Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2012, A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 267-267 : 319

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917579
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scientific name	Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962
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Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962 View in CoL

Figs 173–180 View Figs 173–179 View Figs 180, 181

Stylogaster malgachensis Camras, 1962 b: 185 View in CoL (Type locality: Madagascar: “ Ankarafantsika Forest , Tsaramandroso ”).

Literature: Camras (1962 b), Smith (1967).

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: Antananarivo: 1♀ Province, 46 km NE of Ankazobe, Ambohitantely , 18°11.88'S 47°16.89'E, 700 m, 15 x–1 xi.2004, sclerophyl forest, M. Irwin & R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap; 1♂ same data, except 1–14 xi.2004. d’Antsiranana: 1♀ Parc National Montagne d’Ambre, 12°30.87'S 49°10.88'E, 960 m, 7–27.i.2007, M. Irwin, F. Parker & R. Harin’Hala, Malaise trap (all CAS & JHS) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: The females identified here as S. malgachensis match the original description as well as to the description of Smith (1967). The male is identified as S. malgachensis due to diagnostically enlarged facets ( Fig. 180 View Figs 180, 181 ).

Distribution: Endemic to Madagascar.

Bionomics: Found in sclerophyl forest at low to moderately high elevation (700–960 m).

References

SMITH, K. G. V. 1967. The biology and taxonomy of the genus Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae, Stylogasterinae) in the Ethiopian and Malagasy Regions. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 119: 47 - 69.

Figures

Figs 173–179. Male postabdomen of Stylogaster malgachensis Camras (♂ Madagascar, 46 km NE of Ankazobe): (173) surstylus, lateral view; (174) same, dorsal view; (175) same, ventral view; (176) phallus sheath of hypandrium, lateral view; (177) cercus, lateral view; (178) cercus, ventral view; (179) sperm pump and ejaculatory apodeme. Not to scale.

Figs 180, 181. Enlarged facets of Stylogaster spp.: (180) S. malgachensis Camras (♂ Madagascar, 46 km NE of Ankazobe); (181) S. kroeberi sp. n. (holotype). Not to scale.