Docosia gilvipes

Kurina, Olavi & Ševčík, Jan, 2012, Notes on Docosia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with description of six new species from Central Asia and the first generic record from the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 3570, pp. 25-40 : 39

Docosia gilvipes (Haliday in Walker, 1856)

During a study visit to MNHN in Paris JŠ found a series of specimens collected in South Africa and labelled in 1982 by the late Prof. Loïc Matile as “ Docosia undescr. sp.”. After careful study of terminalia, independently accomplished by both authors, they proved to belong to Docosia gilvipes , a species widely distributed in the Palaearctic region (cf. Zaitzev 1994, Chandler 2011) but not recorded beyond it so far. The question remains if this is a case of a recent introduction.

Material. SOUTH AFRICA. 2033 22ƤƤ, RSA Natal, 15km WSW, Est. Court, Cathedral, Peak For. Sta., 1700 m, 21.-31.xii.1979 (S. et J. Peck leg.) [ MNHN, micropinned].