New records of Afrohercostomus Grichanov (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Tropical Africa

Abstract

A new material for the genus Afrohercostomus Grichanov, 2010 was recently collected and/or identified. The present research gives new records, including A. eronis (Curran, 1926) found for the first time in Cameroon and Ethiopia, A. golubtsovi (Grichanov, 1999) in Burundi, A. ultimus (Parent, 1935) in Uganda, and A. jani (Dyte, 1957) in Kenya. First colour photographs are provided for A. eronis and A. jani.

Keywords

• Afrotropical
• Diptera
• Dolichopodidae
• Dolichopodinae
• Dolichopodini
• new records