Leptocera nigra OLIVIER, 1813

Papp, L., 2012, A Review Of The Afrotropical Species Of Leptocera Olivier (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (3), pp. 225-258 : 249-251

Leptocera nigra OLIVIER, 1813

Leptocera nigra OLIVIER, 1813: 489 .

For detailed synonymy see ROHÁČEK et al. 2001: 156.

The HNHM has 47 specimens from the Congo, Ethiopia and R.S.A, identified by Dr J. ROHÁČEK (c. 3000 identified specimens from other regions). Additional specimens: Ethiopia: 1 male: Akaki river , Addis Ababa, No. 115., 6. X. 1980., leg. Demeter. Rwanda: 1 male: Kagera Nat. Park , 1988. V. 1., leg. Vojnits.

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There are c. 370 specimens of L. nigra /salatigae in 50 vials of alcohol at the HNHM from the Congo (Brazzaville) and Ghana; most of which have not been dissected and remain unidentified (see also under L. salatigae). ROHÁČEK’ s (1982, 1983) figures on the male and female genitalia provide a sound basis to identify these species. I was unable to find non-genitalic characters that would separate L. nigra from L. salatigae.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions (in details see ROHÁČEK et al., 2001 and MARSHALL et al., 2011).

Limosina (Paracollinella) chambii VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1950: 24 , syn. n.

Material studied: Holotype male ( MRAC): 1) m; 2) [reddish] HOLOTYPUS; 3) Musée du Congo, Parc Albert: “Chumbi XI” – 1933, Dr De Wulf; 4) [reverse, reddish] TYPE; 5) R. DET 5663 ; 6) P. Vanschuytbroeck det., 1950 “ Paracollinella m chambii nsp.”; 7) “ Leptocera (s.str.) chambii (Vansch.) J. ROHÁČEK det. 1982”; 8) [code label of MRAC] RMCA ENT 000016278 . In a rather poor state of preservation: head removed and glued to polyporus block in front of minuten pin, frontal setae rubbed off, upper half of right wing lost, remainder stuck to left wing; fore tarsi (except right basitarsus) and hind legs missing; mesonotal and scutellar setae rubbed off except 2 right basal scutellar setae. Abdomen and genitalia in a small microvial [J. ROHÁČEK] pinned below label 1 ).

Paratypes ( MRAC) : 14 male and 14 female paratypes ( MRAC, all in a very good state of preservation, supplemented now with “m” / “f” signs) : 1 male 2 females: same labels; 1 female: ibid., without “plaine de lave” ; 1 male 1 female: ibid., Kivu, Katana, “Kibati X–1933 ” ; 6 males 6 females (plus 1 male paratype in the HNHM, through an exchange in the 1970ies): ibid., Chumbi XI–1933 ; 1 male 2 females: ibid., Kibati, – 1933 (200 m. dessus gîte) ; 1 female: ibid., P.N. A. –1933, cratère Mugunga ; 1 male: ibid., N. Kivu: Kibati, XI-XII–1963 ; 1 male: ibid., Rutshuru, I–1934 ; 2 males 1 female: ibid., Envir. Mission Rugari (Lulenga), –1933 . 1 female (not conspecific with holotype): PARATYPUS – Musée du Congo, N. Kivu: X–1933, Kibati (plaine de lave) Dr De Wulf – R. DET. 5663 – “ Chaetopodella ? denigrata (Duda) m det. L. Papp 2011”; head lost, in a very poor state of preservation: left wing with part of thorax and left mid and hind legs all lost .

L. chambii was treated as a separate (valid) species formerly, see ROHÁČEK et al (2001). Its synonymy with L. nigra is proposed here.