<strong>A new species of <em>Pseudoparaclius</em> Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, and a key to Afrotropical species</strong>

MATHIAS EMIL KAAE; IGOR GRICHANOV; THOMAS PAPE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.8

Issue: Vol. 4018 No. 1: 14 Sept. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-14

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.8

Page range: 137–145

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**A new species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, and a key to Afrotropical species**

MATHIAS EMIL KAAE⁺⁻
IGOR GRICHANOV⁺⁻
THOMAS PAPE⁺⁻

Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark Lund University, Box 117, Lund 221 00, Sweden

All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, 196608, Russia

Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark

Diptera Dolichopodidae Dolichopodinae Pseudoparaclius new species sister taxon taxonomic key Afrotropical Eastern Arc Tanzania Udzungwa

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Abstract

Pseudoparaclius udzungwa sp. nov. is described from Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, and a key to all known Afrotropical species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov is provided. Pseudoparaclius udzungwa is morphologically very similar to P. sanjensis (Grichanov) but has a modified male fore tarsus with laterally compressed tarsomeres 4–5, an epandrium with slightly shorter marginal teeth distiventrally, a blunt-tipped sclerotized part of the hypandrium, and an almost straight phallus. Males of P. udzungwa and P. sanjensis share a characteristic, oval, cup-shaped cercus not seen in any other known species of Pseudoparaclius.