Xenomyia acuticeps Emden, 1951

Xenomyia acuticeps Emden, 1951 View in CoL

Diagnosis. (modified from Emden 1951). Length: 6.8–9.4 mm. Ocellar setae present; fronto-orbital plate narrower than frontal vitta; profile of head at antennal base much longer than at mouth margin, forming an acute angle ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4–9 , modified from Fig. 54 of Emden 1951); proboscis stout and bulbous, dusted; facial ridges with few setulae near vibrissa; claws small; dorsocentral presutural 1; katepisternals 1:1; presutural intra-alar seta absent; posterior intralar seta absent. Anepimeron bare. Mid tarsus of male compressed and slightly dilated, the anterior surface with dense pale golden yellow dust, which is interrupted by a longitudinal row of setae. Hind tibia without posterodorsal seta. Claws small.

Note. Described from male and female from Uganda, collected in Namwamba Valley , at 6,500 ft. and 10,200 ft. One male is labelled: on stones in small rapid stream ( Emden 1951). Deposited at NHMUK .