Coproica serra (Richards, 1938)

Bergeron, Matthew D., Marshall, Stephen A. & Swann, John E., 2015, A review of the New World Coproica (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with a description of 8 new species, Zootaxa 3953 (1), pp. 1-157 : 72

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3953.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14951427
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scientific name	Coproica serra (Richards, 1938)
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Leptocera (Heteroptera) serra Richards, 1938a: 391 [male, illustr.]. Type locality: Kenya, E side Mount Elgon , Elgon Saw Mill, Camp II [2,470 m]. HT male (MNHN).

Material examined. KENYA: Masai Mara Nat. Pk., 10–11.vii.1988, ex. buffalo dung, yellow pan tp., B.J. Sinclair (2♂ *–w, 4♀ *) .

Distribution: Afrotropical: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda.

Comments. Specimens of Coproica serra were identified on the basis of genitalic figures in Papp, 2008. The ventral row of thickened bristles on the surstylus makes males of this species easily recognizable. The species also appears to have a ventral orange spot on the first flagellomere, a character that was overlooked by both Richards (1938) and Papp (2008). This orange spot was faint in some specimens examined, yet distinct in others. The anterior katepisternal bristle was noted as absent by both Richards (1938) and Papp (2008), but is here determined to be present, though minute.