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The occiput is clothed with dense and short fulvous hairs , which become paler below , changing to a quite white beard ; the frons is very narrow , its breadth at the narrowest point being half as much as the distance between the two ...
The occiput is clothed with dense and short fulvous hairs , which become paler below , changing to a quite white beard ; the frons is very narrow , its breadth at the narrowest point being half as much as the distance between the two ...
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An elegant species of small size , distinct from any other owing to the body being clothed entirely with long silvery hairs , without distinct bristles even on the abdomen , and by the vitreous wings , which have a silvery basal comb .
An elegant species of small size , distinct from any other owing to the body being clothed entirely with long silvery hairs , without distinct bristles even on the abdomen , and by the vitreous wings , which have a silvery basal comb .
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Frons at vertex as broad as the ocellar tubercle , but quickly broadening beyond the middle ; it is clothed with black erect hairs and has short , scattered , silvery hairs on the front half . Face conically produced but blunt , clothed ...
Frons at vertex as broad as the ocellar tubercle , but quickly broadening beyond the middle ; it is clothed with black erect hairs and has short , scattered , silvery hairs on the front half . Face conically produced but blunt , clothed ...
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abdomen allied anal cell antennae apical band basal basal comb base black hairs blackish body bristles broad broader broadly brownish Cape claws closed clothed colour coxae cubital fork dark brown darker deep dense described developed discal cross-vein discoidal cell distinct distinguished elongate entirely black EXOPROSOPA eyes face female femora fore fringe frons front genus grey greyish half halteres Head hind border hind femora hyaline infuscated joint knob Legs length less Loew longer male margin middle Museum narrow numerous occiput ocellar origin pale pale yellowish palpi pattern placed pleurae posterior cell preceding present proboscis prominent pubescence reddish scales scutellum segments separated shining short shorter sides silvery South African species specimen spines Squamae stripes strong terminal thin third thorax tibiae tuft Type usually vein venation venter white hairs whitish Wied wings yellow yellowish