Coenosia ochroprocta (Speiser, 1910)

Couri, Marcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Coenosia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) from Angola: new species and records, Zootaxa 4103 (6), pp. 501-512 : 508

Coenosia ochroprocta (Speiser, 1910)

( Figs 16–18 )

Diagnosis. Frons at narrowest point hardly more than one-third the width of an eye; arista plumose on basal half; scutellum with both pairs of seta present, one basal and one apical; femora brown with grey pollinosity, yellow at tips; tibiae and tarsi yellow; hind tibia without a distinct submedian posterodorsal seta. Sternite 5 “U”shaped ( Fig. 16 ).

Male terminalia. Cercal plate as in Fig. 17 ; surstylus short with spines on posterior margin. Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 18 ; distiphallus long, membranous at apex.

Material examined. ANGOLA: Salazar, I.I.A.A. Farm, 7.iii.1972 / Southern African Exp., B.M.1972-1, 2 males; 8.iii.1972, 2 males, 1 female; A(24), 3mls. N Santa, Comba, 7.iii.1972 / Southern African Exp., B.M.1972- 1, 2 male (1 MNRJ); (A10), R. Curoca, 7 mls, NE P. Alexandre, 25–26.ii. 1972 / Southern African Exp., B.M. 1972-1, 2 males, 2 females (1 MNRJ).

Notes. This species is included in the C. humilis -group and is very easily identified with Emden’s (1940) key.

Geographical distribution. Tanzania, Ethiopia, Angola.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 18. (10 – 12) Coenosia macrochaeta (Emden), male: (10) sternite 5, dorsal view; (11) cercal plate and surstyli, dorsal view; (12) aedeagal complex, lateral view. (13 – 15) Coenosia nodosa Stein, male: (13) sternite 5, dorsal view; (14) cercal plate, dorsal view; (15) aedeagal complex, lateral view. (16 – 18) Coenosia ochroprocta (Speiser), male: (16) sternite 5, dorsal view; (17) cercal plate, dorsal view; (18) aedeagal complex, lateral view.