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Issue: Vol. 45 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.45.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 5

Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae)

Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP – Botucatu. Instituto de Biociências, Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (A/C Zoologia), Rubião Júnior, 18618-000, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, USA
Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Diptera Morphology Crocidium Crocidiinae Bombyliidae Afrotropical

Abstract

The great contribution of A. J. Hesse to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Bombyliidae, included the description of 17 new species of Crocidium Loew. Despite the very detailed descriptions of the external morphology, data on the spermatheca and male genital segments were not always included. The present contribution includes the description of the male genitalia and spermathecae of species described by Hesse: C. costilabre, C. dichopticum, C. lactipenne, C. microstictum, C. namaquense; the male genitalia of C. tinctipenne and the spermatheca of C. chrysonotum, C. dasypolium, C. karooanum, C. nitilabre, C. phaenochilum, C. phaeopterale and C. pterostictum.

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