Some investigation about these ones:
1. bottom left is a tachninid and I have no clue for further ID
2. top right is most likely a Lispe sp., Muscidae and a view of the abdomen would be great and some more detail on the legs and antennae (colouration is apparently important)
Lispe is represented by 50 species in the Afrotropical Region, 15 of which have been recorded from South Africa:
Lispe hirtibasis, L. irvingi, L. spinipes
L. andrewi, L. barbipes, L. biseta, L. capensis, L. cilitarsis, L. flavipes, L. kowarzi, L. nana, L. surda, L. tuberculitarsis, L. zumpti
L. tentaculata
Diagnosis Genus Lispe (Subfamily Coenosiinae. Tribe Limnophorini)
Lispe Latreille, 1796 is a muscid genus of median body size with worldwide distribution and diversity estimated of about 200 species by Vikhrev (2014).
This genus is recognized mainly by the following characters:
Both in larval and adult stages, Lispe flies are commonly found near waterbodies (from salty to fresh), acting as aggressive predators of small insects and other soft-bodied invertebrates.
frons broad in both sexes
Proboscis not adapted for piercing: sclerotised and retracted into head, with labella well developed and fleshy
Palpus greatly enlarged in apical part, spoon-like
Antenna inserted below mid level of eye;
presutural dorsocentral setae well developed
katepisternal setae 1:1 or 1:2.
parafacial with setulae
upper orbital setae 2
Anepimeron setulose
Lower calypter: inner margin diverging immediately and at right-angles from supra-squamal ridge; tongue-like in shape
all wing veins bare
https://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/16 ... 28789_3560
Two new species of the leucospila group are here described. The new species can be separated from L. leueospila (Wied.) and L. irvingi
Curro (= L. afra Curr., n. syn.), the previously described Ethiopian species with mainly yellow tibiae
From the SANBI-list these ones from SA in this group: L. irvingi, L. andrewi,
Lispe andrewi n. sp.
Male: Buccae silver, parafacialia and face very pale gold, the former
with a line of fine hairs; parafrontalia silver up to the level of the reclinate
setae, greyish above; a line of fine hairs present on the parafrontalia.
Interfrontalia dull matt black from above; frontal triangle brown and
reaching ptilinal suture. Antennae dark except for distal rim of orange
on the second segment; arista slender with long hairs above and below.
Palpi yellow; proboscis glossy black. Occiput grey, with a black streak
from neck to vertex; vertex brownish dusted. Parafrontalia with three
strong and two weak inclinate setae, and two rec1inate orbitals which are
bent outwards, the anterior one weaker; a pair of strong, divergent
proclinate ocellars and strong inner and outer verticals present.
Mesonotum grey in ground colour and with a median brown vitta
which is a little wider than the distance between the prse acrst, and which
extends to the tip of the scutellum, and with four other vittae - a weak,
fine pair through the de rows and a pair of quite broad, diffuse brown
vittae running back from the humeral calli. Remainder of the thorax bright
'grey, except for a tinge of brown on the mesopleuron. dc, 1 + (2) 2, the
prst de is situated at 0.7 of the distance from the anterior margin of the
thorax to the suture. Tibiae more or less extensively infuscate and dusted
- only somewhat yellow basally under the dust; femora heavily grey dusted;
knees and metatarsi of the first two pairs of legs yellow. t1 with a postmedian pVJ tf with a submedian pd and t3 with an ad median seta, fs with
four long but fine ventral hairs, ts decorated with long and profuse hairs
on the apical 3/5 of the pv surface and the apical 1/3 of the av surface.
Wings are evenly tinged with brown; vein m not bent forward apically;
squamae white. Abdomen grey in ground with black marks on the dorsum
of each segment; tergite 1 bears a diffuse black area, tergites 2 and 3
bear black marks which are narrower on the anterior margin of each
segment than on the posterior margin; the mark on segment 3 extends
laterally almost to the extreme lower margin of the tergite; segment 4 is
black except for two lateral spots. No lateral black stripe is present on
the first two tergites. Male genitalia; Cerci much broader and less slender
than in irvingi; third sternal plate very slender; phallosome bears its spine
at the half-way point; paralobi and parameres of the irvingi type (Figs. 1, 16).
Length: 6.4 mm.
Holotype: rJ, leg. Miss A. Andrew, Entabeni, Zoutpansberg, Northern Transvaal, September, 1952.
This species resembles Lispe irvingi Curran very closely but may be
distinguished by its distinctly darker tibiae, the side of tergite 3 being black,
and the very distinct cerci and third sternal plate in the male genitalia.
Lispe zumpti n. sp.
