Coenosia planifrons Stein, 1913

Couri, Marcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Coenosia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) from Angola: new species and records, Zootaxa 4103 (6), pp. 501-512 : 508

Coenosia planifrons Stein, 1913

( Figs 19–21 )

Diagnosis. Frons uniformly silver dusted, the fronto-orbital plate not differentiated by paler pollinosity; arista short-haired at base; postpedicel pointed at anterior tip; scutellum with both pairs of setae present, one basal and one apical; haltere yellow; legs brown with grey pollinosity, extreme tip of femora yellow; hind tibia without a distinct submedian posterodorsal seta; abdomen with a median vitta and lateral brown spots on all tergites. Sternite 5 as in Fig. 19 .

Male terminalia. Cercal plate as in Fig. 20 , surstylus short. Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 21 ; aedeagal apodem short.

Material examined. ANGOLA: (A6), Tundavala, 9 mls. NW. Sa da Bandeira, 23.ii. 1972 / Southern African Exp., B.M.1972-1, 4 males (2 MNRJ).

Notes. This species is included in the C. niveifrons -group.

Geographical distribution. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Angola.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 25. (19 – 21) Coenosia planifrons Stein, male: (19) sternite 5, dorsal view; (20) cercal plate, dorsal view; (21) aedeagal complex, lateral view. (22 – 25) Coenosia setosa sp. nov., male: (22) sternite 5, dorsal view; (23) cercal plate, dorsal view; (24) cercal plate, ventral view; (25) male aedeagal complex, lateral view.