Sepedon (Parasepedon) straeleni Verbeke 1963
Creators: name: Knutson, Lloyd V.
name: Deeming, John C.
name: Ebejer, Martin J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sciomyzidae
Sepedon
Sepedon straeleni

description: Sepedon (Parasepedon) straeleni Verbeke, 1963
(Fig. 14)
References to figures: Verbeke 1950 (as S. testacea Loew: aedeagus, surstylus).
Holotype ♂, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, P.N.U., Gorges de la Pelenge, 1150m, 19.vi.1947, Mission G.F. de Witte (MRAC). Not seen in IRSNB or MRAC by Knutson in 1978.
Verbeke (1950: 57, 1961: 18) misidentified this species as S. testacea Loew, and (1963: 57) corrected the misidentification and named the species by back reference to Verbeke (1950). He stated (1950) that the “forceps” and aedeagus approach the type of S. trichrooscelis Speiser and that other characters are as in his S. convergens group (his S. convergens Loew of 1950 and 1961 = S. testacea Loew, the true S. convergens being in the subgenus Mesosepedon Verbeke, 1950.
WEST AFRICA: NIGERIA: Benin, O.P.R.S. (= Oil Palm Research Station, about 5mi. from Benin City), 1♂, 24.vii.1947, no collector’s name (USNM). CAMEROUN: Lolodorf, 1♂, 13.vii.1920; 1♀, 4.v.1917 (CMP); 1♂, 7.vii.1920, A.I. Good (USNM); Forêt d’Ototoma, 1♂, 4.viii.1967, L. Matile (MNHNP); N’Kolbisson, 1♀, 25.x.1970, L. Matile (MNHNP); B. de Miré, Village Meyo, test cacao, 2♀, 9.xii.1968, no collector’s name (MNHNP); Bolo, 19.iii.1968 (1 ex. CU; 2 ex. USNM); 20.ii.1968 (1 ex. CU); 1♂1♀, in copula (USNM); 30.i.1968 (1 ex. CU; 2 ex. USNM); 2.v.1968 (1 ex. CU; 2 ex. USNM); 25.iv.1968 (1 ex. CU); 6.ii.1968 (1 ex. CU); Bolo Riv. 1♂, 24.i.1968, 1♂, 1.ii.1968, 1♀ 20.iv.1968, 1 ex. (abdomen missing) 25.iv.1968, 1♂, 2.v.1968, 1.ii.1968 (1 ex. CU) Disney; Kumba 1 ex. 10.i.1969; 1♂, 10.ii. 198, Disney (USNM); Bolo Village, 23km. N. Kumba 2♂ 2♀, 1 ex, 20.ii.1968, 1♂, (NMWC), 1♂2♀, (USNM); 1♀, 19.iii.1968, Disney (USNM). FERNANDO PÓ: Musola, 500– 800m., 1♀, i.1902, L. Fed (Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genoa); IVORY COAST: Akoupe, 25km. N. Abidjan, 1♀, viii.1961; Mouyassue, 30km. E. Aboisso, 1♀, viii.1961, both J. Decelle (MRACT). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Pisté Ruwenzori, VS273 Massif Ruwenzori, 1900m. 1♂, 7.i.1958, P. Vanschuytbroeck (IRSNB); Riv. Mbulikerere, affl. Dr. Talia N, Secteur Tshiaberimu, 2720m. 2♂, 26–28.viii.1953, V. Hendricks (IRSNB); Massif Ruwenzori, Kyandolire, Camp des Gardes, 1700m. 1♀, 22.x.1952, P. Vanschuytbroeck & J. Kekenbosch (IRSNB); same location, collectors, and collection, 2♂, 7–15.vii.1952; Contrefouts, N. Mikeno, Secteur Sud., Rumangabo, station PNA, 1600m. 2♂, 3.iv–16.viii.1957, C. Donis (IRSNB); Mont Hoyo, 1280m., sur plantes basses, 9♂2♀, 7–15.vii.1955, P. Vanschuytbroeck (IRSNB); Rutshuru 2♂, 4.xii.1937, J. Ghesquière (IRSNB).
UGANDA: Ruwenzori Mts., 5 km. W. Kilembe, 2500m. 2♂, 6.i.1996, I. Yarom & A. Freidberg (TAU); Mwenda, Mt. Ruwenzori, 1455m, 1♂ 12–13.xii.1948, J.C. Bradley (CU); S.W. Fort Portal, 18km. N.W. 2000m. 1♂, 8.i.1996, I. Yarom & A. Freidberg (TAU); Kibale Forest N.P. 1400m. 1♂, 10.i.1966, I. Yarom & A. Freidberg (TAU).
Published records. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA (Verbeke 1950, 1961, 1963); DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Knutson 1968).
Biology. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Knutson, Lloyd V., Deeming, John C. & Ebejer, Martin J., 2018, The Snail-killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) of West Africa, pp. 67-100 in Zootaxa 4483 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1436632