Phaenobezzia spekei (Macfie, 1939)

Nilobezzia spekei Macfie, 1939: 101 (♀, description, Uganda).

Phaenobezzia spekei – Boorman & van Harten 2002: 459 (♀ and ♂ recorded, diagnosis of ♀, Yemen).

Diagnosis

Scutum dark brown, scutellum paler, with 8 bristles. Fore leg yellow; tibia darker towards tip; tarsomeres 3–5 dark; mid leg similarly colored but tarsus darker; hind leg with yellow femur, dark tibia and tarsus with bristles. Female fifth tarsomeres with 3–4 pairs of sharp, black, spine-like setae with bent tips; 2

large seminal capsules with long necks (Boorman & van Harten 2002). Boorman & van Harten (2002) reported males from Yemen, but they were not diagnosed or illustrated.

Distribution

Uganda, Yemen.