Haematopota albihirta Karsch, 1888 - Identification

Length 9 to 11.5 mm.
Brown; dorsum of thorax with grey markings. Scutellum, except a broad hind border (sometimes interrupted in middle line) grey. Abdomen with hind margins of all segments and a median stripe on second to sixth segments grey, fourth and following segments each with a pair of narrow elongate grey spots. Legs brown, a single white band on front tibia, two bands on middle and hind tibia, and basal part of first joint of middle and hind tarsi with pale hairs.

Original description by Karsch:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14920697#page/445/mode/1up
Illustration of wing (fig. 4) by Karsch: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14920697#page/467/mode/1up

Austen's description (Haematopota mactans):
https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930808692458

Illustrated in Austen
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75729#page/267/mode/1up

Wideley distributed in the savannas of Southern and Eastern Africa.

Posted on 22 de julho de 2023, 02:22 PM by traianbertau