. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 199 ending apically in a short joint-like basal element bearing a fine style, with the bases of first antennal joints situated on a slightly raised front part of frons; proboscis about 4 mm. long. Legs slender, without any spines on front femora; middle ones with about 3 slender bristle-like spines in apical half in front and 2 behind; hind femora with about 9 slender spines from just before middle to apex on outer side below; claws graduall
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. 199 ending apically in a short joint-like basal element bearing a fine style, with the bases of first antennal joints situated on a slightly raised front part of frons; proboscis about 4 mm. long. Legs slender, without any spines on front femora; middle ones with about 3 slender bristle-like spines in apical half in front and 2 behind; hind femora with about 9 slender spines from just before middle to apex on outer side below; claws gradually curved down apically, with the pulvilli just about reaching middle of claws. Hypopygium (text-fig. 41). Text-fig. 41. -Side and ventral views of hypopygium of $ of Bombyli calviniensis n. sp. with the beaked apical joints narrow and elongate as in the other species in thib series. Type in the South African Museum. Length of body: about 7 mm. Length of wing: about 8 mm. Locality.—N. Western Karoo: Calvinia (Mus. Exp., September 1936). This species very closely resembles such species as aurimystax, pseudopsis, and anomalus. From the latter it may at once be dis- tinguished by having the face and lower part of head reddish, shorter first antennal joints, less whitish pubescence on pleurae and pectus, paler pubescence on abdomen, and the wings less distinctly tinged yellowish in basal half. From pseudopsis it differs in having no trace of transverse blackish or dark bristly hairs or bristles on abdomen, more yellowish pubescence on pectus and pleurae, and the wings not distinctly tinged yellowish in basal half. From aurimystax it differs. 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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