taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CAC2489B5F606EFD99FD97536AF408.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Psilopus psittacinus Loew, 1861 [as “ psitacinus Fabricius ”] (original designation).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5F606EFD99FD97536AF408.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (based on Afrotropical species) Arista-like stylus usually dorsal or dorsoapical on subrectangular postpedicel; wing usually hyaline, but sometimes with apical maculations; vein M 1 with elbow-shaped bend, with its basal part forming right or acute angle with vein M 1 + 2; vein M 2 present at least as a fold in membrane (absent in A. lenga (Curran, 1929), but with M 1 forming strong V-shaped curvature); crossvein dm-m straight or slightly convex; legs elongate, with a few, usually weak major setae; anterior preapical seta absent on femora; male fore tarsus always modified or ornamented, often with thin elongated tarsomeres, bearing long setae or remarkable setulae; scutellum with 1 pair of strong setae, lateral pair of setae usually short, setula-like, or absent; male cercus without hook-shaped or articulated basoventral lobe (sometimes furcated from base). See also Bickel (1994, 2019) for a diagnosis of the genus.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5F606EFD99FD97536AF408.taxon	discussion	Notes Grichanov & Brooks (2017) provided a key to all Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Sciapodinae and mentioned that the genus Amblypsilopus is poorly defined and probably polyphyletic. Males usually have modified and ornamented podomeres (male secondary sexual characters or MSSC). Females of closely related species are generally indistinguishable morphologically (e. g., Irwin 1974; Bickel 1994; Grichanov 2021 a). Therefore, the following old species described poorly from females must be considered doubtful (nomina dubia): Amblypsilopus flavicollis (Becker, 1923) from Cameroon, A. rectangularis (Parent, 1937) from DR Congo, A. sudanensis (Parent, 1939) from Sudan and A. tropicalis (Parent, 1933) from DR Congo. The female of Sciapus subfascipennis Curran, 1926 from Uganda was placed in the genus Amblypsilopus by Bickel (1994), but was described with a strongly sinuate wing vein dm-m (Curran 1926: fig. 2) and must be transferred to Chrysosoma Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (comb. nov.). The latter genus is highly diverse in Central Africa (Grichanov 2018) with many species differing only in male characters. At present, Chrysosoma subfascipennis cannot be associated with males of other known species, being probably unrecognizable. In contrast, Chrysosoma ungulatum Parent, 1941 from Príncipe was described with an almost straight, slightly convex vein dm-m (Parent 1941: fig. 19) and must be transferred to Amblypsilopus (comb. nov.). Males of this species have enlarged сlaws (Parent 1941: fig. 18), similar to those in A. bipectinatus (Parent, 1934) and A. cuthbertsoni (Parent, 1937). Chrysosoma centrale Becker, 1923 from Tanzania also has straight wing vein dm-m, modified fore tarsus (Becker 1923), being very close in habitus to A. steelei Grichanov, 1996, and is also transferred to Amblypsilopus (comb. nov.). Chrysosoma asperum Parent, 1933, described by Parent (1934) from South Africa has the same characters, is almost identical to the South African Amblypsilopus bevisi (Curran, 1927) and is also transferred here to Amblypsilopus (comb. nov.) and newly synonymized with A. bevisi (syn. nov.).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5F606EFD99FD97536AF408.taxon	synonymic_list	(A. signatus Becker, 1923 from Malawi also keys here,	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5F606EFD99FD97536AF408.taxon	description	and the two names may be synonymous)	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5B606FFDE5FA2952FCF011.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis See Bickel (1994) for a full diagnosis of the species group. The Afrotropical Amblypsilopus abruptus species group shares mostly primitive characters, such as the short antennae, broad face, mostly nonornamented and non-elongated legs, unmodified wing venation, usually dark body and femora, simple cercus and surstylus.