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Paraphamartania stukei Geller-Grimm, 1997
Nomenclature
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Family: AsilidaeGenus: Paraphamartania
SUMMARY
MALE
Unknown status.
From Geller-Grim, 1997:
FEMALE
Head:
Head black, golden pruinose, a small spot above the antenna and the ocellar tubercle shining. Face uniformly slightly convex, slightly widened below; the bases of antennae are situated slightly below the upper third of the cornpound eye. Occiput with 2 setae and short yellow hairs; face with yellow hair below the antennae in two groups laterally, yellow mystax composed of several long and weak bristles arranged in two rows above the upper margin of the face; hair on the back of the head and the post-genal beard yellow. Proboscis with yellow hair at base and top. Palpi two-segrnented, with yellow hair. Antennae black with brownish tornenturn on all segrnents; style two-segrnented, first microosegrnent somewhat longer than the 2nd, and the 2nd with an apical sensillum.
Thorax:
Thorax black, convex; pronoturn and anterior and lateral parts of pre- and mesoscuturn with golden tornentum. Mesoscuturn with a dark tornentose median stripe which is narrower than the vertex and ends at the transverse suture; short hair on rnesoscutum yellow (2 lateral spots in front of the scutellum remain bare); 3-4 weak humeral, 2 notopleural, 1 supraalar, 2 postalar and 7-9 dorsoecentral setae (4-5 dorsocentral setae in front of the transverse suture are short and weak), acrostichal setae not distinguishable from hair cover. Pleura golden tomentose, without hair; postnotal fan (metapleural tuft) yellow, composed of hair and 4 stronger setae. Scutellum black and shiny, without hair on the disc and bristles on the posterior margin; metanotum with white tomentum laterally. Halter pale with brownish base.
Legs black and yellow, hair cover and bristles yellow; coxae black with golden terntenturn and yellow hair; fore and mid fernora black, apical third yellow; hind femur black, apical two-thirds yellow; all tibiae yellow with black tips, apex of fore tibia ventrally with small curved spur; tarsal segrnents black (base of metatarsus somewhat lighter).
Wings infuscated brown (by dense microtrichia), except for apical part which is whitish; costa extends round axillary cell, with black hair (yellow only at the base), alula somewhat reduced, posterior cells open and anal cell closed at the margin.
Abdomen:
Abdomen black, rather slender like the thorax, tapering frorn tergite 5; without postrnetacoxal bridge; tergites 2-5 with constricted hind rnargins, first tergite also with a constricted basal part; hair cover short and yellow; fine bristles at sides of the first tergite only, no discal setae; tergites shiny, except for the golden tomentose spots at the lateral hind corners of each tergite which are triangular and posteriorly wider; sternites with longer yellow hair and sternites 1-5 brownish tomentose. Ovipositor with acanthophorites (5 strong, brown spines at each side) and short, yellow hair.
Body length: 8,5 mm; length of wing: 6,5 mm.