New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Conopidae). Part 2: Conopinae excluding Physocephalini

Abstract

New records of 36 species in the conopid genera Aegloconops, Archiconops, Caenoconops, Conops, Euconops, Pleurocerinella, Schedophysoconops, Tammo and Tropidomyia are presented from the Afrotropical Region. Three species new to science are described: Conops occultus n. sp. (Ethiopia), Conops schachti n. sp. (The Gambia) and Pleurocerinella kirkspriggsi n. sp. (Cameroon). Primary types of 37 species have been investigated. The following 17 new synonyms are introduced: Conops bicolor Kröber, 1931 = Conops claripennis Camras, 1962 n. syn.; Conops elegans Meigen, 1804 = Conops capensis Wiedemann, 1819 n. syn. = Conops natalensis Macquart, 1846 n. syn. = Conops decipiens Kröber, 1933 n. syn.; Conops argentispatium Brunetti, 1929 = Conops congoensis Camras, 1962 n. syn. = Conops nigeriensis Camras, 1962 n. syn.; Conops braunsii Kröber, 1915 = Conops castaneus Brunetti, 1925 n. syn.; Conops rugifrons Karsch, 1888 = Conops camaronensis Kröber, 1939 n. syn.; Conops simplex Kröber, 1915 = Conops aureocinctus Kröber, 1915 n. syn.; Conops ferruginosus Kröber, 1915 = Conops concolor Brunetti, 1925 n. syn. = Conops fraternus Kröber, 1933 n. syn. = Conops atrimanus Kröber, 1939 n. syn. = Conops bicingulatus Camras, 2000 n. syn. = Conops tschirnhausi Stuke, 2012 n. syn.; Conops guineensis Kröber, 1915 = Conops brunnipennis Kröber, 1915 n. syn.; Conops nigritarsis Brunetti, 1925 = Conops conwayae Stuke, 2003 n. syn.; Physocephala longicornis Kröber, 1915 = Physoconops notatifrons Camras, 1962 n. syn.). Four species are treated as unrecognised (nomina dubia): Conops brunnifrons Kröber, 1915, Conops kerteszi Kröber, 1915, Conops nitidulus Bigot, 1891 and Conops platyfrons Kröber, 1915. A lectotype is designated for Conops castaneus Brunetti, 1925. Conops bicolor Kröber, 1931, misidentified as Conops rhodesiensis Brunetti, 1925 in the original designation by Kröber (1939), is selected and thereby fixed as the type species for Caenoconops Kröber, 1939 (under Article 70.3 of the Code). Physocephala longicornis Kröber, 1915 is transferred to the genus Schedophysoconops, thus becoming Schedophysoconops longicornis (Kröber, 1915) n. comb. Diagnostic keys are presented for Afrotropical Conopinae genera with ocelli, as well as for the subgenera and all Afrotropical species of Conops. Keys to Afrotropical species of Archiconops p.p., Caenoconops, Pleurocerinella p.p. and Tropidomyia are also compiled.

Cite as: Stuke, J.-H. 2019. New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Conopidae). Part 2: Conopinae excluding Physocephalini. Israel Journal of Entomology 49 (2): 277–349.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3592432

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