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5B606FFDE5FA2952FCF011.taxon	discussion	Notes The Amblypsilopus abruptus species group is widespread throughout the Old World tropics. The Madagascan fauna numbers six mostly endemic species including A. cilifrons reported also from Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Togo and Zimbabwe. The following species known from the Afrotropical mainland belong to the A. abruptus species group: A. auratus, A. cilifrons, A. disjunctus, A. longifilus, A. miser, A. munroi, A. perniger, A. signatus and A. tenuicauda. Amblypsilopus spiniscapus sp. nov. and A. gabonensis sp. nov. are also associated with the A. abruptus species group, differing from all other species of the genus in the presence of dorsal bristles on the antennal scape. Amblypsilopus auratus, A. cilifrons, A. longifilus and A. munroi are the commonest species known each from many countries on the continent, sometimes reported from the Atlantic (St Helena) and Indian Ocean islands (Madagascar, Sri Lanka). It seems that A. perniger, A. signatus, and A. tenuicauda have had no reliable records after their descriptions (Grichanov 2018).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5A606FFDE2FE2F5495F2D0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined ETHIOPIA • 1 ♂; Amhara, Blue Nile; 10.08 ° N, 38.19 ° E; alt. 1050 m; 31 Jul. 2012; I. Gomyranov leg.; ZMUM. GABON • 1 ♂ (in ethanol); Ntoum; Oct. 1985; A. Pauly leg.; yellow pan trap; plantation sur brûlis [on fire-site]; RBINS.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5A606FFDE2FE2F5495F2D0.taxon	distribution	Distribution Angola, DR Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. First records from Ethiopia and Gabon.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5A606FFDE5FC685758F791.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined CAMEROON – Far North Region • 4 ♂♂; Mayo-Louti, Bossom; 9 ° 55.233 ′ S, 13 ° 46.645 ʹ E; alt. 475 m; 6 Aug. 2013; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping understory vegetation in deep shade; BMSA • 1 ♂; Benoue, Garoua town; 9 ° 18.755 ʹ S, 13 ° 23.422 ʹ E; alt. 206 m; 6 Aug. 2013; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; general sweeping hotel gardens; BMSA • 12 ♂♂; Mayo-Tsanga; Mogode-Cha, Hotel Relaise St Huber; 10 ° 34.111 ʹ S, 13 ° 36.422 ʹ E; alt. 1001 m; 8 – 10 Aug. 2013; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; degraded savanna-forest; BMSA. ETHIOPIA • 1 ♂; Amhara, Blue Nile; 10.08 ° N, 38.19 ° E; alt. 1070 m; 31 Jul. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Amhara; Tissisat; 11.488 ° N, 37.594 ° E; alt. 1620 m; 2 Aug. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM. ZIMBABWE • 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (in ethanol); North, 15 km SE of Muzarabani, Mavhurandonha W. A. [Wilderness Area]; 17 – 19 Dec. 1998; S. Bečwář leg.; ZIN.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5A606FFDE5FC685758F791.taxon	distribution	Distribution DR Congo, Kenya, Madagasgar, Namibia, Nigeria, Togo. First records from Cameroon, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5A6060FDFFF8B7575DF24D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined NAMIBIA • 1 ♂; Katima Mulilo District, Mavunje campsite, Kwando River floodplain; 17 ° 55.141 ʹ S, 23 ° 19.073 ʹ E; alt. 945 m; 22 – 26 Nov. 2012; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise trap; BMSA. TANZANIA • 2 ♂♂; Nyassa Lake, Matema; 9.50 ° S, 34.01 ° E; 15 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 3 ♂♂; Morogoro env.; 6.858 ° S, 37.67 ° E; 2 – 3 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM. SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂; KwaZulu-Natal, Kosi Bay Nature Reserve; 26 ° 57 ʹ 17 ″ S, 32 ° 49 ʹ 27 ″ E; alt. 82 m; 13 – 17 Dec. 2010; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; woodland savanna; Malaise trap; BMSA. ZIMBABWE • 2 ♂♂ (in ethanol); North, 15 km SE of Muzarabani, Mavhurandonha W. A. [Wilderness Area]; 17 – 19 Dec. 1998; S. Bečwář leg.; ZIN.