Lispe nivalis Wiedemann, 1830

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2021, Lispe (Diptera, Muscidae) of Africa, Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (3), pp. 369-400 : 380-381

Lispe nivalis Wiedemann, 1830

Lispe nivalis Wiedemann, 1830 ( Vikhrev 2012c; Vikhrev 2014: fig. 21; Vikhrev 2020: fig. 29)

Material examined: see Vikhrev (2012c; 2014).

New records: NAMIBIA, Windhoek env., 22.545 ° S 17.255 ° E, 1870 m asl, 28–31 January 2021, N. Vikhrev, 3♂, 1♀ ( ZMUM) .

Distribution. Widespread throughout Africa except for Madagascar where it is replaced by the related L. medvedevi . Also S-W Palaearctic from Iberian to Arabian Peninsulas.

Lispe niveimaculata Stein, 1906

Fig. 44

Lispe sineseta Zielke, 1971 , syn. nov.

Material examined: Syntypes 1♂, 1♀: W. Africa ( TANZANIA), Nyassa-See , Langenburg (= Neu Langenburg = Tukuyu, 9.25 ° S 33.65 ° E) July 1898, S. Fulleborn ( ZMHU) .

CAMEROON, South reg., Sangmelima env. (≈ 2.8 ° N 12.1 ° E), 7 November 1987, F. Kaplan, 1♀ ( TAUI) ;

IVORY COAST, N of Man (7.5 ° N 7.5 ° W), 500–600 m asl, waterfalls, 20 February 1998, C. Kassebeer et Hilger, 2♂♂, 1♀ ( ZMUM) ;

Londana (= Touba, 8.3 ° N 7.7 ° W), 7 July 1890, 1♂ ( DEI) .

KENYA, Rift Valley prov. , Kericho env., 0.33 ° S 35.33 ° E, 25 August 2003, S. Kleynbegr, 2♀ ( TAUI) .

TANZANIA: Tanga (5.1 ° S 39.1 ° E) vicinity, 25 August 2003, L. Friedman, 1♂ ( TAUI) ; 11 km E of Mikumi , 7.356 ° S 37.059 ° E, pond in dry forest: 5–7 December 2015, N. Vikhrev, 1♂, 1♀ ; 24–25 February 2017, N. Vikhrev, 1♂, 1♀ ( ZMUM) .

SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, 1902, F. Muir, 2♂, 1♀ ( ZMHU) .

REDESCRIPTION. Male ( Fig. 44). Body size 6–6.5 mm. Head. Frontal triangle shining black, interfrontalia math black, fronto-orbital plate shining black but grey dusted in frontal third, parafacial yellow, occiput partly subshining. Arista in basal half with hairs 1.5 times longer than antenna width, in apical half bare. Antenna black. Palpi yellow to dirty-brown.

Thorax. Scutum and scutellum black with 2 brownish submedian vittae, pleura grey dusted. Scutum covered with only very short and sparse ground hairs. Dorsocentral 0+1 (however, there is a pair of short strong spines just behind the neck in dc rows). Katepisternal reduced to 0+1; postpronotal setae reduced; meron bare; anepimeron with 8–10 setulae. Wings distinctly brownish. Halters black.

Legs black but trochanters yellow and posterior tibiae from yellow to brown. Fore coxa with spine-like setae: 1–3 in basal half and 2 downward directed ones at apex. f1 with only 2–3 short pv spines at apical half. t1 without or with p setae. Mid coxa on lower edge with outward directed spine. f2 thickened in basal half; with short spinulose setae: 2 a before middle, 1 p in apical third and 1 p at apex. t2 with 2 (1–3) short p setae. f3 with v spine at basal third; ad row consisting of short and sparse spine-like setae. t3 with 1 ad seta. Tarsi unmodified.

Abdomen black with white lateral spots on tergites 3 to 5.

Female differs as follows: body size 6.5– 7.5 mm; setae on legs shorter; f2 with only 1 a seta; f3 without ventral spine at base.

Distribution. An Afrotropical species recorded from Cameroon, Central African Rep. (Dr. Miroslav Bartak, pers. comm.), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Tanzania, S Africa.

Synonymy. The description of L. sineseta ( Zielke 1971a) fits L. niveimaculata . According to Zielke (1971a), L. sineseta runs in the key by Emden (1941) to L. niveimaculata but differs from the latter by the absence of a pv seta on t1. However, in the original description by Stein (1906) L. niveimaculata has t1 bare. Actually, chaetotaxy of t1 is variable, more frequently it is bare but in 30% specimens with pv seta. So, L. niveimaculata Stein, 1906 = L. sineseta Zielke, 1971 , syn. nov.