. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 89 sexes; row of pale triangular discal spots on hind margins of tergites along mid-dorsal line slightly deeper yellowish, more ochreous to pale orange yellow, their basal parts distinctly more orange; entire hind margin of tergite 1 more reddish yellow and with almost entire tergite 7 and sternite 7 in $ yellowish; legs usually darker brownish yellow, the upper parts of femora brownish and lower parts more yellowish, the apical halves of hind
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 89 sexes; row of pale triangular discal spots on hind margins of tergites along mid-dorsal line slightly deeper yellowish, more ochreous to pale orange yellow, their basal parts distinctly more orange; entire hind margin of tergite 1 more reddish yellow and with almost entire tergite 7 and sternite 7 in $ yellowish; legs usually darker brownish yellow, the upper parts of femora brownish and lower parts more yellowish, the apical halves of hind femora more distinctly dark, due to dark scaling, and the tarsi, especially upper surfaces, slightly darker brownish; integument as in pallipes, but greater part of frons in <$,. Text-fig. 21. Wing of Tomomyza karooana n. sp. however, dull. Vestiture with similar dark or blackish brown to black hairs on ocellar and frontal regions and on thorax and scutellum above, but without any such hairs on legs; pile and pruinescence in lateral band on thorax also gleam- ing sericeous whitish; fine, scale-like pile on disc of thorax in form of two faint submedial bands of very fine greyish sericeous ones, separated by broader bands of very fine reddish golden or brownish pile, more visible in certain lights, especially along midline; pile on scutellum and hairs on sides gleaming sericeous whitish as in pallipes; pile on abdomen above also predominantly dark or black, but that discally across bases of tergites appearing more dull greyish in certain lights; fine hairs on front part of frons in $ yellowish, more whitish in <$; brilliantly silvery pruinescence on frons in o* more extensive, occupying almost the whole or entire frons; scaling and very fine and short hairs on legs predominantly dark on apical halves of femora and in form of intermixed dark and sericeous yellowish ones on rest of legs. Wings (text-fig. 21) vitreous hyaline, iridescent; veins very dark brownish, becoming sli
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