Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards.

  • Edwards, F. W. (Frederick Wallace), 1888-1940.
Date:
[1928?]
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Credit: Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nhmato('i:i:a. Dasyhelea, sp. l'])olu : Apia.‘2 9- l i-l!l2r). A spi'cies with no stiikitiu' foatui'os, holoiiLiinu to tin* ;/i'oup which includes D. ohsciu'd AViniij, /). fused ('. I. and M., /). fdsriformis (\ I. and .M., D. relorfd i. and M.. 1). iiiifriHeddH l\ietT.. etc. I am unaccpiainted with most of these sjX'cies, to one of whicli the Samoan s|)ecimens may |)ossihly l)elonc. 44. Culicoides mollis, sp. n. 'I’cxt-iip. (■). 9. flead dark. Kves practically toncliin,^. Antennae with segments 2-() nearly globular, 7-!) rather longer than liroad, sliglitly contracted apuailly, 10-14 as usual about 2-5 times as long as broad. Palpi witli the second segment stout, not twice as long as its greatest breadth. Thorax bi'own, sides of scutum broadly darker, but otherwise no definite markings (specimens are in spirit and markings may be obscured). Scutellum in the s])ecinien mounted with one median marginal bristle and a number of small hairs. Ahdotnot whitish (in both specimens examined very much distended with eggs) ; tergites brownish. VI. 2. ♦> <>
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