Two new species of Phronia Winnertz, 1864 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from Taita Hills, Kenya

Autor: Olavi Kurina, Aleksander Pototski
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: African Invertebrates, Vol 63, Iss 1, Pp 89-103 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2305-2562
DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.63.86661
Popis: Two new Phronia Winnertz, 1864 species—P. hannarostiae sp. nov. and P. ristoi sp. nov.—are described from Taita Hills in Kenya, representing the first named species of this genus in the African continent. The new species are morphologically similar to each other as well as to P. flobertae Matile – a species described from the Comoro Islands. These three species can be distinguished by details of the male terminalia, in particular by comparing the structures of the gonostyli. The new species are photographed and hand-drawn figures provided, and their taxonomy is discussed.
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