Discovery of <em>Dytomyia</em> Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya

Igor Ya. Grichanov

Authors

Igor Ya. Grichanov All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, 3 Podbelskogo Str., Pushkin, St. Petersburg, 196608 Russia. E-mail: grichanov@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-7668

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Sciapodinae, Afrotropical, Kenya, Madagascar, identification key, long-legged flies, new species, taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the genus Dytomyia from coastal Kenya is described, and a new identification key to males of Afrotropical species is provided. Dytomyia flavicaudata n. sp. differs from all other species of the genus in the mostly yellow abdomen and entirely yellow hypopygium. The male of D. lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952) is reliably illustrated for the first time. Sciapus nubilis Parent, 1935 is regarded as a nomen dubium.

To cite: Grichanov, I.Ya. 2021. Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 85–91.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575

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