Eudorylas amani Földvári, 2003

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of the tribe Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae), Zootaxa 3656 (1), pp. 1-121 : 40-41

Eudorylas amani Földvári, 2003

( Figs 13A–G )

Eudorylas amani Földvári 2003 b: 280 .

Diagnosis: Third antennal segment long acuminate. S7 visible, epandrium broad and curves along outer edge; ST8 small compared to epandrium; SES with several hairs; gonopods very small, not protruding at all; phallic guide with two lobes on each side in ventral view, pointed tip in lateral view.

Type material: Tanzania: 1♂, HT, Usambara Mts. , Amani, 1000m, 1.1.1976, O. Lomholdt leg ( ZMUC) ; 1♂, PT, East Usambara , Amani, 1000m, 1.ii.1977., Zool. Mus. Copenhagen, H. Enghoff, O. Lomholdt, O. Martin leg. ( HNHM)

Other material examined: Kenya: 1♂, Mt. Kenya. , Kathita river., 9,900ft., 7.viii.1949., J.A. Riley.; " O.U.E.C. Exp, Mt Kenya, B.M. 1949-562."; "56" [hand-written]( BMNH) ; South Africa: 1♂, Natal , St. Lucia Nature Res., 2832AD, 18–20.xii.1981, Londt & Stuckenberg, Coastal bush & forest ( NMSA). [these specimens were examined after the original description and type selection, therefore they are not part of the type series]

Male

Head. Third antennal segment long acuminate; yellow-brown. Face silvery pollinose. Frons, upper part shining black, lower part silvery pollinose; eyes touching for distance equal to 3–3.5 times ocellar triangle. Occiput, lower half greyish pollinose, upper half slightly brownish.

Thorax. Humeri pale brown. Mesonotum (viewed obliquely from front) brownish pollinose, somewhat greyish along anterior margin; silvery pollinose from the side. Scutellum grey pollinose, with 4–6 pairs of short, weak hairs. Dorsocentral hairs very weakly developed. Halter yellow-brown.

Legs. Trochanters and base of femora dark brown, femora dark brown with greyish pollinosity (f3 shining posteroventrally), knees yellow, tibiae yellow with faint dark ring in the middle. Tarsal segments yellow, last segment dark brown. Ventroapical row of 6–7 short, black spines on mid femora; no spines on 1st and 3rd femur. Subapical (distal) spines on first four tibiae present. No anteromedial hairs on 3rd tibia. Hind trochanter covered with fine white pubescence on ventral side. Pulvilli slightly shorter than last tarsal segment.

Wing. Fourth costal section 0.8–1 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M before 1/3 of discal cell. Pterostigma coloured on distal 4/5. Hairs on tegula missing.

Abdomen. Viewed obliquely from front tergites brownish pollinose, T1–4 with silvery patches laterally in dorsal view, T5 completely greyish; sides of all tergites silvery pollinose. Hairs dispersed, short and weakly developed. Laterally short pale hairs on first tergite. Postabdomen in dorsal view: S7 visible; T5 1.3 times as long as ST8. Genitalia without dissection: Generally dark brown to black, no m.a., EP and SS yellow.

Genitalia. Surstyli asymmetrical, IS longer; epandrium broad and curves along outer edge; ST8 small compared to epandrium ( Fig. 13B ). Borders of SES uncertain, with several hairs; gonopods very small, not protruding at all; phallic guide with two lobes on each side in ventral view ( Fig. 13G ), pointed tip in lateral view ( Figs 13A, D ); phallus not found (may be lost); ejaculatory apodeme linear; sperm pump round with one process ( Fig. 13E ).

Female—Unknown.

Distribution— Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Male genitalia of Eudorylas amani Földvári, 2003 (A–G) and E. amitinus (H–M).—A: outer surstylus with phallic guide and outer gonopod, lateral view, B: dorsal view, C: inner surstylus, lateral view, D: tip of phallic guide, lateral view, E: sperm pump with ejaculatory apodeme, F: surstyli, dorsal view, G: ventral view with phallic guide (without ST8), H: outer surstylus with phallic guide, lateral view, I: dorsal view, J: inner surstylus, lateral view, K: sperm pump with ejaculatory apodeme, L: surstyli, dorsal view, M: ventral view with phallic guide and phallus (without ST8). Scale bars: 0.1 mm