Colobaea occidentalis Knutson & Deeming, 2018

Bratt, Albertus D., Knutson, Lloyd V., Murphy, William L. & Daniels, Anthony A., 2020, Biology, immature stages, and systematics of snail-killing flies of the genus Colobaea (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), with overviews of aspects of the tribe Sciomyzini, Zootaxa 4840 (1), pp. 1-64 : 26

Colobaea occidentalis Knutson & Deeming, 2018

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Colobaea occidentalis has been found in only Niger, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. Knutson et al. (2018) described the adult of C. occidentalis , the first species of Colobaea described from sub-Saharan Africa. Colobaea occidentalis is most similar to C. pectoralis and C. punctata , having an unpatterned wing, frons deeply matt black, postpedicel mainly black and twice as long as wide at the base, anepisternum mainly yellow, and male anterior surstylus with peglike processes. Nothing is known about its biology or immature stages.

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MAP 13. Geographic range of Colobaea occidentalis Knutson & Deeming.