OnrlNslepOOI"t .Jow·ncd of r eterinruy Science and Animal
!nclust,.y, r olwne I, ~Yumher J, .July, 1936.
Description of a New Species of Hippobosca ( Diptera Pupipara ) .
Hy G. A. H. BE])FOHU, Section of P;na~itology, Onclerstepoort.
'l'nE gc•nus 1/ lfifJOIJosca <-OIHJH1~e:; 111ne spec-Jeii, in dud ing tlw nc11·
species cl esni bed helo,,·.
Jl ljif!OUOSI"Cl i!WI"tina.!)/i(l. HOY. sp. (Fig. 1.).
l<'i,·e females <tu<l one mnle i<tken off impnb, ..-lep_IJCI'Nis !lie/am- pus (LcltL), B<tr IL Ha11ch, S11·<tzibnd, 2:)lh .June, JU;3-t, anrl lst .fuly, 1!)3:) (e:oll. U. :Jlm!inaglin anrl H. :Jl. du 'l'oit). 1/olol.iJpC a felll ale.
A sm:lil SJW<-ies; length of wing .f·.-J Jl1J11. lfe(/d about as wicle at ihe occ·ipu( as <tt the honto-c·l~·peu~. recldish-bnJinl. the fron(;d sh·ipe slight!)· rhtrkPr; posterior lll<IJ·g·in of hPacl fri11gerl with 1ninnte. th i('k-sPt setne, :11Hl a long se(n n( tl1r h;he of r:teh eY<': palpi d:11·k hrm1·n, cloth<'cl with short setae of ihe s:I11H' c·ol01rr.
'f'hoNI.I" J·edclish-hrO\nl, 11·i!h <1 111edinn clnrk b:tncl ex!t•nding hac·k-
"·nnls nl1uos! (o th<' tr:ms,·pr,.;p s1J!u1P: this h:tnrl is forkPd pos(Priorly,
u~u:il.ly more .-;o th:1n i11 the fig·ur<', und in Oil<' spc>cinJen i . ..; c·omplett•l.'·
cliYirled rl01n1 !be midr1le hY a 11:11'1'0\Y lin<': on <':tch sicle of il1e 1JO~(erior ]Jilriion of file lliP<li~tll h:Jilll ( hrrp is L1, 11:nk (l'<lll/iYI'r,;e lJnncl.
On eal'h .-;ide he1l<':dl1 the t1ansYPr~e . ..;u(ure !herr i.-; a IWIT0\1. iran:'-
Yer~e cbrk hnwl. :nul lJelleath this a small triangular spot, 11·hil'h i . .;
H~1wlh inrlistind an1l nw\· lw ah.;en(. At Pal'h latPro-;tnteJ·ior nn!..!le there ·:1re (11·o short ~eb~, one on en('h side .;lightly clistacl ,;IJ(l 11earer the me.;on; on eaC'h si(le <thoYe the bn.-;e of the 11·ing il1ere are i-lll'Pe YE'1}. sl1ort, thil'k-.;et hLt('k setne, hYo more similnr sel:le slight!)· aho,-e them ancl near the meson, ;mcl hYo larg·er set:1P ,o;lig·hil:-·
ahoYe them :t1H1 nem· thP meson, ancl h\'1.1 lan.(·er .;e(ne helmY them:
on Padt siclP on the J1o.-;terior lll:ll'gi11 ilwre :ne. fiYe seiac'. Scutdlum .\·ello\\ i.-;h-,,·hite, fring·prl 11·ith ~hort :1ncl a fe"- long sPLH'. On (he venier ihere is a Yer( icn l rhnk h:1111l ·011 eac·h side hei.1Yeen ilH' fore
;md lllid ~·oxne. {,er;s pnlP rrclcli~ll-hnnYn. spnlsPly clotlwrl with setne: those' on thr hhine and tnrsi cl:trkrr. TTngne.~ hln1·k. :lf,t!mJII'/1 l'erldish-lJl'0\\'11 \\·i(h rllJlller011S pale .;eta!'. fl-iJ;_IJS h)·a]in \\·j(lJ p:lle Je(ldish-hrlllnl Yeins :mrl short dark sf'!ar on the l'osia. Srcon(l long·it11<linal 1·rin (It?+:n long-, re:tC'hinp: heyonrl the :IJH'X of ihe fir:.;( longi!uclinal Yein (111), lmi not ex(rncling io il1e nntPrior nos . .;- Yeln.
This ne11· spec·ies can he Pasil_,. n•cognisecl h,· its pale r·olour nncl clark lll:trkinQ:s on thr thorax and YPnter hrhYePn the forr nnrl mirl coxae; also· h.v i he ;;hort thick-tieL setae on ihe thorax nncl pale scutellum.
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XE11· SPECIES OF HIPPOBOSCA.
.Fig. 1.
Tlippobosca