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B5A6060FDFFF8B7575DF24D.taxon	distribution	Distribution DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, St Helena, Tanzania, Uganda. First records from Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556060FDE0FCFB5713F720.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined NAMIBIA • 5 ♂♂; Katima Mulilo District, Ndopu village, near Bukalo; 17 ° 43.660 ʹ S, 24 ° 32.106 ʹ E; alt. 900 m; 20 – 23 Feb. 2012; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; degraded sand forest and cultivated plots; Malaise trap; BMSA. TANZANIA • 4 ♂♂; Njombe env., Matema; 9.396 ° S, 34.823 ° E; alt. 1900 m; 19 – 21 Feb. 2017; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 3 ♂♂; Lindi beach env.; 9.99 ° S, 39.71 ° E; 23 – 26 Feb. 2017; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556060FDE0FCFB5713F720.taxon	distribution	Distribution Angola, DR Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; Oriental: Sri Lanka.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556062FD90F9D854C1F49D.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: B 28 B 1 FEE- 1946 - 4418 - AB 40 - AEBFA 8 DAABC 6 Fig. 1	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556062FD90F9D854C1F49D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus spiniscapus sp. nov. together with A. gabonensis sp. nov. belong to the A. abruptus species group, differing from all other species of the group in the presence of dorsal bristles on the antennal scape. The male cercus of the new species is bilobate, whereas other Afrotropical species of the group have a simple cercus, either short or long and filiform, at least 2 times as long as epandrium. The new species is very close to A. gabonensis sp. nov. in habitus, differing distinctly by its fore basitarsus bearing a posteroventral row of erect hooked hairs (Fig. 1 C) and male cercus with differently shaped lobes (Fig. 1 E). The male of Amblypsilopus gabonensis sp. nov. has simple hairs on the fore basitarsus (Fig. 2 D).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556062FD90F9D854C1F49D.taxon	etymology	Etymology The Latin name of the species refers to the ‘ spiny scape’ of the antenna.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556062FD90F9D854C1F49D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype IVORY COAST • ♂ (dried from ethanol and mounted on pin); C. I. [= Côte d’Ivoire], 15 km N of Man, Cascades; 7 ° 30 ʹ N, 8 ° 30 ʹ W; alt. 300 m; 20 Feb. 1998; Kassebeer and Hilger leg.; ZMUK.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556062FD90F9D854C1F49D.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 1 A) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.2 mm; antenna length 1.2 mm; wing length 3.7 mm; wing width 1.3 mm. HEAD. Frons shining greenish violet; 3 – 4 fine vertical setae and 1 strong postvertical bristle (broken); upper postocular setae black; lateral postocular setae white, uniserial; ventral postcranium covered with irregular white hairs; face shining greenish violet, broad, bulging under antennae, about as high as wide under antennae, at clypeus 2.5 times as wide as postpedicel; clypeus densely covered with short white hairs, large, as high as wide, separated from eyes; antenna (Fig. 1 B) black, 1.2 times as long as height of head; scape slightly widened, vase-like, with 2 strong dorsal bristles, as long as scape; pedicel with ring of short bristles; postpedicel conoid, slightly longer than high (13 / 10), with short hairs; arista-like stylus middorsal, with 2 segments, microscopically haired; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (segments 1 and 2), 0.13 / 0.08 / 0.13 / 0.06 / 0.96; palpus brown, with 2 black bristles; proboscis orange with white hairs. THORAX. Mesonotum and scutellum metallic blue-green, pleura blue-black, weakly grey pollinose; 2 strong dorsocentral bristles behind suture (broken) and 3 hair-like dorsocentrals anteriorly; 3 pairs of acrostichals; scutellum with 2 strong bristles (broken). LEGS (somewhat discolored). With coxae and femora black, tibiae and basitarsi light brown; fore