Exoprosopa glossops, Greathead, 2001
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787BC-FF84-FFCC-FE17-FCA3BDA7BB30 |
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Carolina |
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Exoprosopa glossops |
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sp. nov. |
Exoprosopa glossops View in CoL sp. n.
This species appears to be the West African counterpart of E. erronea and is very similar to it. It diOEers principally in having a relatively long second ¯agellomere and sterna 6±7 with mixed black and white vestiture. From E. selenops it also diOEers in that the epiphallus is not emarginate at the sides.
Description
HOLOTYPE. l DiOEers from E. selenops as follows: head with black hair on frons extending to upper part of facial cone; second ¯agellomere as long as pedicel; no black hairs on pleura; legs without any white scales on femora; black hair at sides of abdomen dense as in E. luteicosta ; sterna 6±7 with mixed black and white vestiture. Male genitalia with epiphallus not emarginate, tongue-like in dorsal view as in E. luteicosta . Length of body, 12 mm; of wing, 11 mm.
Type material
HOLOTYPE, l Nigeria: Potiskum , 30.ix.1975 (G. B. Popov) ( BMNH) . PARATYPES, as holotype, 3m ( BMNH and DJG) .
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