. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 613 tergites 2, 3, 5 and 6 sparser and absent on 7; pale scaling on abdomen above cream-coloured or yellowish or greyish whitish, the band on sides basally of tergite 2 much broader and those across 3 and 4 almost uninterrupted across base discally and much narrower across the hinder part, and tergites 5 and 6 with much yellowish or ochreous yellowish scaling even laterally. Last sternite in o* (text-fig. 203, left) differs from that of ternari
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REVISION OF THE BOMBYLIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 613 tergites 2, 3, 5 and 6 sparser and absent on 7; pale scaling on abdomen above cream-coloured or yellowish or greyish whitish, the band on sides basally of tergite 2 much broader and those across 3 and 4 almost uninterrupted across base discally and much narrower across the hinder part, and tergites 5 and 6 with much yellowish or ochreous yellowish scaling even laterally. Last sternite in o* (text-fig. 203, left) differs from that of ternarius in not being emarginated. Text-fig. 203. Left: Side view of last sternite of 6* Thyridanthrax idolus n. sp. Right: Side view of hypopygium and ventral view of aedeagal process of 6* of same species. along dorsal margin and thus having no process. Hypopygium of J (text-fig. 203, middle) differs in having the apical part of basal parts more pointed and longer; aedeagal process (right) shorter; posterior strut much longer and the lateral ones more developed. From 7 0*6* and 8 $$ (types and paratypes in the South African Museum and some paratypes in the Transvaal Museum). Length of body: about 9-13 mm. Length of wing: about 9-13 mm. Locality. Karoo: Richmond (Mus. Exp., Nov. 1939; Murraysburg (Mus. Exp., Nov. 1935); Willowmore (Brauns, 20 Dec. 1921); Colesberg (Brauns, 15 Nov. 1917 and Mus. Exp., Nov. 1939). East Cape: Gardiners Drift near Adelaide (Mus. Exp., March 1954). Griqualand West: Kuruman (Mus. Exp., Oct. 1939). Namaqualand: Kamieskroon-Springbok (Mus. Exp., Oct. 1939) (allotype); Knersvlakte (Mus. Exp., Oct. 1939) (holotype). Bushmanland: Jakkalswater (Lightfoot, Oct. 1911). South-West Africa: Kamanyab (Mus. Exp., March 1925); Outjo (Mus. Exp., Jan. 1925); Windhoek (Wilde). Bechuanaland: Damara Pan (Vernay-Lang Kal. Exp., 15-21 April 1930).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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