and mid coxae with white hairs and 2 – 4 white subapical bristles; hind coxa with 3 white setae of different length; all femora with double row of white ventral setae on basal half, at most as long as diameter of femur; mid femur with 3 posteroventral subapical setae; fore tibia without distinct setae; fore tarsomeres 1 – 2 with complete posterior row of setae, hooked on basitarsus, as long as diameter of segment, with ventral pad of white hairs along entire length (Fig. 1 C); mid and hind tibiae with several short dorsal and ventral setae; hind tarsomeres 3 – 5 distinctly thickened, with ventral pad of microscopic hairs (Fig. 1 D); femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 0.84 / 0.97 / 0.88 / 0.24 / 0.13 / 0.09 / 0.11, mid leg: 1.11 / 1.55 / 1.16 / 0.37 / 0.28 / 0.13 / 0.09, hind leg: 1.41 / 1.94 / 0.88 / 0.33 / 0.18 / 0.16 / 0.11. WING (Fig. 1 A). Widest at middle, greyish, veins brown; costa with simple setulae; R 4 + 5 gently curved to M 1 in apical third; M 1 + 2 almost straight; M 1 with strong elbow, forming nearly right angle with M 1 + 2; ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 2.5 / 1; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 0.51 / 0.58 / 0.25; anal vein weak; anal lobe and alula well developed; anal angle acute; lower calypter blackish, with black cilia; halter dirty yellow. ABDOMEN. Thin, shining blue-black, with black cilia and marginal setae; unmodified segments combined 1.7 times as long as thorax; segment 7 short, with black setae; hypopygium (Fig. 1 E) brown-black, with blackish appendages; cercus as long as epandrium, bifurcated at middle, with unequal lobes, densely covered with light hairs; surstylus flattened, projected, with few short setae at apex; epandrial lobe small, with 1 long and 1 short apical setae; 1 short epandrial seta. Female Unknown.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B556062FD90F9D854C1F49D.taxon	discussion	Remarks Two Amblypsilopus females were collected during the same expedition from the Zogouale locality (7 ° 25 ʹ N, 7 ° 34 ʹ W), close to the A. spiniscapus sp. nov. type locality. They also have remarkable dorsal setae on the antennal scape, but cannot be associated with the new species, because those females bear dorsoapical stylus on the postpedicel, distinctly yellow fore coxa on distal half and yellow femora. They may belong to a different undescribed species.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B576064FD9FF9AB5725F45D.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: C 17421 EA- 669 F- 4729 - B 699 - 5366 CBFBC 12 E Fig. 2	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B576064FD9FF9AB5725F45D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus gabonensis sp. nov. together with A. spiniscapus sp. nov. belong to the A. abruptus species group, differing from all other species of the group in the presence of dorsal bristles on the antennal scape. Male cercus of the new species is bilobate, whereas other Afrotropical species of the group have a simple cercus, either short or long and filiform, at least 2 times as long as epandrium. The new species is very close to A. spiniscapus sp. nov., differing distinctly by its fore basitarsus bearing simple hairs (Fig. 2 D) and male cercus with differently shaped lobes (Fig. 2 E). The male of Amblypsilopus spiniscapus sp. nov. has erect hooked hairs on the fore basitarsus (Fig. 1 C).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B576064FD9FF9AB5725F45D.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named after the country of origin.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B576064FD9FF9AB5725F45D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype GABON • ♂ (dried from ethanol and mounted on pin); Gamba, Ogoué Maritime; 2 ° 42 ʹ S, 10 ° 01 ʹ E; alt. 25 m; 8 Jul. 2002; Tchignoumba, Tobi, Ditona leg.; ZIN. Additional material GABON • 1 ♂ (damaged specimen in ethanol); same locality as for holotype; 3 Jun. 2002; Syssou, Ngoma and Moussavou leg.; ZIN.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B576064FD9FF9AB5725F45D.