. Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera. Aphiochaeta. 397 it, and from pijgmaea it is distinguished by the normal abdominal tergites; I have described this female as it is evidently an undescribed species, but how the male shall be distinguished from pygmaea I cannot say, unless the darkest, clear-winged forms of pygmaea should prove to belong to the present species. A. pygmaeoides is rare; Holte ^Vi2 1920 and ^U 1921 (Th. Mor- tensen) and at Ry in Jutland ^V? 1918 (the author), in all three females; the specimen from ^^/i2 was taken on the window toget
. Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera. Aphiochaeta. 397 it, and from pijgmaea it is distinguished by the normal abdominal tergites; I have described this female as it is evidently an undescribed species, but how the male shall be distinguished from pygmaea I cannot say, unless the darkest, clear-winged forms of pygmaea should prove to belong to the present species. A. pygmaeoides is rare; Holte ^Vi2 1920 and ^U 1921 (Th. Mor- tensen) and at Ry in Jutland ^V? 1918 (the author), in all three females; the specimen from ^^/i2 was taken on the window together with pyg- maea^ brought in with a Christmas tree from the wood. Geographical distribution: — Hitherto only known from Den- mark. 135. A. Berndseni Schmitz. 1919. Schmitz, Entom. Ber. Nederl. Ent. Ver. V, 118. Male. I have not seen the male, but, according to Schmitz's description, it is mainly similar to the female. Female. Frons about quadratic, black, a little greyish and some- what shining; inner bristle of lower row below the outer and in about the middle between it and the upper supraantennal; supraantennal bristles only slightly unequal, the lower a little smaller than the. Fig. 116. Wing of .4. Berndseni $. upper; the upper supraantennals in about the same distance from each other as the inner bristles of middle row, the lower more ap- proximate. Antennee blackish brown, arista short-pubescent. Palpi yellow, of ordinary size, with well developed bristles. Thorax black, slightly shining, with dark brownish pubescence. Mesopleura bare. Abdomen black, a little greyish, dull; the very short hairs almost only visible behind. Legs brown, the front legs the palest, the hind legs the darkest; hind femora somewhat broad, with the hairs below the base longish; bristles on hind tibiae as in pygmaea, distinct and not numerous. Wings brownish yellow tinged, veins brown; costa. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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