Coenosia flagelliseta Muller, 2019, 2022

Muller, Burgert S. & Midgley, John M., 2022, How strange: Coenosia curiosa sp. nov. (Diptera: Muscidae), the first recorded Tiger fly from Lesotho, with revision of the Coenosia globuliseta-group, Zootaxa 5222 (4), pp. 367-377 : 375

Coenosia flagelliseta Muller, 2019

( Figs 11–13 , 21 , 26, 27 )

Coenosia flagelliseta Muller, 2019: 241 , figs 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15–19, 26, 29, 30.

Material Examined. Holotype Ô South Africa: Mpumalanga: Mariepskop State Forest, Radar station road at: 24.5466°S, 30.8646°E, 26–28.i.2017, 1 885 m [a.s.l.], Kirk-Spriggs & Muller, Malaise trap over ravine, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos ; Holotype Ô Coenosia flagelliseta sp. nov., B.S. Muller 2019; BMSA (D)02271; BMSA type no. 317. Micro-pinned specimen. Specimen deposited in the National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa . Paratype ♀ Same data as for Holotype . Paratype ♀ Coenosia flagelliseta sp. nov.; B.S. Muller 2019; BMSA (D)02273; BMSA type no. 318. Micro-pinned specimen, genitalia dissected, stored together with abdomen in vial under specimen. Specimen deposited in the National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa .

Diagnosis. Males can easily be distinguished from other known species of Coenosia by the whip-like setae and setulae on the thorax and legs. The females have a supramedian posterior seta on the mid tibia, which is absent in the female of C. curiosa , the only other known globuliseta -group species with the female described.

Correction. The original BMSA type numbers 306 and 307 assigned to the holotype (BMSA(D)02271, and female paratype (BMSA(D)02273) respectively in Muller (2019) were incorrectly assigned due to an administrative error and were already preoccupied by other specimens in the National Museum, Bloemfontein collection. The new correct numbers are included in the material examined citation above for future reference.Also, the female paratype is also incorrectly referred to as an Allotype under the measurement section in Muller (2019).

Distribution. South Africa (Mpumalanga).

Figures

FIGURES 8–19. Coenosia spp. Ô, terminalia: C. curiosa sp. nov.: (8) sternite 5; (9) cercal plate; (10) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. C. flagelliseta: (11) sternite 5; (12) cercal plate; (13) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. C. macrotriseta: (14) sternite 5; (15) cercal plate; (16) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. C. globuliseta: (17) sternite 5; (18) cercal plate; (19) surstylus and cercal plate, lateral view. Figs 11–19 modified from Muller (2019), figs 17–25 under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).

FIGURES 20–23. Coenosia spp. Ô, phallic complex: (20) C. curiosa sp. nov.; (21) C. flagelliseta; (22) C. globuliseta; (23) C. macrotriseta. Figs 21–23 modified from Muller (2019), figs 26–28 under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).

FIGURES 24–27. Coenosia spp. ♀, ovipositor: C. curiosa sp. nov (24) dorsal view; (25) ventral view. C. flagelliseta (26) dorsal view; (27) ventral view. Figs 26, 27 modified from Muller (2019), figs 29, 30 under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0).