Xenomyia perplexa Emden, 1951
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78EE7D18-F2D4-4225-A51D-E500E93E42DD |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14734988 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0964E465-FF82-207E-6BD5-45B7FE550911 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Xenomyia perplexa Emden, 1951 |
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Xenomyia perplexa Emden, 1951 View in CoL
Diagnosis. (modified from Emden 1951). Length: 7.0 mm. Ocellar setae present; fronto-orbital plate narrower than frontal vitta; proboscis short, stout and bulbous, dusted; palpus narrowly dilated apically, flattened, somewhat spoon-shaped; facial ridges with few setulae near vibrissa; several rows of occipital hairs; anepimeron bare; presutural intra-alar seta present in male and absent in female; dorsocentrals 1:3; katepisternals 0:1; coxae with slender setae, more numerous on mid coxa; claws very long and strong almost same size as the length of pedicel plus postpedicel; puvilli small; fore tibia with a posterior seta; apex of hind tibia in male with long posteroventral fine setae and very long anteroventral setae; hind tarsi compressed and very short ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 16–20 , modified from Fig. 49 View FIGURES 46–51 of Emden 1951).
Note. Described from male and female from South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ulundi , 5,000-6,500 ft .. Holotype deposited at NHMUK.
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Natural History Museum, London |
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