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 2 A) Somewhat lightened due to long-term storage in ethanol. Similar to A. spiniscapus sp. nov. in all respects except as noted. MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.4 mm; antenna length 1.2 mm; wing length 3.8 mm; wing width 1.2 mm. HEAD (Fig. 2 B). Frons with 5 fine black vertical setae and 1 strong postvertical bristle; face at clypeus 2 times as wide as postpedicel; antenna (Fig. 2 C) about as long as height of head; scape slightly widened, vase-like, with 3 strong dorsal bristles of different length, at most as long as scape; pedicel with ring of short bristles, with 1 strong dorsoapical bristle; postpedicel conoid, as long as high; arista-like stylus dorsoapical; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (segments 1 and 2), 0.08 / 0.07 / 0.09 / 0.04 / 0.91. THORAX. Mesonotum with 2 strong dorsocentral bristles behind suture and 3 hair-like dorsocentrals anteriorly; 3 pairs of acrostichals decreasing in length anterior; scutellum with 2 strong bristles. LEGS (discolored). With coxae and femora brown, tibiae and tarsi yellow to brownish; fore and mid coxae with white hairs and 2 – 4 white subapical bristles; hind coxa with 5 white setae of different lengths; all femora with double row of white ventral hairs on basal half or third, shorter than diameter of femur; fore and mid femur with 5 short black posteroventral subapical setae; fore tarsomeres 1 – 2 with ventral rows of microscopic white hairs along entire length (Fig. 2 D); mid and hind tibiae with several short dorsal and ventral setae, each with 1 – 2 distinct anterodorsal bristles; hind tarsus simple with only segment 5 slightly thickened; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 1.09 / 1.2 / 0.71 / 0.28 / 0.17 / 0.13 / 0.8, mid leg: 1.24 / 1.58 / 1.12 / 0.37 / 0.25 / 0.11 / 0.1, hind leg: 1.41 / 2.05 / 0.77 / 0.37 / 0.21 / 0.14 / 0.09. WING. Ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 2.1 / 1; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 0.51 / 0.59 / 0.26. ABDOMEN. Unmodified segments combined 2 times as long as thorax; cercus (Fig. 2 E) nearly as long as epandrium, bifurcated at middle, with unequal lobes; dorsal lobe broad, with short setae at apex; ventral lobe narrow, hooked, with row of 6 strong setae; surstylus flattened, projected, with 1 long and few short setae at apex; epandrial lobe small, with 1 long and 1 short apical setae; 1 short epandrial seta. Female Unknown.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B516065FDE2FAEB57B1F3F1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Bickel (1994) considered the Amblypsilopus fasciatus species group to be equivalent to the South African genus Sciopolina Curran, 1924, treated in Irwin (1974). The group is defined primarily by a male wing modification (MSSC), i. e., wing veins R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 are fused apically, and the wing apex has a more or less distinct apical sclerotized spot. The other morphological characters, including the hypopygium, are well within the range of variation found in the genus (Bickel 1994). Nevertheless, the here newly described males of A. bevisi and A. milleri have unmodified wings, but belong to the A. fasciatus species group on the basis of the morphology of the hypopygium and other characters listed below. Therefore, the group as a whole must be considered a part of the A. pallidicornis lineage as defined by Bickel (1994). The complex of characters uniting species of that group are as follows (after Irwin 1974): body ground colour brilliant metallic yellowish-green, blue-green or purple-red, and brown; face broad, more or less bulging under antennae, with more or less protruding clypeus; antenna usually short (but very long in A. milleri); legs elongate, mainly yellow, poorly ornamented; wing anal lobe well developed and anal angle acute in both sexes (wing anal lobe often reduced in males of other species groups of Amblypsilopus); male cercus swollen at base, elongate and narrow, bearing rows of long setae (male cercus often furcate in other species of the genus). The male cercus in A. bevisi is almost identical to that in A. bonniae and A. macularivena, and the male cercus in A. milleri is quite similar to that in A. fasciatus, A. retrovena and A. stuckenbergorum (figured by Irwin 1974).