Fainia inexpectata Zumpt, 1973
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Fainia inexpectata Zumpt, 1973 Figs 10 View Figure 10 , 11 View Figure 11 , 12 View Figure 12 , 13A, D, G View Figure 13
Fainia inexpectata Zumpt, 1973: 157
Fainia kirinyaga = Fainia kirinyaga Lehrer, 2007b: 2 syn. nov.
Type localities and repositories of primary types.
Fainia inexpectata : Ivory Coast, Lamto, male(s) HT and PTs in MNHN (examined); Tanzania, Amani, male and female PTs in NMSA (examined). Fainia kirinyaga : Kenya, Nairobi, male HT in SMNHTAU (TAUI) 318989 (examined).
Distribution.
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi*, Tanzania ( Zumpt 1973; Pont 1980; Lehrer 2007b).
Biology.
Ecology, immature stages and life history unknown.
Redescription.
A proper and complete description with male terminalia illustrations was given by Zumpt (1973). Here, we provide additional diagnostic characters, based on measurements and discuss the sternite 5 shape. Length 10.56 mm [10.14-11.13 mm] (n = 4). Male (n = 2). Head (Figs 10A and C View Figure 10 ). Eyes separated by 0.05 times width of head [0.04-0.05] (at narrowest point around 1.75 times the width of anterior ocellus); eye length 2.99 times height of gena [2.70-3.40]. Postpedicel length 2.28 times length of pedicel [2.09-2.52]. Terminalia (Figs 11 View Figure 11 , 12 View Figure 12 ). Sternite 5 posteriorly formed by 3 lobes, 1 median and 2 outers (Figs 11F View Figure 11 , 12F View Figure 12 ). Median lobe as Figs 11F View Figure 11 , 12F and H View Figure 12 , posterior margin triangular with a middle incision inwards, that could be slightly torn (Figs 11F View Figure 11 , 12H View Figure 12 ) or not (Fig. 11F View Figure 11 ). Lateral lobes shorter than F. elongata , as in Fig. 9F View Figure 9 . Surstylus and cercus as Fig. 11A, B View Figure 11 . Phallus as in Fig. 11C-E View Figure 11 , ventral plate in ventral view as in Fig. 11E View Figure 11 ; post- and pregonite as in Fig. 11G View Figure 11 . Female. (n = 1). Head (Fig. 10B, D View Figure 10 ). Eyes separated by 0.20 times width of head; eye length 3.93 times height of gena. Postpedicel length 2.46 times pedicel length; fronto-orbital plate 0.70 as wide as frontal vitta at tip of ocellar triangle.
Discussion.
Fainia inexpectata is an uncommon Afrotropical species. The male terminalia were dissected by Zumpt and are preserved in a slide mounting preparation. The preserved terminalia are squashed and the structures overlap, so it was impossible to make a proper examination. Thus, the male terminalia structures were recognised and identified using a drawing provided by Zumpt (1973: fig. 4).
The description and drawings of F. kirinyaga syn. nov. ( Lehrer 2011: 62-63) (Figs 12 View Figure 12 , 13A, D, G View Figure 13 ) match with F. inexpectata. After reviewing the HT of F. kirinyaga syn. nov., including the male terminalia (dissected by Lehrer and preserved in a microvial) (Fig. 12A-G View Figure 12 ), we conclude that the specimen belongs to F. inexpectata . We observed an apparent difference in the posterior area of the median lobe of sternite 5, which in F. kirinyaga syn. nov. (Fig. 12F View Figure 12 ) is continuous and, in F. inexpectata (Figs 11F View Figure 11 , 12H View Figure 12 and Zumpt 1973: fig. 4), apparently has a mid-ventral incision. After a careful examination under the microscope, we concluded that this incision is a tear in the structure since it is not surrounded by membrane (Fig. 12H View Figure 12 ).
Type material examined.
F. inexpectata HT and PT: 4 ♂ Ivory Coast, Lamto / v. 1971, leg. D. Lachaise // det. Zumpt, 1973. At MNHN • F. inexpectata PT: 1 ♀ // PARATYPE // Amani, Tanganyika [= Tanzania] / leg. Paterson // det. Zumpt 1973 // NMSA DIP 61575 • F. inexpectata PT: 1 ♂ // PARATYPE // Amani, Tanganyika [= Tanzania] / leg. Paterson // Slide no 20 // det. Zumpt 1973 // NMSA DIP 61575 • Fainia kirinyaga HT: 1 ♂ KENYA Rt. A104 / 15 km SE Nairobi / 29.iv.-15.v / 1991 / A. FREIDBERG / & FINI KAPLAN // HOLOTYPE // n. sp / det. Dr A.Z. Lehrer / 2007 // SMNHTAU (TAUI) 318989.
Other material examined.
9 specimens (6 ♀♀ 3 ♂♂).
Kenya - Coast • 1 ♂; 10 km W. Malindi; UTM 37 M 615633 9643613; 100 m elev.; 24 May 2006; Cerretti, P., Avesani, D., Carpaneto, G. & Nardi, G. leg.; hand net; det. Rognes, K.; MZSUR, DNA-COI F6 .
Malawi - Mulanje • 1 ♀; Mulanje mnt.; 15°56'10"S, 35°31'12"E; 1061 m elev.; 12-14 Nov. 2016; Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Muller, B. leg.; stream bed miombo woodland; Malaise traps; det. Thomas-Cabianca, A., 2019; BMSA (D) 92318 GoogleMaps .
Tanzania - Iringa • 1 ♀; Mufindi Dist. Uzungwa Scarp Forest Res.; 750 m elev.; 8-10 Mar. 1996; Mckamey, S. et al. leg.; ZMUC, Canopy light-trapping project; det. Rognes, K., 2013; ZMUCKR 001896, DNA-COI F19 - Ludewa • 1 ♀; Nyassa-See, Langenburg ; Apr. 1899; Fülleborn, S. leg.; det. Thomas-Cabianca, A., 2019; ZMHB Dipt S06219 View Materials (previously determined as F. albitarsis by Enderlein, 1919; previously determined as F. elongata by Zumpt, 1953) • 1 ♀; Nyassa-See, Langenburg ; 22 Nov.- 07 Dec. 1898; Fülleborn, S. leg.; det. Thomas-Cabianca, A., 2019; ZMHB Dipt S06219 View Materials (previously determined as F. elongata by Zumpt, 1953) . - Tanga • 1 ♂; East Usambara, Amani, at Sigi River ; 500 m elev.; 7 Feb. 1977; Enghoff, H., Lomholdt, O. & Martin O. leg.; det. Rognes, K., 2013; ZMUC 00516250 KR 001894 View Materials , 00516251 KR 001895 View Materials • 2 ♀♀ 1 ♂; Tanga, Mkulumuzi, Gorge , Section No : VII, Tray No.: 8, Jar No. 19; 5-50 m elev.; Mar. 1992; Frontier- ZMUC leg.; det. Thomas-Cabianca, A., 2019; ZMUC .
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