Zaprionus

Description. ♂. TL = 1.68 mm. Head. Arista with 3 dorsal and 2 ventral rays plus a terminal fork, pedicel tan. Frons orange-tan with lateral white stripes; median white stripe absent; ocellar triangle raised and darker; hw:fw = 2.04, fw:fl = 1.05. Face pale; carina large; palpus yellow. Gena broad, o:j = 10.2, o:ch = 5.2. Orbital bristles in straight line; or2 very minute, or1:or2:or3 = 7:2:5, orbito-index = 1.4. Ocellar setae long, divergent; oc:or1 = 1.3, poc:oc = 0.5, iv:ov = 0.6. Eye red and densely pilose. Thorax. Scutum tan, darker than frons, with four white longitudinal stripes continuing on scutellum; white stripes narrow, bordered with large black stripes, especially on the inner side; acs in 6 regular rows anterior to adc and 4 irregular rows between them; psc enlarged, adc:psc = 1.5; adc:pdc = 0.6. Scutellum slightly pointed at the apex, where white spot absent; bsc:asc = 1.3. Sterno-index = 0.6. F1 with 4 setiferous spines not borne on tubercules on the anteroventral margin. Basitarsus of the foreleg with a hairy brush on the ventral margin. Spiniform spines of the first and second tarsomeres of the foreleg enlaged and blackened. Wing. Dusky; WL:WW = 2.3, C-index = 3.0, 4v-index = 1.5, 4c-index = 0.8, 5x-index = 0.7, M-index = 0.3, ac-index = 2.5, b/c = 0.6, C3 fringe 0.45, WL = 3.8 mm. Abdomen. Uniformly tan, with dark spots at the bases of tergal bristles. Terminalia (Fig. 13a). Epandrium densely pubescent at ventral portion; posterior margin pubescent at dorsal portion with 5 long bristles; anterior phragma narrow; epandrial ventral lobe with 3 long bristles. Surstylus quadrate with two rows of prensisetae. Cercus triangular laterally. Hypandrium with a small pubescent patch at the lateral portion of the paraphyses. Aedeagus expanded apically; aedeagal flap expanded and deeply serrate. Apodeme subequal in length to aedeagus. ♀. TL = 1.76 mm, resembling male. Terminalia. Oviscape with 8 peg-like and 7 short, marginal setae plus 4 supernumary. Spermatheca large, globulous and smooth (Fig. 13b). Egg. Elliptical with 4 equally long and fine filaments. Larva. Not escaping the culture medium when disturbed or crowded. Puparium. H = 5.0 (Fig. 11d).

Description. ♂. TL = 1.40 mm. Head. Arista with 2 dorsal and 3 ventral rays plus terminal fork; pedicel dark brown. Frons orange tan, with vestigial median stripe plus orbital stripes inwardly bordered with black; ocellar triangle blackened; hw:fw = 2.16, fw:fl = 0.8. Orbital setae in straight line; or1:or2:or3 = 3:2:3, orbito-index = 1.8, oc:or1 = 1.5, poc:oc=0.6, iv:ov = 0.4. Face tan. Gena narrow, o:j = 7.6, o:ch = 5.1. Eye red. Thorax. Scutum brown, darker than frons, with 2 silvery white stripes. acs in 6 rows in front of adc; adc:pdc = 0.9. Scutellum darker than scutum, with black borders of the stripes expanded posteriorly; bsc:asc = 1.2. Pleura with white pilosity; sterno-index = 0.4. Forefemur with 4 spines not borne on warts on the anteroventral margin. Male basitarsus with a hairy brush. Wing. Dusky; WL:WW = 2.3, C-index = 2.8, 4v-index = 1.4, 4c-index = 0.8, 5x-index = 0.9, M-index = 0.3, ac-index = 2.7, b/c = 0.6, C3 fringe 0.40, and WL = 3.2 mm. Abdomen. Entirely yellowish, lighter than thorax, with faint dark spots at the bases of tergal setae. Terminalia (Fig. 13c). Epandrium densely pubescent at ventral portion; posterior margin pubescent at dorsal portion with 3 long setae; anterior phragma slightly humped dorsally; epandrial ventral lobe with 4 long setae. Surstylus quadrate with two rows of prensisetae. Cercus triangular laterally. Hypandrium densely pubescent at the lateral portion of the paraphyses. Aedeagus expanded apically; aedeagal flap expanded and deeply serrate. Apodeme subequal in length to aedeagus. ♀. TL = 1.50 mm, resembles male. Terminalia. Oviscape with 8 peg-like and 6 short, marginal setae plus 4 supernumeraries. Spermatheca globulous and smooth (Fig. 13d). Egg. Elliptical with 4 equally long and fine filaments. Larva. Escaping the culture medium when crowded. Puparium. Horn-index 10.6.

Distribution. Tanzania.

Distribution. Sao Tomé and Príncipe.