Crocidium chrysonotum Hesse, 1938

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, Evenhuis, Neal L. & Couri, Márcia Souto, 2002, Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae), Zootaxa 45, pp. 1-12 : 4

Crocidium chrysonotum Hesse, 1938 ( Fig. 3 )

Crocidium chrysonotum Hesse 1938: 789 , 793­795; Hesse, 1963: 277, 285, 286; Hull, 1973: 185; Bowden, 1980: 399; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 215.

Spermathecae: spermathecae globose with longitudinal axis equivalent to ½ of sperm pump length; spermathecal ducts 9 times longer than sperm pump, uniting to form a short common spermathecal duct; sperm pump placed at nearly basal 1/4 of the spermathecal duct; sclerotized collars of sperm pumps smaller on basal ends than on apical ones ( Fig. 3 ).

Material examined: Paratype. South Africa. Northern Cape: Kamieskroon (Namaqualand), 1 female (dissected), (collector unknown). Deposited in the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 1 ­ 3 – 1 ­ 2 Crocidium costilabre Hesse, 1963: 1. Male genitalia; 2. Spermathecae; Fig. 3 – Spermathecae of Crocidium chrysonotum Hesse, 1938