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Philoliche rondani (Bertoloni 1861 [1862])

Biology

This widely collected species shows some variation in body size and proboscis length. It is closely related to P. rondani 'Albany form' with which it overlaps in distribution and has distinct differences in proboscis length.

Distribution

Southern Africa; South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

Works Cited

Bertoloni, G. (1861). Illustrazione dei prodotti naturali del Mozambico. [Exhibit and description of new Ditpera from Mozambique.]. Memorie della Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di scienze fisiche 1860-1861, 28-29.

Bertoloni, G. (1862). Illustrazione dei prodotti naturali del Mozambico. Dissertazione intorono ad insetti ditteri. Memorie della Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 12, 41-60.

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