Lichtwardtia fractinervis (Parent, 1929)

Grichanov, I. Ya., 2019, NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF LICHTWARDTIA ENDERLEIN, 1912 (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) FROM TROPICAL AFRICA, Far Eastern Entomologist 387, pp. 7-32 : 17-19

Lichtwardtia fractinervis (Parent, 1929)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Burundi: Bururi Prov., Res. Nat. de Rumonge , 4°00.940'S ,

29°29.560'E, 900 m, 17–20.XI 2010, 1♂, 3♀, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs / malaise trap, Brachystegia woodland [ BMSA]; Ethiopia: Amhara, Blue Nile , 1070 m , 10.08° N, 38.19° E, 31.VII 2012,

1♂, N. Vikhrev [ ZMUM]; Namibia: Katima Mulilo Distr. , Mudumu N.P., Nakatwa at :

18°10.254’S, 23°25.183’E, 900 m, 26–27.XI 2012, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap,

Miombo & Moppane woodlands; Katima Mululo Distr, Ndopu village, Bukalo, near

17°43.660’S, 24°32.106’E, 20–23.II 2012, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs (totally 2♂, 3♀) [ BMSA] ;

(Bezzi), distoventral part; 35 – L. dianaensis sp. n., phallus; 36 – L. dianaensis sp. n., surstylus and epandrial lobe; 37 – L. minuscula (Parent) , distoventral part; 38 – L. musolini sp.

n., phallus; 39 – L. musolini sp. n., distoventral part; 40 – L. nikitai sp. n., distoventral part;

41 – L. oromiaensis sp. n., surstylus and epandrial setae.

Tanzania: Iringa env., 7.798°S, 35.797°E, 1550 m, 15–16.II 2017, 1♂, N. Vikhrev [ ZMUM] ;

Zambia: Mumbwa Distr. , Kafue National Park, Mayukuyuku camp area at: 14°54.898’ S ,

26°03.820’ E, 1081 m, 3–5.XII 2012, 3♂, A.H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap, Central

Zambezian Miombo woodlands [ BMSA].

DISTRIBUTION. Type locality: [ Benin:] Dahomey . Angola, Benin, DR Congo, Gabon ,

Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda. A new species for Burundi,

Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia. Here excluded from Ghana.

NOTES. Lichtwardtia fractinervis was originally described by a female from Benin (Parent, 1930). A male was described later (Parent, 1937) from DR Congo (Eala), differing slightly from female description in colour characters of antenna and hind coxa. The two descriptions may belong to different species. However, Grichanov (1998) accepted the species concept proposed by Parent (1937), studied a male identified by Parent as L. fractinervis (from

Eala) and types of Vaalimyia minuta Vanschuytbroeck, 1951 (type locality: DR Congo: Uele ,

Monga) and Vaalimyia kivuensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1951 (type locality: DR Congo: Kivu,

Rutshuru), placed the latter two names in synonymy to L. fractinervis , as well as Vaalimyia microlepis Parent, 1939 (type locality: Ghana: "Obuasi Ashanti ") and redescribed the species,

using abundant material from DR Congo after the specimens collected in the same river basin

(Uele River, Garamba Park). Grichanov also reported the species from many Afrotropical countries (see Grichanov, 2018). Nevertheless, it seems that L. fractinervis is represented by a complex of species, and some records must be confirmed. In this paper, L. microlepis (Parent)

is raised from synonymy; Ghana is excluded from area of L. fractinervis . I associate also males mentioned by Grichanov (1998) from Angola (Cunene River) with an undescribed new species,

thus excluding from the country a part of the material studied.

Figures

Figs 1–10. Lichtwardtia spp., hypopygium, left lateral view. 1 – L. angularis (Macquart);

Figs 42–46. Lichtwardtia spp., male habitus. 42 – L. aethiopica (Bezzi); 43 – L. diana-