. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 617 in both sexes, with the terminal style very fine and hair-like; pro- boscis slender and about 1J-3J mm. long. Abdomen with a tendency to be narrowed and pointed apically, with the last sternite in <$<$ truncate apically, its posterior lateral angles rounded. Legs markedly slender, without any spines below on front and middle femora, but with about 3-6 white spines below on hind ones; claws slender, only gradually curved downwards a
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 617 in both sexes, with the terminal style very fine and hair-like; pro- boscis slender and about 1J-3J mm. long. Abdomen with a tendency to be narrowed and pointed apically, with the last sternite in <$<$ truncate apically, its posterior lateral angles rounded. Legs markedly slender, without any spines below on front and middle femora, but with about 3-6 white spines below on hind ones; claws slender, only gradually curved downwards apically and with the puivilli vestigial in $$ and only visible basally in <$<$. Hypopygium of $ (text-fig. 173). Text-fig. 173.—Greater part of ventral view and side view of hypopygium of <$ Lepidochlanus fimbriatus n. gen. and n. sp. with the sides of basal parts very finely striate or rugulose in certain lights, with the inner apical parts of basal parts in neck region flattened and produced; beaked apical joints elongate and somewhat laterally compressed; aedeagus straight and sharply pointed and without any ventral process below. Types in the South African Museum and paratypes in the British Museum. Length of body: about 2J-6J mm. Length of wing: about 3-7 mm. Locality.—Karoo: Murraysburg Distr. (Mus. Staff, Nov. 1935). S. Karoo: Matjiesfontein (Turner, 16-30/10/28). W. Cape Province: Olifant's River Valley between Clanwilliam and Citrusdal (Mus. Exp., 1931). Cape Province: Bushmanland: Jakhals Water (Lightfoot, Oct. 1911) (labelled as niveus by Bezzi). Namaqualand: Garies Distr.; Klip Vlei (Mus. Exp., Nov. 1931);. 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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