Pachylophus inornatus Loew, 1860

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 : 12

Pachylophus inornatus Loew, 1860

( Plate 8 , Figs 36, 37)

Pachylophus inornatus Loew, 1860: 97

Described from South Africa and further recorded from Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zambia.

Material: 1♂, GAMBIA: W. Division , grasses bordering Kotu stream, 22.xi.1993, J.C. Deeming ( NMWC) ; 1♀, Central River Div ., N. Bank, Barrajelli Tenda , on rice, 24.viii.1997, D.J. Mann ( OUM) ; 1♂ 3♀, marsh near Bakau, 9.iv.1977, (X89), M. v. Tschirnhaus ( ZSM) ; 1♂, N. NIGERIA: Funtua, Maska Fish Farm, 15.xi.1970, J . C. Deeming; 1♂, same data but 22.iii.1966 ; 4♂, Bauchi, watered garden, 1–12.iv.1990, J . C. Deeming; 1♂ 2♀ Bauchi, on pond grasses, 1–7.iii.1997, J . C. Deeming; 13♂ 9♀, 10 km. N. of Bauchi, on pond grasses, 5.iii.1997, J . C. Deeming ; 2♂, Zaria, Samaru, 6.ii.1966, J . C. Deeming; 1♀, Samaru , em. 6.ii.1968 ex clump Rhytachne rottboellioides, J.C. Deeming ; 1♂, Mambilla Plateau, Ngel Nyaki , forest edge, 27–29.xii.1989, D.P. Knoop ( NMWC) ; 3♂ 17♀, ETHIOPIA: Between Addis Allem and Djem-Djem, 7000–8000 ft., 20.ix.1926, J . Omer Cooper; 1♂ 1♀, Mulu, above Muger Valley , c. 8000 ft., 18–23.xii.1926, H. Scott ( NHMUK) ; 1♀, Oromo Prov., Zwai , ILRI, 1650m, 21–23.ii.2005, Malaise trap in Pennisetum purpureum, M.R. Wilson ( NMWC) ; 3♂ 8♀, KENYA: Kasarani , 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay ; 1♂, Kisumu, c. 1000m, rice plot in marshland, 27.x.2004, M.R.Wilson (all in NMWC) ; 3♀, 15km NNE of Nanyuki, Kamwaki Farm , 29.iii.1970, (X347) M. von Tschirnhaus ( ZSM) ; 1♀, " RHODESIA ": Victoria Falls 'rain forest' 29–30.iv.1972, BMSAE ; 1♀, ANGOLA: Tundavala, 9 mls. N.W. of Sa da Bandeira , 23.ii.1972, BMSAE (all in NHMUK) ; 1♂, NAMIBIA: Kavango, Gelukkie , Kavango bank, 1.iii.1992 ( HUB) .

Figures

PLATE 8. Figs 32–37. Pachylophus spp. 32, P. beckeri Curran, frons; 33, same habitus; 34, P. halteratus Becker, frons; 35, same, habitus; 36, P. inornatus Loew, frons; 37, same, habitus.