Agrostomyia dimorpha Londt 1994, Sp. n.
Creators: name: Londt, Jason G. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1994
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Agrostomyia
Agrostomyia dimorpha

description: Agrostomyia dimorpha Sp. n. Figs 1-6 Supplementary descriptive data: <i>Head:</i> black, gold-silver pruinose; antenna black, scape with long, yellow setae ventrally, pedicel with few pale yellow setae dorsally only; mystax and other cephalic setae yellow (paler in 9); palp blackish with terminal pit-like opening; proboscis black, straight, <i>ca.</i> same length as antenna. <i>Thorax:</i> blackish, gold-silver pruinose; mesonotal macrosetae yellow <i>(ca.</i> 5 npl, 3 spal, 2 pal); ktg setae yellow; scutellum with yellow marginal macrosetae and minor setae which extend onto disc. Legs: femora orange; tibiae with proximal 縠 orange, distal l and entire tarsus dark red-brown to black. <i>Abdomen:</i> <i>&amp;male;</i> - TIS 1 and posterior j of T2 blackish, other segments and terminalia orange; setae short, yellow. Genitalia as in Figs 4-6. &amp;female; - black, hind margins of T2-5 with slight traces of orange. Variation: some Namibian &amp;female;&amp;female; have upper parts of femora somewhat dark red-brown (especially hindlegs) while <i>cJ</i> may have a somewhat duller orange-brown abdominal coloration. Material (NMSA - Type 1096): SOUTH AFRICA: <i>Cape Province:</i> 5 <i>&amp;male;</i> (HT &amp; PT) 5 &amp;female; (PT): ' Sth Africa Cape Prov / 30 Ian E. Groblershoop / 2822CD 19.iii.1982 / J. Londt &amp; L. Schoeman / Roadside vegetation' (BMNH - 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> 1 &amp;female; PT); 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> (PT), 35 km W of Kimberley, 2824CB, 17.iii. 1982, Londt &amp; Schoeman; 1 &amp;female; (PT), 14 km S of Hotazel, 27° 19'S: 22°54'E, 14 7.iii. 1991, Londt &amp; Whittington; 1 &amp;female; (PT), 20 Km N of Hotazel, 27°07'S: 22°59'E, 14.iii. 1991, Whittington &amp; Londt; I &amp;female; (PT), 26 km E of Upington, 28°23'S: 21 °29'E, 16.iii. 1991, Whittington &amp; Londt; 2 <i>&amp;male;</i> 2&amp;female; (PT), 18 Km NNW of Marydale, 29° 15'S: 22°04'E, 18.iii. 1991, Whittington &amp; Londt. NAMIBIA: 2 <i>&amp;male;</i> 2 9 (PT), 28 km W Outjo, 20 12'S: 15 53'E, 24.iii. 1984, Londt &amp; Stuckenberg; 4 <i>&amp;male;</i> 2 &amp;female; (PT), Gross Barmen Resort, 22°07'S: 16°42'E, 29.iii. 1984, Londt &amp; Stuckenberg; 2 <i>&amp;male;</i> 1 &amp;female; (PT): 26 km N Windhoek, 22°20'S: 17°04'E, 29.iii. 1984, Londt &amp; Stuckenberg; 4 <i>&amp;male;</i> 3 &amp;female; (PT), Okahandja, 21°59'S: 16°37'E, 28.iii. 1984, Londt &amp; Stuckenberg; 2 <i>&amp;male;</i> 2&amp;female; (PT), 28 km E Khorixas, 20016'S:15° 12'E, 24.iii. 1984, Londt &amp; Stuckenberg; I &amp;female; (PT), 54 Ian S Khorixas, 20043'S: 14°49'E, 26.iii. 1984, Londt &amp; Stuckenberg; 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> (PT), 13 km S of Windhoek, 2217CA, 18.iv. 1983, Stuckenberg &amp; Londt; 6 <i>&amp;male;</i> 2 &amp;female; (PT), Otavi [19°39'S: 17°20'E], 18.iii. 1988, Manning; 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> (PT), Windhoek [22°35'S: 17°05'E] Distr., Farm Portsmut 33, 14-24.iv. 1972, Strydom &amp; Jones; 2 <i>&amp;male;</i> (PT), Hardap dam [2417BD], Mariental Distr., 10-14.iv.1972, Strydom &amp; Jones; I <i>&amp;male;</i> I &amp;female; (PT), Otjimbumbe [?], Kunene R., iii. 1923, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); 7&amp;male; 1 &amp;female; (PT), Kaross [River - 19°30'S: 14°20'E], ii. 1925, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); 1 <i>&amp;male;</i> (PT), Erikson's Drift [?], Kunene R., iii. 1923, Mus. Exped. (SAMC). Etymology: Gr. <i>di</i> - two + <i>morphe</i> - form (refers to the sexual dimorphism displayed by this species).
description: Published as part of <i>Londt, Jason G. H., 1994, Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 25. A key to the genera of the subfamily Stenopogoninae with new synonymy and descriptions of six new genera, pp. 71-96 in ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 35</i> on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8360701