Crocidium karooanum 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 : 6

Crocidium karooanum Hesse, 1938 ( Fig. 7 )

Crocidium karooanum Hesse 1938: 792 , 807­810; Hesse, 1963: 289; Hull, 1973: 185; Bowden, 1980: 399; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 216.

Spermathecae: spermathecae without a conspicuous reservoir, distinguished only by a darker area on the extremities of the spermathecal ducts. This area with longitudinal axis equivalent to 2 times of sperm pump length; spermathecal ducts 8 times longer than sperm pump, uniting to form a short common spermathecal duct; sperm pump placed at nearly ½ of the spermathecal duct; sclerotized collars developed on both ends of sperm pumps. ( Fig. 7 ).

Material examined: Paratypes. South Africa. Northern Cape: Victoria West, Meltonwold (Nieuveveld), 2 females, Oct. 1935, (collector unknown). Deposited in the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. 1 female, Oct. 1935, (collector unknown). Deposited in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Eastern Cape: Willowmore, Capland, 1 female, 18 Oct. 1920, Dr. Brauns. Deposited in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Non types. Northern Cape: Garies (10 km E) (succulent Karoo), 1 female (dissected), 3 Sep. 1981, J. Londt, L. Schoeman & B. Stuckenberg; Garies (10 km E) (Rocky slopes / Bushes), 1 female, 6 Sep. 1983, Stuckenberg & Londt. Deposited in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 7 ­ 11. – Fig 7: Spermathecae of Crocidium karooanum Hesse, 1938; figs 8 ­ 9 – Crocidium lactipenne Hesse, 1963: 7. Male genitalia; 8. Spermathecae; figs 10 ­ 11 – Crocidium microstictum Hesse, 1963: 9. Male genitalia; 10. Spermathecae.