Lispe paraneo, Zielke, 1972

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2021, Lispe (Diptera, Muscidae) of Africa, Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (3), pp. 369-400 : 391

paraneo Zielke, 1972

Lispe paraneo Zielke, 1972 ( Couri et al. 2006, erroneous key; Vikhrev 2014, misidentification)

Remarks. Described from 1♂ and 4♀ from Saint Augustin (23.55 ° S 43.76 ° E), near Toliara, Madagascar. Vikhrev (2014) identified the series of L. cilitarsis -like flies collected in the vicinity of Toliara as L. paraneo . This series also runs to L. paraneo in the key for Madagascan Lispe ( Couri et al. 2006) . Later I found that the key ( Couri et al. 2006) contains errors and contradicts the description ( Zielke 1972). According to Zielke male L. paraneo is characterized as follows: 5.5–6.5 mm; palpi yellow; face and frons silver-white; antennae short; thorax grey dusted without distinct pattern; dc 2+4; vein M “rather straight”; legs grey; t1 with p; t2 with 1 p and 1 ad; f3 with some weak v setae in basal half; t3 with 1–2 av, 1 ad; and pd; f3 with 2 av in apical half; tar3-1 with a brush of long setulae; abdomen evenly grey, with an indistinct dark spot on tergite 4. So, my identification of Madagascan L. cilitarsis -like Lispe as L. paraneo was a misidentification. Zielke’s description does not fit any other Lispe species I know. Only examination of type material may clarify the situation.

paraspila Zielke, 1972

A synonym ( Vikhrev 2014), see L. pectinipes .

silvai Paterson, 1953

Synonymized here, see L. flavicornis .

sineseta Zielke, 1971

Synonymized here, see L. niveimaculata .