. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. «rSi. Text-fig. 15. Wing of Tomomyza pictipennis Bezz. (X=cross vein sometimes dividing first submarginal cell into two). scaling, the middle part of hind tibiae and sometimes basal half at least of hind tarsi pale yellowish, the base below and apex of hind tibiae being dark and black-scaled and the hind tarsi sometimes also entirely dark; integument of occiput and ocellar part microscopically rugulose, that on sides of front part of frons and facial region more or less smooth and shining; thorax and
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. «rSi. Text-fig. 15. Wing of Tomomyza pictipennis Bezz. (X=cross vein sometimes dividing first submarginal cell into two). scaling, the middle part of hind tibiae and sometimes basal half at least of hind tarsi pale yellowish, the base below and apex of hind tibiae being dark and black-scaled and the hind tarsi sometimes also entirely dark; integument of occiput and ocellar part microscopically rugulose, that on sides of front part of frons and facial region more or less smooth and shining; thorax and scutellum above dull and finely rugulose and abdomen finely and subscabrously ruguloso- punctate, even finer than on thorax; greater part of pleurae smooth and shining. Vestiture in form of shortish, bristly hairs on ocellar and frontal part, on humerus, on sides of tergite 1 and sparsely on metapleural parts and of fine, decumbent scales or pile on thorax, abdomen and legs, that on disc of thorax very fine; fine, brilliantly gleaming, silvery whitish pruinescence on sides of frons, sides of facial region and behind eyes and to a certain extent on pleurae and coxae; hairs on head above predominantly dark or black; scales or pile on thorax silvery greyish, the minute ones on disc more or less in three streaks and the longer ones on sides as a sericeous whitish band, the intervening streaks on disc dark or tinted brownish; scales or pile on sides of scutellum and on tergite 1 gleaming sericeous to silvery whitish, that medially dark blackish brown; fine scale-like pile on abdomen above mainly very dark or black, gleaming slightly greyish in certain lights, especially on venter below, distinctly more silvery greyish basally and medially on tergites; scaling on legs dark or blackish on upper parts of front and middle femora and on dark parts of hind legs, the rest of the scaling on legs and even the intermixed ones on upper parts. Please note that these images are extracted from
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