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Lonchaea polyhamata McAlpine 1964

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Description

Lonchaea polyhamata McAlpine, 1964, p751.

Male terminalia: (Figs. 21–24). Surstylus projecting posteriorly from shell of epandrium as a rectangular process from which arises 2 claw-like hooks. Parameres asymmetrical, long and narrow without obvious serrations or denticles, left simple and sickle-like, right with a shorter, blunter apex and a large pointed medial tooth on apical quarter.

Previous records; SOUTH AFRICA, Natal; Town Bush, Pietermaritzburg, 18 Dec. 1961, Karkloof, 4. ix. 1960, B. and P. Stuckenberg. Holotype and allotype, type no. 1065, in Natal Museum; Paratype ♂, ♀, type no. 8609, (CNC).

Notes

Published as part of Macgowan, Iain, 2018, Definition of the Lonchaea polyhamata species-group (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) with a description of new species, pp. 325-342 in Zootaxa 4446 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1444211

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CNC
Event date
1960-09-04
Family
Lonchaeidae
Genus
Lonchaea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
McAlpine
Species
polyhamata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1960-09-04/1961-12-18
Taxonomic concept label
Lonchaea polyhamata McAlpine, 1964 sec. Macgowan, 2018

References

  • McAlpine, J. F. (1964) Descriptions of new Lonchaeidae (Diptera) II. Canadian Entomologist, 96 (5), 701 - 757. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 96701 - 5