Helina lasiopa Emden, 1951

Couri, Márcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2018, The male terminalia of some African species of Helina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Muscidae), Zootaxa 4399 (2), pp. 233-247 : 239

Helina lasiopa Emden, 1951

( Figs 24–27 )

Examined type material: Holotype male seen; right mid leg missing; wings a little damaged. One male paratype from Kenya (Mt. Elgon, Alpine Zone) dissected and illustrated.

Diagnosis. Eye densely haired; scutum brown, with silver vittae anteriorly when illuminated from behind; dorsocentrals 2+3; lower katepisternal seta more distant from the anterior than from the posterior one; legs black, with extreme apices of femora yellow; fore tibia with posterior setae; mid tibia with 2 anterodorsal, 3 posterior and 1 anteroventral setae; hind tibia with 2-3 posterodorsal setae; costal spine developed; wing with dark marks on crossveins r–m and dm–cu; ventral part of abdomen with many hairs.

Male terminalia. Sternite 5 longer than wide with posterior membrane deep, with long fine setae laterally with curled tips ( Fig. 24 ); cercal plate square and surstylus a little shorter than cercal plate in lateral view ( Figs 25–26 ); aedeagal complex with epiphallus longer than postgonite; phallapodeme and distiphallus of medium size ( Fig. 27 ).

Notes. Emden (1951: 557, Fig. 69) illustrated an adult male in dorsal view.

Figures

FIGURES20–27. Helina juxtamedialis Emden,1951, male:(20) sternite 5, dorsalview; (21) cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view; (22) cercal plate and surstylus, lateral view; (23)aedeagal complex,lateral view.Helina lasioPa Emden, 1951,male:(24) sternite 5, dorsal view; (25) cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view; (26) cercal plate and surstylus, lateral view; (27) aedeagal complex, lateral view.Scale bar 0.1 mm.