Amblypsilopus bipectinatus ( Parent, 1934 )

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland, European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1), pp. 49-80 : 73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7C7817E9-A9CE-447B-8CDA-249FEDEC74D0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5906565
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CAC248-9B45-6070-FDCA-FAAE570DF69A
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Amblypsilopus bipectinatus ( Parent, 1934 )
status

Treatment

Amblypsilopus bipectinatus ( Parent, 1934) View in CoL

Sciapus bipectinatus Parent, 1934: 120 View in CoL . Type locality: Kenya: Nairobi.

Amblypsilopus bipectinatus View in CoL – Bickel 1994: 373.

Material examined

KENYA • 2 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀; Kikuyu , Gatamayu; 0°58′ N, 36°42′ W; alt. 2330 m; 18–23 Jan. 1999; Th. Wagner leg.; ZFMK GoogleMaps • 31 ♂♂, 19 ♀♀; Mt Kenya , NP-HQ; 0°10.5′ N, 37°8.8′ W; alt. 2550 m; Feb. 1999; Th. Wagner leg.; ZFMK GoogleMaps • 4 ♂♂; Kikuyu , Gatamayu; 0°58′ N, 36°42′ W; alt. 2330 m; Mar. 1999; Th. Wagner leg.; ZFMK GoogleMaps • 3 ♂♂; Nyahururu env. , Ngare Naro forest; 0.047264° N, 36.377169° E; alt. 2410 m; 25–26 Nov. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg.; ZMUM GoogleMaps .

Remarks

Having strong vertical bristles on male frons and modified claws on male fore tarsus, the species is close to Chinese species of the genus Sinosciapus Yang, 2002 ( Yang & Zhu 2011). However, the latter was diagnosed by two rather than one pairs of scutellar bristles, by one modified claw on the male fore tarsus rather than both claws modified.

Distribution

Kenya.