A new species in the genus Pseudorhyncomyia Peris, 1952 and the identity of P. deserticola Zumpt and Argo, 1978 (Diptera, Rhiniidae)

KNUT ROGNES

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3736.3.3

Issue: Vol. 3736 No. 3: 13 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.3.3

Page range: 249–264

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**A new species in the genus Pseudorhyncomyia Peris, 1952 and the identity of P. deserticola Zumpt and Argo, 1978 (Diptera, Rhiniidae)**

KNUT ROGNES⁺⁻

University of Stavanger, Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, NO–4036 Stavanger, Norway.

Diptera Rhiniidae Pseudorhyncomyia Afrotropical Region new species new synonym

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Abstract

The genus Pseudorhyncomyia Peris, 1952 is re-described and shown to have two valid species: P. braunsi (Villeneuve, 1920) and P. aethiopica sp. nov. The latter is described on the basis of a single male specimen captured near Ado, Ethiopia, in 1953. Nominal species P. deserticola Zumpt and Argo, 1978 is transferred to Zumba Peris, 1951, where it is placed as a junior synonym of Z. antennalis (Villeneuve, 1929), syn. nov.