Haematopota vittata Loew, 1858 - Identification

Thorax distinctive with a very broad central white stripe. Scutellum white with two brown lateral spots.

Original description by Loew:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35325#page/68/mode/1up

Illustration by Loew (fig 28,29 &30): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35325#page/351/mode/1up

Description by Austen (Haematopota pulchriventris):
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35239#page/64/mode/1up

Illustrated in Austen 1906:
Published in: Austen, E.E. 1906. On some blood-sucking and other Diptera from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan collected during the year 1905, with descriptions of new species. Report of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories 2: 51-66.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35239#page/65/mode/1up

Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and possibly South Africa.

Posted on 22 de julho de 2023, 03:56 PM by traianbertau