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Papp, L.: A review of the Afrotropical species of Poecilosomella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)
The holotypes and a majority of paratypes are in the NMSA some paratypes are in the BMNH spirit collection (B.R. PlTKlN, pers. comm.). Material studied: 1 (MRAC): Résidu de foret, ombrophile, humus -I.R.S.AC.-MUS. R.AC- S. Rhodesia: Melsetter, 1700 m, VII. 1960, N. LELEUP - poecilosomella multicolor RICH. ? = pictitarsis Rica " det. L. PAPP, 1988; body length 2.00 mm, wing length 1.33 mm, i.e. brachypterous. 1 9 (MRAC): I.R.S.ACMUS. CONGO, Ruanda: Forêt Rugege, 2100 m, III-1951, N. LELEUp (identification label as above); body length 2.00 mm, wing 1.71 x 0.74 mm. One of the above females has dark colour on ventral part of pleurae, middle tibia entirely dark, mesonotum orange anteriorly, middle and hind legs yellow with dark rings. The other female has no darker but only yellow colour on pleurae, in contrast, its fore tibia and first tarsomere are entirely dark. The necessity to compare the holotypes of multicolor and of pictitarsis emerged in the last phase of the present study but in any case, this comparison is obligatory in order to decide on their identity (i.e. a possible synonymization of multicolor). PoecUosomeUa palUdlmana (DUDA, 1925) DUDA, 1925: Arch. Naturgesch., 90A(1924) (11): 82, 85 (Leptocera [PoecUosomeUa}). Holotype male (HNHM): Abyssinia, KOVÁCS - MARAKO, 1912.III. - „Poecilosomella pallidimana d " [DUDA'S handwriting] Det. Dr. O. Duda. Material other than type: 1 9 (HNHM): Abyssinia, KOVÁCS - TSHERTSHER 1911.X. - „P. angulata Th. " Det. DR. O. DUDA; 9 d, 1 9 (CAS, 3 d HNHM): South Africa: Cape Province, Storms Rivier, elev. 200 m, IV-20-58- E.S. Ross & R.E. LEECH; 1 d (CAS): Paarl, Cape Prov., S. AFRICA X-16-49, MALKIN; 1 d, 2 9 (HNHM): South Africaoserdő, 1978. V. 12, leg. ENDRODY-YOUNGA; 2 d (HNHM): Uganda, 16 mi. NW of Bushenyi, XII-6-57, 1450 m -E. S. Ross & R. E. LEECH; 1 6 (MRAC): région bocagère et zone des cultures -versant S. E. 1600-1700 m, COLL. MUS. CONGO, Tanganyika Terr.: Kilimanjaro, Marangu, 13/20-VII1957, Mission Zoolog. I.R.S.AC. en Afrique orientale (P. BASILEWSKY & N. LELEUP); 1 d (MRAC): Congo Belge, P. N. G[aramba], Miss. H. DE SAEGER, II/fc/17, 29-XI-1951, Réc. H. DE SAEGER, 2818; 2 d (MRAC, HNHM): Coll. Mus. Congo, N. Lac Kivu: Rwankwi, 15-11-1952, J.V. LEROY - Total 22 ex. Distribution: „Etihiopia; Madagascar, Rhodesia, South Africa, Zaire" (RICHARDS, 1980: 621); Uganda (new), Tanzania (new). Poecilosomella perinetka (HACKMAN, 1967) HACKMAN, 1967: Notul. ent., 47: 33 (Leptocera [PoecUosomeUa]). Described from Madagascar, the holotype male and paratypes (1 d , 1 9 ) are deposited in the collection of Nat. Hist. Mus. Basel (not studied). Poecilosomella pictitarsis (RICHARDS, 1938) (Figs 23-28) RICHARDS, 1938: Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, N.S., 8: 388 (Leptocera [PoecUosomeUa]) - Original type-data: p. 389: „Type 9 Kenya, Marakwet, Ca m pi Cherangani, 3.000 m., March. Allotype d Kenya, E. side Mount Elgon, Suam fishing hut, 2.400 m. Paratypes 2 9 9 with same data as type." Paratype female (BMNH): 1/ [6 mm 0 round, yellow bordered] Paratype; 2/ [12x5.5 mm, dirty white, printed] Pres. by O.W. Richards. B. M. 1935 -160.; 3/ [8.5x3 mm dirty white, printed] MARS; 4/ [12x5.5 mm light greenish blue] MUSEUM de PARIS, Mission de l'Omo. C. ARAMBOUGH, P.A CHAPPUIS & R. JEANNEL, 1932-33; 5/ [11.5x6 mm, dirty yellowish white, printed] KENYA Campi Cherangani, MARAKWET, 3.000 m; 6/ [22x11.5 mm, dirty white with RICHARDS' handwriting] „Leptocera pictitarsis 9 Paratype". Abdomen downcurved, body length not precisely measurable, ca. 2.13 mm, wing 2.08 x 0.85 mm; minutia pinned into a kerria bricklet; left wing missing, probably used for taking photo (cf. RICHARDS 1938: Fig. 8). Limosina (PoecUosomeUa) niveipes VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1950: Bull. Inst. Sei. nat. Belg., 26/25/: 17, a junior synonym of P. pictitarsis (RICHARDS, 1938).
