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Coenosia lanipes Emden 1940

Description

Coenosia lanipes (Emden, 1940: 203)

Holotype male seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. Very distinctive large species (6–8 mm); general colour brown with grey pollinosity; abdomen with no marks; palpus yellow with extreme apex black; legs yellow, except for dorsal apical third of fore femur and dorsal apical fourth of mid and hind femora; arista with short hairs; proboscis strong and teeth well-developed; scutellum with both pairs of setae present and long, and with setulae on disc; anterior katepisternal very fine and almost not distinct from the discal setulae; lower calypter about 2.5 times as long as upper one; haltere yellow; fore tibia with a posteroventral seta; hind coxa with 2 outstanding setae and a few smaller ones; hind tibia with one anterior and one anterodorsal inserted at almost the same level and of almost the same size; ventral surfaces of abdomen, femora and tibiae with dense, fine erect hairs.

Notes. Included in the calopoda group. Known only from the male holotype.

Notes

Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2016, Species of Coenosia Meigen (Diptera, Muscidae) described by Fritz van Emden from the British Museum Ruwenzori Expedition of 1934 – 1935, pp. 529-555 in Zootaxa 4144 (4) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/266732

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Emden
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Coenosia
Species
lanipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coenosia lanipes Emden, 1940 sec. Couri & Pont, 2016

References

  • Emden, F. I. van (1940) Muscidae: B - Coenosiinae. In: Ruwenzori Expedition 1934 - 35. Vol. 2. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 91 - 255.