Male: Buccae, face parafacialia, and lower half of the parafrontalia
shining silver; vertex and upper parafrontalia black, lightly dusted with
light brown; interfrontalia matt black and the ill-defined frontal triangle
greyish when seen from behind; the triangle reaches the ptilinum. Occiput
grey, darker towards the vertex and with a darker stripe from the neck
to the vertex. Eyes dark red; antennae light brown dusted, the second
segment darker than the third; arista long-haired above and below. Palpi
dilated and yellow in colour; proboscis glossy black. Frons at its widest
point 0.45 of the head width. Parafacialia with a line of fine hairs near
the eye margin. Parafrontalia narrow with a line of. fine hairs. Parafrontal
setae; 4 indinate, lowest and third lowest are strong, and the lowest
cruciate. Two redinate, divergent orbitals, the anterior weaker. Strong
pair of proclinate, divergent ocellars; prominent inner and outer verticals,
the latter weaker.
Mesonotum dark but dusted with yellow or yellow-grey and with weak,
narrow dark vittae through the dc rows and down the mid-line (not reaching
the scutellum) ; two small silver areas present on either side just in front
of . the scutellum; scutellum yellow dusted; humeral calli and notopleuron
bright grey, and the rest of the pleura grey. Cheatotaxy; dc 2+3, all
prominent; prJc acrst weak, 2 post alars; anterior supra alar strong,
posterior weak; interalars weak; presutural strong; 1 strong post-humeral,
2 humerals; 2 notopleurals; mesopleural row with 3 strong and two weak
and a small area of setulae on the upper half of the mesopleuron; stpl:
1 +2, and weak seta just in front of the second coxa, and a tuft of long
straight hairs on the lower extremity between the coxae; wings brown,
tinged with a weak brown median transverse band; haIteres wholly yellow,
squamae white with a pale yellow fringe. Legs: coxae light grey; femora
grey, darker dorsally and apically; tibiae yellow in ground but the anterior
pair infuscate except basally, the posterior pair somewhat infuscate apically;
tarsi all black. Tarsi, tibiae, and femora not modified in any way. Fore
and mid coxae bear long straight hairs. f, is armed with a strong pd row,
and a pv row, of long but slender setae; t 1 with a postmedian pv. f2 with
a short ad row which reaches the mid point of the femur, the apical seta
being the strongest; there are two pd preapicals. t~ with a pv postmedian
seta. f8 with an ad row of strong setae and a median av seta. t3 with
median ad and pd setae and a postmedian avo
Abdomen slender and oval in shape; dorsum shining black with 3
lateral white emarginations on the segmental lines, these white areas run
into the grey of the venter. The black on tergite three extends further
ventrally than on the other segments. Prominent lateral setae present on
the first three tergites (the first two segments carry several smaller dorsals
and laterals); the fourth tergite bears an apical row of six setae.
Length: 4.5-5.0 mm.
Variation observed in other material; Transverse bands of wings vary
in strength and may be absent. Mesonotum usually as in the holotype but
may be much less yellow; it is occasionally lightly greyish dusted.
Female: Very similar to the male but with much less long hairs on
the lower sternopleuron, fore and mid coxae. Wings lack the transverse
band of the male. Abdomen less slender and the dorsum less intensely
black; a median vitta is present on at least the second and third segments
and at times on all four. The grey of the sides and venter of the abdomen
15 at times tinged with brown.
Length: 4.5-5.0 mm.
Holotype:
, leg. H. E. Paterson, Brits, Transvaal, 25th October, 1952.Paratypes: 5
and 5 W, with same data as the holotype.Other material: 5
and 15 W with same data as the holotype.A
, leg. Dr. F. Zumpt, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, December, 1951.A
and a ~, leg. F. Zumpt, Outjo, S.W. Africa, September, 1952.2
and 6 W, leg. H. E. Paterson, Johannesburg, Transvaal, September, October and November, 1952.1
and 1 ~, leg. H. K. Munro, Nangweshi, Barotseland, 21st July, 1952.Lispe silvai n. sp.
Male: Buccae black from above; face, parafacialia and lower parafrontalia silver; interfrontalia black from above, frontal triangle very broad
and prominerit, reaching the frontal suture, and yellow in colour. Upper
parafrontalia and vertex black, lightly grey dusted. Occiput grey with a
black area above on each side. Parafrontalia and lower parafacialia lightly
haired. Lowest pair of inclinate para frontal bristles fairly strong, the next
hairlike, followed by a strong, proclinate and converging pair, the remaining
pairs hairlike. The usual two pairs of upper orbitals present, the upper
pair stronger and bent outwards. Two verticals at each upper eye corner.
Palpi strongly dilated and yellow; proboscis slender, shining black; antennae
normal, mainly orange, a little infuscate at the apex of segment three only,
arista long haired above and below.
