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Hercostomus perturbus Curran 1924

Authors/Creators

  • 1. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia

Description

Hercostomus perturbus Curran, 1924

Hercostomus perturbus Curran, 1924: 225. Type locality: South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria, Fountains.

Material examined

SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park, Mahai River; 28°41.364′ S, 28°56.335′ E; 1449 m a.s.l.; 17–18 Feb. 2010; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise trap (2), straddling Mahai River indigenous forest; BMSA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Western Cape, Tsitsikamma National Park, Bloukrans Pass; 33°56.558′ S, 23°37.566′ E; 22–25 Jan. 2009; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs and S. Otto leg.; sweeping, forest paths, indigenous forest; BMSA • 4 ♂♂; Eastern Cape, Tsitsikamma National Park, Storms River mouth; 34°01.239′ S, 23°53.744′ E; 20 Jan. 2009; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping, indigenous forest, stream margins; BMSA.

Ecology

According to the label data of the above specimens, imagos inhabit forest paths and stream margins in indigenous forests.

Distribution

South Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2020, New species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 from Afrotropics (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and key to Afrotropical fauna, pp. 16-36 in European Journal of Taxonomy 722 on page 31, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1131, http://zenodo.org/record/4122305

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMSA
Event date
2009-01-20 , 2009-01-22 , 2010-02-17
Verbatim event date
2009-01-20 , 2009-01-22/25 , 2010-02-17/18
Scientific name authorship
Curran
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Hercostomus
Species
perturbus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hercostomus perturbus Curran, 1924 sec. Grichanov, 2020

References

  • Curran C. H. 1924. The Dolichopodidae of South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 10 (4): 212 - 232.