Macroetra angola, 1994

Londt, Jason G. H., 1994, Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 25. A key to the genera of the subfamily Stenopogoninae with new synonymy and descriptions of six new genera, ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 35, pp. 71-96 : 84

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8360701

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8345138

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C77156-8B37-AF3C-1A79-90A0FD6BF97B

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scientific name

Macroetra angola
status

sp. nov.

angola sp. n. View in CoL

Antennal style situated terminally; tarsomere 1 greatly swollen and large, ca. equal in length to all other tarsomeres combined ( Fig. 32 View Figs 29-32 ); ♂ genitalia as in Figs 33-36 View Figs 33-42 ................................................................................................

Material ( NMSA - Type 1103): ANGOLA: 7 ♂ (HT & PT) GoogleMaps 1 ♀ ( PT): ' Angola: 5 km e. 1 Capangombe 15°05'S / 17-20.x.1974 13° 10'E / Malaise trap'. GoogleMaps

Etymology: from Angola.

Gallery Image

Figs 29-32. Macroetra gen. n., d. 29-31. M. damara sp. n. Head and wing - paratype (54 km S Khorixas). 29. Head. 30. Antenna. 31. Wing. 32. M. angola sp. n. paratype d (Capangombo) Leg. Scale lines = 1 mm.

Gallery Image

Figs 33-42. Macroefra gen. n., cJ genitalia. 33-36. M. angola sp. n. paratype (Capangombo). 33. Lateral. 34. Dorsal. 35. Ventral. 36. Detail of hypandrium, full view. 37-39. M. cera sp. n. paratype (45 km W Seeheim). 37. Lateral. 38. Dorsal. 39. Ventral. 40-42. M. damara sp. n. paratype cJ (IS km W Usakos). 40. Lateral. 41. Dorsal. 42. Ventral. Scale lines = 1 mm.

NMSA

South Africa, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

SubFamily

Stenopogoninae

Genus

Macroetra