. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 187 November 1931) (Types); Namaqualand: Bowesdorp (Mus. Exp., November 1931). This species is very near fucatus Bezz., from which it may be distinguished by the much clearer and more hyaline wings, the fewer or less dark blackish brown bristly elements on abdomen, more conspicuous red on abdomen and on pleurae, and distinctly more broadly separated eyes in $$. 1 $ B. aurimystax n. sp. Black; antennal joints 1 and 2, face, base of proboscis
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 187 November 1931) (Types); Namaqualand: Bowesdorp (Mus. Exp., November 1931). This species is very near fucatus Bezz., from which it may be distinguished by the much clearer and more hyaline wings, the fewer or less dark blackish brown bristly elements on abdomen, more conspicuous red on abdomen and on pleurae, and distinctly more broadly separated eyes in $$. 1 $ B. aurimystax n. sp. Black; antennal joints 1 and 2, face, base of proboscis below, greater part of scutellum and narrow hind margins of venter reddish; legs predominantly yellowish, the apical part of tarsi blackened and apices of claws black; pubescence dense, that on abdomen somewhat shaggy and that on disc of thorax appearing slightly cropped off, that on occiput, thorax in front and sides very pale sericeous whitish, appearing whiter in certain lights, that on disc of thorax with a slightly more sericeous yellowish gleam, that on abdomen whitish or sericeous whitish, without any dark bristles on sides or apically, that on frons, antennal joint 1, face and genae sericeous yellowish, becom- ing more golden yellowish on frons, apical part of face and on genae, the mystax, in fact, markedly gleaming golden with even a touch of orange, that on head below and body below more obviously white than above, that on venter very pale yellowish, whiter on sides but even slightly ochreous apically; wings greyish hyaline, with a slight yellowish tinge which becomes more evident and distinct basally, the base, costal cell, with the basal comb pale yellowish, the veins yellowish brown, becoming more yellowish towards base, with the discal cross vein just at about middle of discoidal cell, with the squamae opaquely. Text-fig. 35.—Side view and half of ventral view of hypopygium of $ Bombylius aurimystax n. Please note that these images are extracted from scann
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