. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 127 brownish knobs in both sexes. Head with the eyes above in $ sub- contiguous for a short distance, subequal in length to ocellar tubercle, widely separated in $£ by a space quite 3 times as broad as tubercle; antennae with joint 1 short, about 1J times as long as 2, with 2 longer than broad, with 3 quite 1J times as long as 1 and 2 combined, laterally compressed, broadest a little before base, then gradually narrowed apically, ending apic
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 127 brownish knobs in both sexes. Head with the eyes above in $ sub- contiguous for a short distance, subequal in length to ocellar tubercle, widely separated in $£ by a space quite 3 times as broad as tubercle; antennae with joint 1 short, about 1J times as long as 2, with 2 longer than broad, with 3 quite 1J times as long as 1 and 2 combined, laterally compressed, broadest a little before base, then gradually narrowed apically, ending apically in a short basal joint-like element and a second more conical joint which itself ends in a styler element; proboscis about 4-5J mm. long. Legs without any visible spines on. Text-fig. 11.—Side and ventral views of hypopygium of $ of Bombylius hypoxanthus Lw. ( —plagiatus Bezz.). front femora below; middle ones with about 8-11 spines in front and 5-6 (usually small ones) behind; hind femora with about 15-17 spines from base to apex below. Hypopygium of S (text-tig. 11) with the neck region of basal parts not slender, short, and with the inner apical angles projecting prominently, without a row of distinct spines above, with fewer hairs on dorsum of basal parts than in acroleucus; beaked apical joints slightly thicker and more triquetrous basally, with the apex more acute and longer; aedeagus with a more slender apical part, extending almost to level of base of apical joints, straighter; lateral struts broad, but shorter than in acroleucus. Length of body: about 8-11 mm. Length of wing: about 9^-12 mm. Locality.—Eastern Cape Province, , and Transvaal. (In the Transvaal and South African Museums.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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