Nemopalpus ledgeri Stuckenberg, 1978

Nemopalpus ledgeri Stuckenberg, 1978
Nemopalpus ledgeri Stuckenberg, 1978

Nemopalpus ledgeri Stuckenberg, 1978, terminalia in lateral view. From Stuckenberg (1978)

Description
Interocular distance about one third of head width.
Gonopods articulating in the vertical plane. Gonocoxite about twice as long as gonostylus.
Gonostylus with narrow basis, distally expanded and pyriform; carrying dense field of black microsetae ventrally (morphologically dorsally).

Distribution
Namibia (Stuckenberg 1978)

Natural History:
Specimens were collected in the burrows of the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Stuckenberg 1978).

Bibliography
Stuckenberg, B. R. 1978. Two new species of Nemopalpus (Diptera: Psychodidae) found in rock hyrax abodes in South West Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23: 367-374