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Coenosia planifrons Stein 1913

Description

Coenosia planifrons Stein, 1913

(Figs 19–21)

Diagnosis. Frons uniformly silver dusted, the fronto-orbital plate not differentiated by paler pollinosity; arista short-haired at base; postpedicel pointed at anterior tip; scutellum with both pairs of setae present, one basal and one apical; haltere yellow; legs brown with grey pollinosity, extreme tip of femora yellow; hind tibia without a distinct submedian posterodorsal seta; abdomen with a median vitta and lateral brown spots on all tergites. Sternite 5 as in Fig. 19.

Male terminalia. Cercal plate as in Fig. 20, surstylus short. Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 21; aedeagal apodem short.

Material examined. ANGOLA: (A6), Tundavala, 9 mls. NW. Sa da Bandeira, 23.ii. 1972 / Southern African Exp., B.M.1972-1, 4 males (2 MNRJ).

Notes. This species is included in the C. niveifrons -group.

Geographical distribution. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Angola.

Notes

Published as part of Couri, Marcia S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2016, Coenosia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) from Angola: new species and records, pp. 501-512 in Zootaxa 4103 (6) on page 508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/399676

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stein
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Coenosia
Species
planifrons
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coenosia planifrons Stein, 1913 sec. Couri & Pont, 2016