. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ADDITIONS TO THE GYRTOSIINAE (BOMBYLIIDAE) OF SOUTH AFRICA I 23 markedly and characteristically hollowed or excavated, the sides of tergites and plate-like hinder part of metapleurae much inflexed and overhanging venter, and middle of venter with two longitudinal ridge-like elevations. Legs relatively stoutish and shortish, without any spines on hind femora and without distinct spicules on tibiae; apex of tibiae without distinct spurs, but apparently ending in a minute spine-like point on each side o
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ADDITIONS TO THE GYRTOSIINAE (BOMBYLIIDAE) OF SOUTH AFRICA I 23 markedly and characteristically hollowed or excavated, the sides of tergites and plate-like hinder part of metapleurae much inflexed and overhanging venter, and middle of venter with two longitudinal ridge-like elevations. Legs relatively stoutish and shortish, without any spines on hind femora and without distinct spicules on tibiae; apex of tibiae without distinct spurs, but apparently ending in a minute spine-like point on each side of tarsal insertion. Vestiture without any macrochaetal elements, the hairs distinctly more developed than in other genera, excepting Onchopelma, even the hairs in $9> though much shorter than in o*6*5 still denser and more evident than in most cyrtosiine genera; hairs on thorax above, scutellum and mesopleuron situated in the areolar crater-like punctures, comparatively dense, longer in $<$ than in $$, in latter however apparently equally dense; those on abdomen, sides of tergite i, greater part of 2 and on rest of tergites in 0*0*5 though shorter than on thorax, markedly dense, shining silvery whitish, arranged transversely and directed towards centre along the middorsal line of which they form a sort of ridge composed of hairs; hairs on abdomen above in $$ situated in the crater- like punctures, very much shorter than in 0*6% minute, but also directed towards midline; posterior and lower parts of pleurae bare; hairs on legs relatively longer and denser than in the other genera, slightly longer and finer in $6* than in $. Hypopygium of 0*6* (text-fig. 8, right, drawn upside down, the upper part being ventral in position in the specimens) with the last sternite (LS) not spined or very sharply produced at its posterior apical angle as in most other cyrtosiine genera; the basimere (B) of the paramere rather broadish, more saddle-shaped, not shell-like as in the other genera
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