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Melanophora basilewskyi Cerretti & Pape 2009, comb. nov.

  • 1. Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale " Bosco Fontana " - Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Via Carlo Ederle 16 / a, I- 37100 Verona, Italy. E-mail: pierfilippocerretti @ yahoo. it & Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell'Università 32, I- 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, Department of Entomology, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: tpape @ snm. ku. dk

Description

Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) comb. nov.

(Figs 18–22)

Bequaertiana basilewskyi Peris, 1957: 136. Type locality: Ruhengeri, Rwanda.

Material examined. 3 ♂, Kenya, Mt. Elgon Lodge, 1–6.XI.1983, Malaise trap, A. Freidberg [TAU] (first Kenyan record).

References. Crosskey 1977: 56 (as Bequaertiana) (and references therein); Crosskey 1980: 819 (as Bequaertiana); Pape 1986: 24 (as Bequaertiana).

Description. See Crosskey (1977).

Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya.

Notes

Published as part of Cerretti, Pierfilippo & Pape, Thomas, 2009, Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia *, pp. 552-565 in Zootaxa 2318 on page 560

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
TAU
Event date
1983-11-01
Verbatim event date
1983-11-01/06
Scientific name authorship
Cerretti & Pape
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Order
Myriangiales
Family
Elsinoaceae
Genus
Melanophora
Species
basilewskyi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957) sec. Cerretti & Pape, 2009

References

  • Peris, S. V. (1957) Diptera Calliphoridae Rhinophorinae. A new species of genus Bequaertiana from the Ruanda-Urundi. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge. Zoologie. Serie Octavo, 58, 136.
  • Crosskey, R. W. (1977) A review of the Rhinophoridae (Diptera) and a revision of the Afrotropical species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, 36 (1), 1 - 66.
  • Crosskey, R. W. (1980) 93. Family Rhinophoridae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 819 - 821.
  • Pape, T. (1986) A phylogenetic analysis of the woodlouse-flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 129, 15 - 34.