Thorax grey dusted, thinly on the mesonotum al1d the scutellum; a
very weak, dark, median vitta present; apex of scutellum darker when seen
from behind. dc 2 + 3, all conspicuous; mesopleurals: 6, uppermost weak,
next two strong, followed by a weak then a strong and finally a very weak
one. stpl 1 +2 strong, pteropleuron with a tuft of 5-6 hairs, m straight.
Squamae pure white, the lower one very large.
Legs: femora all dark-grey dusted. tI yellow on basal quarter the rest
dark as is the metatarsus, rest of the fore tarsus bright yellow; tl armed
with a long slender submedian pv seta; fI with some short setae ventrad
of the pv row of long setae. tf with the extreme base yellow, tarsi brownish,
and very slender. Tibia with a median pd, f. with a median ad, and four
ventral hairlike setae and a strong pd preapical; ts with a strong pd preapical
and a small av at the apical fifth. Metatarsus strongly broadened and edged
with short spinules; other tarsal segments normal, brownish in colour; f3
with an av rowan av preapical and a median stronger av; also 3-4 median
pv setae.
Abdomen. egg-shaped, grey in ground colour with 4 large triangular
black spots, 2 on each of second and third segments, each pair separated
by a prominent vitta. Fourth segment black at the base of the spines. Spots
on the third segment extend laterally and posteriorly through the lateral
discal of the fourth segment to the margin of that segment. Four discal
thorns present on the fourth segment, a median pair flanking the vitta and
a lateral on each side; 8 apicals are present. Tenth tergite with two
prominent apical dorsals and many fine hairs; cerci dark brown.
Length: 5.0 mm.
Female: Buccae, face, para facials and lower 3/5 of parafrontals shiriing
. white; interfrontals blackish from above but grey dusted from in front;
frontal triangle broad, silver, reaching the antennal base. Occiput grey
with a fine black line from the ocelli to the neck and with two faint more
lateral vertical lines. Vibrissae very weak, much weaker than in the male;
the 5 pairs of inclinate parafrontal bristles hairlike; parafrontals with some
fine hairs above j on the lower para facials some fine hairs occur.· Only a
single fairly weak reclinate orbital. Palpi yellow, strongly dilated; proboscis
shining black, slender. Antennae dark, silver dusted, third segment strongly
reduced being only about 1.5 times the length of the second and first
segments together; arista short, thick at b'}se and tapering rapidly, and
with a few short rays on the dorsal side only.
Thorax and legs entirely grey dusted though somewhat more thinly
on the mesonotum, which is without vittae. de (2) + (1) 1, weak, only
the last pair being strong. stpl posterior upper strong, other two weak;
there are about six fine hairs between the stpl bristles. Mesopleurals, 5,
first and third weakest. Pteropleuron with a tuft of hair. Squamae white
with pale yellow rims. Wings clear, veins yellowish, 4th vein straight.
t 1 with a long slender pv, which is half as long as the tibia, and is
postmedian. til with a postmedian pv. f3 with about 3 basal ventral fine
hairs and an ad row of strong setae; ts with a strong median ad and a
weak postmedian av. Hind metatarsus somewhat curved and broadened
but not as extensively as in the male.
Abdomen uniformly bluish-grey without marks. Two strong· lateral
discals and sometimes, two dorsals are just discernable.
Length: 5.0 mm.
Holotype: 0, leg. H. E. Paterson, Louren<;o Marques, Mo<;ambique, 11 th March, 1953.
L. longicollis Meigen.
Stein (1913) reported having seen SIX females of this species from Willowmore, Cape Province.
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https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... a_Muscidae
1= male L. barbipes
The Lispe longicollis species-group was proposed by Hennig (1960) based on the characteristic shape of a vein M which is distinctly curved forward at apex. The species of this group also share these additional characters: t3 with submedian av, ad and pd setae; abdomen with large, more or less fused trapezoid spots; frontal triangle narrow; dc 2+4, usually only 2 posterior pairs are strong
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good paper here with a key
AFRICAN MUSCIDAE. 1937
http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstrea ... sequence=1
L. flavipes has yellow femora, we can exclude this sp.
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For KTP species I always look up what is recorded from Namibia, and assume that I have to find something with records from Nambia and SA.
http://biodiversity.org.na/taxondisplay.php?nr=33974
Namibian species:
Lispe barbipes Stein
Lispe leucospila (Wiedemann)
Lispe pectinipes Becker
Lispe zumpti Paterson
Lispe irvingi Curran
Perhaps we check these ones first
zumpti and irvingi_______________________________________________________________________________________________
another paper with some bit on irvingi
https://azjournal.ru/index.php/azjourna ... d/364/322/
but it looks odd
Sorry I'm not a better scholar, but I'm trying really hard....can I get a "Participation Trophy"?