Stylogaster seguyi Camras, 1962

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2012, A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 267-267 : 338-339

Stylogaster seguyi Camras, 1962

Figs 248–254

Stylogaster seguyi Camras, 1962 b: 184 , 185 ( Type locality: “ Madagascar: Mtge. d’Ambre”).

Literature: Camras (1962 b), Smith (1967).

Holotype (examined): ♂ MADAGASCAR: (1) “ Holotype ♂ / Stylogaster / seguy / Camras” [red label, partially handwritten]; (2) “Madagascar.D.­S. / Mtge. D’Ambre / 12.V.1958 F. KEISER” ( NHMB).Abdomen dissected, macerated and deposited in glycerine in a microvial pinned beneath specimen . Holotype is complete and in perfect condition.

Distribution: Endemic to Madagascar, known only from unique holotype.

Bionomics: Parc National de la Montagne d’Ambre is a volcanic massif ( 1475 m), covered in montane rainforest that rises from the surrounding dry plains.

Figures

Figs 248–254.Terminalia (♂) of Stylogaster seguyi Camras (holotype): (248) surstylus, lateral view; (249) same, dorsolateral view;(250) phallus sheath of hypandrium,lateral view; (251) cercus,lateral view; (252) teeth at the ventral conjunction of the cerci, lateral view; (253) distiphallus; (254) sperm pump and ejaculatory apodeme.Abbreviations: ce – cercus; su – surstylus. Not to scale.