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  • Species discovery in Southern African bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae): A new species in the revised genus Enica Macquart, 1834
Title: Species discovery in Southern African bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae): A new species in the revised genus Enica Macquart, 1834
The Bombyliidae generaEnicaMacquart, 1834 andNomaloniaRondani, 1863, restricted to South Africa, are synonymized. Currently, one species ofEnicais known from South Africa,Enica longirostris(Wiedemann, 1819), and sixNomaloniaspecies are newly combined withEnica:Enica clavicornis(Hesse, 1956),comb. nov.;Enica eremophila, (Hesse, 1975),comb. nov.;Enica henicoides(Hesse, 1956),comb. nov.;Enica imitata(Hesse, 1956),comb. nov.;Enica sporanthera(Hesse, 1956),comb. nov.; andEnica syrticola(Hesse, 1956),comb. nov.A new species,Enica adelphesp. nov.from the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape of South Africa, is described. AllEnicaspecies are redescribed and a dichotomous key with photographic references is provided for ease of identification. Specimen occurrence data and photographs are provided for each species. Each species ofEnicaoccurs in at least one of three biodiversity hotspots in South Africa,i.e., Succulent Karoo, Cape Floristic Region, and Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany, withE. longirostrisoccurring in all three.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2209399
PAR ID:
10666631
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Pensoft
Date Published:
Journal Name:
African Invertebrates
Volume:
66
Issue:
1
ISSN:
1681-5556
Page Range / eLocation ID:
73 to 115
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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