Stylogaster westwoodi Smith, 1967

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 : 350

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scientific name	Stylogaster westwoodi Smith, 1967
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Stylogaster westwoodi Smith, 1967 View in CoL View at ENA

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Stylogaster westwoodi Smith, 1967: 64–66 View in CoL (Type locality: Tanzania: “Tanganyika: Amani”).

Literature: Hinton (1981), Smith (1967), Smith & Cunninghamvan Someren (1985).

Material examined: KENYA: Eastern Province: 2♂ Kibwesi forest , 2°27.90'S 37°54.91'E, 13–20 xi.1999, R. Copeland, Malaise trap; 1♂ 1♀ same, except 27.xi–4 xii.1999. Western Province : 1♂, Kakamega Forest, 0°14.13'S 34°51.87'E, 9–16.iv.2000, R. Copeland, Malaise trap; 1♀ same, except 19–26.vi.2000; 1♂ “Wika”, 4.ix.1987, R. Copeland; 1♀ Magunga, 18.ix.1987, R. Copeland. Coast: 2♀ Muhaka Forest , 4°19.47'S 39°31.45'E, 1–6.ix.1999, R. Copeland, Malaise trap; 1♀ same, except 6–13.i.2000; 1♀ ArabukoSokoke forest , 3°25.21'S 39°53.81'E, 3–10.iv.1999, R. Copeland, Malaise trap; 1♀ same, except 26.v–2.vi.2000 (all NMKE & JHS) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ Nairobi, Karura forest , 1°14'S 36°50'E, 5000 ft, 15.i.1972, C.F. Huggins ( BMNH) GoogleMaps . MALAWI: 1♂ Ntchisi Forest Reserve, SE1334 Ac , 1500 m, 3–4 xii.1980, J.G.H. Londt & B.R. Stuckenberg, montane forest woodland ( NMSA) ; 1♀ Kasungu National Park, Lifupa Camp, SE 1333 Aa , 9–10 xii.1980, 1000 m, J.G.H. Londt & B.R. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) . SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: 1♂ Kruger National Park, Pafuri , 22°21'S 31°17'E, 1–13.ii.1980, L. Braack, Malaise trap ( NMSA) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ Lekqalameetse Reserve , 24°12'S 30°20'E, 25–31.iii.2001, F. Koch ( ZMHB) GoogleMaps . TANZANIA: 1♀ Mlingano , iv.1952, J. Shipps ( BMNH) .

Distribution: Widely distributed in the Afrotropics: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

References

HINTON, H. E. 1981. Biology of insect eggs. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

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.

SMITH, K. G. V. & CUNNINGHAM-VAN SOMEREN, G. R. 1985. The larva of Stylogaster varifrons Malloch (Dipt., Stylogastridae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 121: 81 - 85.

Figures

Figs 2–5. Male terminalia of Stylogaster westwoodi Smith (Kenya, “Wika”):(2) hypandrium and aedeagus, pulled apart, lateral view;(3) epandrium with surstyli, dorsal view; (4) hypandrium and aedeagus,not pulledapart, lateralview; (5) tipof surstylus, dorsalview.Abbreviations:bp – basiphallus;ce – cercus; dp – distiphallus; ep – epandrium; he – hemispherical extension of hypandrium; hy – hypandrium; hys – phallus sheath of hypandrium; pa – phallus apodeme; sd – sperm duct; su – surstylus. Not to scale.

Figs 6–10.Terminalia (♂) of Stylogaster westwoodi Smith (Kenya, “Wika”): (6) hypandrium, lateral view; (7) hypandrium and aedeagus, dorsal view; (8) aedeagus, lateral view; (9) tip of aedeagus, lateral view; (10) sperm pump and ejaculatory apodem.Abbreviations: bp – basiphallus; ce – cercus; dp – distiphallus;ea – ejaculatoryapodem;he – hemispherical extension of hypandrium;hy – hypandrium; hys – phallus sheath of hypandrium; pa – phallus apodeme; sd – sperm duct; sp – sperm pump. Not to scale.