Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 18The Museum, 1921 - Natural history |
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... front of thorax numerous and strong , black , with a few yellow ones inwards . Femora black ; tibiae yellow , with black spines . The wings are blackened at the base and along the marginal cell , which shows at end two broad hyaline ...
... front of thorax numerous and strong , black , with a few yellow ones inwards . Femora black ; tibiae yellow , with black spines . The wings are blackened at the base and along the marginal cell , which shows at end two broad hyaline ...
Page 28
... wings and a few in front ; scutellum marginated with yellow bristles . Squamae dark , fringed with long , silvery hairs ; halteres blackish . Abdomen black , clothed with hairs like those of the thorax , with only a few black hairs ...
... wings and a few in front ; scutellum marginated with yellow bristles . Squamae dark , fringed with long , silvery hairs ; halteres blackish . Abdomen black , clothed with hairs like those of the thorax , with only a few black hairs ...
Page 38
... wing expanse 36-38 mm . Head of much broader shape than usual , black on the ... front show a white sheen chiefly in the male ; in certain lights there are ... front and a 38 Annals of the South African Museum .
... wing expanse 36-38 mm . Head of much broader shape than usual , black on the ... front show a white sheen chiefly in the male ; in certain lights there are ... front and a 38 Annals of the South African Museum .
Page 39
... front are whitish with a silvery sheen ; in the female the hairs are of a darker colour , and at the hind border of ... wing 16 mm . , breadth of a wing 5 mm . ) ; basal comb very strong and black , whitish yellow , pilose at base , with ...
... front are whitish with a silvery sheen ; in the female the hairs are of a darker colour , and at the hind border of ... wing 16 mm . , breadth of a wing 5 mm . ) ; basal comb very strong and black , whitish yellow , pilose at base , with ...
Page 40
... wings . Type , a single specimen from Stellenbosch ( Cape ) ( L. Périn- guey ) , 1888 . Length of the body 13 mm . , of the wing ... front ; before the root of the wings others are bright fulvous tufts , which on the pteropleura and on ...
... wings . Type , a single specimen from Stellenbosch ( Cape ) ( L. Périn- guey ) , 1888 . Length of the body 13 mm . , of the wing ... front ; before the root of the wings others are bright fulvous tufts , which on the pteropleura and on ...
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Abdomen anal cell antennae appendages band basal basal comb base Bezzi black hairs black line blackish Bombyliidae BOMBYLIUS broad broadly Cape clothed Coll colour costal coxae cubital fork dark brown dense discal cross-vein discoidal cell distal distinct dorsal dull elongate entirely black EXOPROSOPA female femora ferruginous fore fringe frons front wing fuscous genus greenish greyish halteres hind border hind femora hind wing Holotype humeral suture hyaline infuscated Labium Legs light yellow lobe Loew M'Fongosi male margin median Mesonotum mid-dorsal middle narrow narrowly Natal occiput ocellar ocelli ochreous olivaceous pale yellowish palpi Plate pleurae posterior cell proboscis Prothorax pruinose Pterostigma pubescence R. M. Lightfoot reddish brown scutellum segments Sélys short sides slightly South African South African Museum species specimens spines spots Squamae sternite stripe suture tarsi tergites Text-fig Thoracic dorsum thorax tibiae Transvaal transverse tuft venation ventral vertex whitish Zululand