Pachylophus minimus Becker, 1914

Deeming, John C., 2018, A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera, Zootaxa 4482 (1), pp. 1-51 : 15

Pachylophus minimus Becker, 1914

( Plate 2 , Figs 10, 11; plate 11, Figs 50, 51)

Pachylophus minimus Becker, 1914: 129

Described from Tanzania and further recorded from Kenya.

Material: 7♂ 2♀, NIGERIA: Mambilla Plateau, Ngel Nyaki , forest edge, 27–29.xii.1989, D.P. Knoop; 2♂ 3♀, Ngel Nyaki, edge of montane forest, c . 5500 ft., 28.xi–3.xii.1968, J.C. Deeming; 2♂ 3♀, KENYA: Kasarani, 10– 11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay (all in NMWC); 3♀, Cherangani Hills, Kapcherop, 2.xi.1983, I. Yarom ( TAU); 1♀, 15km NNE of Nanyuki, Kamwaki Farm , 0°08'N 37°10'E, 9.iii.1970, (X345), M. v. Tschirnhaus ( ZSM).

Figures

PLATE 2. Figs 4, 5, Pachylophus aristalis sp. n.; 4, antenna in profile; 5, pedicel from above. Figs 6, 7, Pachylophus varipes Adams; 6, antenna in profile; 7, pedicel. Figs 8, 9, Pachylophus flavipes (Lamb); 8, antenna in profile; 9, pedicel from above. Figs 10, 11, Pachylopus minimus Becker; 10, antenna in profile; 11, pedicel from above.