 1933 : (1) “Holo - / type”; (2) “Lady Grey / 3 Feb. 1925. / R. I. Nel ”; (3) “Pres. By / Imp. Inst. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1932- 143”; (4) “ Physocephala / ruficoxa Kröb / det. Kröber 1930”; (5) “Type”; (6) “ Pseudophysocephala / constricta Kröber / compared to type / det. Camras, 2000”; coll. NHML .

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Additional material. LESOTHO: 1♂, 13.xi.1949, Mamathes [-29.136617 27.845796], leg. C. Jacot-Guil- larmod, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 7.xi.1951, Mamathes [-29.136617 27.845796], leg. A. Jacot-Guillarmod, coll. AMGS; 2♂♂, 3.ii.1952, Mamathes [-29.136617 27.845796], leg. C. Jacot-Guillarmod, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 11.ii.1952, ditto; 1♂, 23.xi.1952, ditto; 1♂, 15.iii.1951, Quthing, det. as P. spec., interrupta group by Smith 1966, leg. Brink, Rudebeck, coll. MZLU; 1♂, 12.iii.1951, Se- balabala, leg. C. Jacot-Guillarmod, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 8.–14.i.1963, Maseru district, Bushmans Pass, Maloti Mountains, 2125–2250 m, det. as P. lineifrons by Cam- ras 1963, leg. B. R. Stuckenberg, P. J. Stuckenberg, coll. FMNH; SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂, “3053” [? Cape], paralectotype of P. constricta , leg., coll. ZMHB; 1♀, iii.1959, Cathedral Peak, Forestry reserve, Natal Drak- ensberg Little Berg summits, themeda Grassland, 5500– 6000 ft, det. as P. constricta by Camras 1962, leg. B. R. Stuckenberg, P. J. Stuckenberg, coll. PJHS; 1♂, 10.–12. xi.2009, Cape Province, Harrismith Scotland farm [27°58′59.5″S 29°37′09.8″E], Malaise trap, dense Leucosedea dominated scrub, leg. A. H. Kirk-Spriggs, coll. BMSA; 1♂, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Kat- berg, det. as P. constricta by Kröber 1938, det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922174]; 1♂, 1.-10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as P. constricta by Kröber 1938, det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922175]; 1♂, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as P. constricta by Kröber 1938, det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922177]; 1♂, 1.–10.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as P. constricta by Kröber 1938, det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922178]; 1♀, 19.–26.ii.1933, Eastern Cape Province, Katberg, det. as P. ruficoxa by Kröber 1938; det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. R. E. Turner, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922173]; 1♂, 6.i.1925, East- ern Cape Province, Lady Grey, paratype of P. ruficoxa , leg. R. I. Nel, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922180]; 1♂, 26.i.1960, Eastern Cape Province, Molteno, leg. M. D. Anderson, coll. AMGS; 1♂, 4.–5.ii.1992, Eastern Cape Province, Rhode, village area [30°48′S 27°58′E], 1820 m, det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. Natal Muse- um Expedition, coll. FMNH; 1♂, 22.i.1965, Free State Province, Senekal, leg. D. J. Brother, coll. AMGS; 1♂ 1♀, 12.ii.2016, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Garden Castle N. R., Sleeping Bea [29°44′56′S 29°10′35″E], 2190 m, leg. RSA-team Ståhls, coll. PASS; 1♂, 4.xii.2012, Kwa- Zulu-Natal Province, Royal Natal National Park, day visitor Ca [28°41′25.4″S 28°56′53.9″E], 1410 m, Para- type, leg. A. Ssymank, coll. PASS; 1♀, 20.–21.xi.2003, Mpumalanga Province, 20 km sw Lydenbrug, leg. J. Halada, coll. CULSP; 1♂, iii.1933, Natal Province, Na- tal, Nationalpark, det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. J. Ogilvie, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922179]; 1♂, 13.iv.1963, Northwest Reg., Retiefs Kloof, Rustenburg, leg. H. N. Empey, coll. PMHA; UNKNOWN LOCA- TION: 1♂ ,, “3054”, det. as P. platycephala by Kröber 1914, wrongly labelled as allotype of P. platycephala , leg., coll. ZMHB; 2♀♀ ,, “AcP 5470”, leg., coll. NHML; 1♀, no date, “AcP 5470”, [collector unknown], coll. NHML; 1♂, 13.xi.1954, [characters illegible], det. as P. constricta by Camras 2000, leg. K. G. V. Smith, coll. NHML [NHMUK010922176].

Females of P. constricta are easily identified by the unique shape of the abdomen and theca as described in Key 6 ( Figs 76, 77 ). Males are extremely difficult to di- agnose, however, and can be confused with members of the abdominalis , microvena , caenoneura and antiqua species-groups. Males of P. constricta should be compared very carefully, bearing in mind that not all speci- mens can be reliably assigned to species.

Figures

Figs 76–83. Physocephala constricta Kröber, 1915. 76. ♀ abdomen, dorsal view (♀, Cathedral peak); 77. Tip of ♀ abdomen, lateral view (♀, Cathedral peak); 78. ♂ abdomen, dorsal view (♂, Harrismith Scotland farm); 79. Arista, lateral view (♂, Harrismith Scot- land farm); 80. Indentation on posterior margin of eye, lateral view (♀, Cathedral peak); 81. Scutum, dorsal view (♂, Harrismith Scotland farm); 82. Epandrium, dorsal view (♂, Mamathes); 83. Wing, ventral view (♀, Cathedral peak).