Austrozele nigricornis (W ALKER, 1871)

Phylax? nigricornis sp.n.: WALKER 1871: 5 (description ♀, Harkeko).

Zele nigricornis (WALKER, 1871): MARSHALL 1894: 246 (taxonomy, not seen, French translation of original description).

Zele nigricornis (WALKER, 1871): DALLA TORRE 1898: 78 (world catalogue: Arabia = Eritrea).

Zele nigricornis (WALKER, 1871): SZÉPLIGETI 1905: 149 (world catalogue: Arabia and Egypt = Eritrea).

Phylax nigricornis WALKER, 1871: INNES BEY 1911: 108 (Harkeko, catalogue Lord Collection, Cairo).

Zele nigricornis (WALKER, 1871): BRUES 1926: 398 (catalogue Afrotropical region: Egypt and Arabia = Eritrea).

Zele nigricornis (WALKER, 1871): NIXON 1938: 422 (taxonomy, type not in British Museum).

Zele nigricornis (WALKER, 1871): SHENEFELT 1970a: 225 (taxonomy, world catalogue).

Phylax nigricornis WALKER, 1871: ACHTERBERG 1979: 385 (taxonomy (belongs to Austrozele, probably a synonym of Austrozele longipes, not seen).

D i s t r i b u t i o n:Harkeko.

Zele nigricornis is recorded only from Eritrea. The type, which could be conserved in the collection of the Ministery of Agriculture in Cairo, Egypt (INNES BEY 1911), should be checked.