Thelairosoma bellanda (Lehrer, 2013) Cerretti & Morgulis & Michelsen & Pape, 2023

Cerretti, P., Morgulis, E., Michelsen, V. & Pape, T., 2023, Nominal genera and species of Diptera misidentified as to family by A. Z. Lehrer (Diptera: Muscidae, Tachinidae), Zootaxa 5278 (1), pp. 189-194 : 190

2. Benigramma bellanda Lehrer, 2013: 7 .

Figs 1, 2 .

TYPE LOCALITY: Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah [“ Bénin... Quidah [sic!], XII.2003, leg. G. Goergen ”].

TYPE SPECIMEN: Holotype ♁, by original designation, deposited in SMNHTAU.

CURRENT STATUS: Thelairosoma bellanda (Lehrer, 2013) , comb. nov.

FAMILY: Tachinidae .

REMARKS: Holotype in fair condition but somewhat greasy (especially the abdomen) and with wings and legs partly damaged. The specimen is direct-pinned, with terminalia dissected and kept in a vial with glycerin on same pin. This is the first record of Thelairosoma from Benin ( O’Hara & Cerretti 2016).

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Holotypes of type species misplaced to family by A.Z. Lehrer. 1, 2. Benigramma bellanda Lehrer, holotype ♁. 1. Dorsal habitus. 2. Abdomen, right ventrolateral view, showing sexual patch on tergite 4 (inset showing label). 3, 4. Dobrogiella phallogreciana Lehrer & Oprişan, holotype ♁. 3. Dorsal habitus. 4. Lateral habitus (insets showing labels). 5. Eweka cordicerci Lehrer, holotype ♁, lateral habitus (inset showing label). 6, 7. Mawuphalla antennomyia Lehrer, holotype ♁. 6. Head, ventrolateral oblique view, showing pointed tip on postpedicel (inset showing label). 7. Lateral habitus.