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B516065FDE2FAEB57B1F3F1.taxon	discussion	Notes The Amblypsilopus fasciatus species group is confined to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Western Cape and bordering area of Eastern Cape). The following species belong to the A. fasciatus species group: A. bevisi, A. bonniae, A. fasciatus, A. macularivena, A. milleri, A. retrovena and A. stuckenbergorum. Amblypsilopus milleri with the long male antenna may relate with the Madagascan A. pallidicornis species group (see Grichanov 2021 a). Amblypsilopus stuckenbergorum is the commonest species of the group, inhabiting montane forest and grassland zones of the eastern portion of southern Africa (Irwin 1974).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B506078FD96FD1754CBF31F.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B506078FD96FD1754CBF31F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus bevisi male is close to A. milleri sp. nov. in habitus, differing from the latter in the fore tibia and tarsus with erect pectination (Fig. 3 D); the mid femur with short ventral hairs; the cercus swollen at base, narrow distally, with sparse long black setae along the entire length, without flattened area at the tip (Fig. 3 F – G). Amblypsilopus milleri sp. nov. differs from A. bevisi in the fore tibia and tarsus without erect pectination; the mid femur with at least 3 strong ventral bristles, as long as height of femur; the cercus elongate, with a comb of regular dorsal setae except for distal fifth, with a flattened area at tip covered ventrally with microscopic white hairs (Fig. 4 H).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B506078FD96FD1754CBF31F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined SOUTH AFRICA – Natal • 2 ♂♂; Edendale; 16 Dec. 1953; B. Stuckenberg leg.; NMSA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Cathedral Peak area; 1 Jan. 1954; B. Stuckenberg leg.; in indigenous forest (♂), from open grassland (♀); NMSA • 2 ♂♂; Richmond district, Pateni; 29 ° 56 ʹ S, 30 ° 09 ʹ E; 18 Nov. 1971; B. R. Stuckenberg and M. E. Irwin leg.; temperate forest; NMSA • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; 17 km E of Mooi River, “ Lanner Veane ”; 12 Feb. 1983; J. Manning leg.; sunny flat-leaved herbs along wooded grassland stream (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀), Leucosidea Eckl. & Zeyh. scrub – streamside herbs (2 ♀♀); NMSA • 1 ♂; Injisuti, Drakensberg; 29 ° 06 ʹ 35 ″ S, 29 ° 26 ʹ 33 ″ E; alt. 1632 m; 6 Dec. 1998; A. P. Leftwich leg.; montane forest; NMSA. – KwaZulu-Natal • 1 ♂ (specimen in ethanol); Royal Natal Nature Reserve, Mahal Camp; alt. 1450 m; 28 ° 41.27 ′ S, 28 ° 56.86 ′ E; 24 Nov. – 6 Dec. 2005; Mostovsky leg.; yellow pan trap; NMSA • 1 ♂ (specimen in ethanol); Cathedral Peak Natural Reserve, Rainbow Gorge; alt. 1480 m; 28 ° 57.6 ′ S, 29 ° 13.61 ′ E; 3 – 15 Dec. 2005; Mostovsky leg.; Malaise trap; NMSA • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (specimens in ethanol); Pietermaritzburg, Karkloof; 29 ° 19.1 ′ S, 30 ° 15.5 ′ E; alt. 1325 m; 22 Dec. 2005 – 18 Mar. 2006; Mostovsky leg.; Malaise trap; NMSA • 12 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀ (specimens in ethanol); Cathedral Peak Natural Reserve, Rainbow Gorge; 28 ° 57.6 ′ S, 29 ° 13.61 ′ E; alt. 1480 m; 18 Oct. – 28 Feb. 2007; Mostovsky leg.; Malaise trap; NMSA.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B506078FD96FD1754CBF31F.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 3 A) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.3 mm; antenna length 1.2 mm; wing length 4.5 mm; wing width 1.5 mm. HEAD (Fig. 3 B). Frons greenish black, white pollinose; 1 strong anterior vertical bristle; 1 strong postvertical bristle; upper postocular setae black, short; lateral postocular setae white, uniserial; ventral postcranium covered with long irregular white hairs; face densely silvery-white pollinose, broadest at middle, wider than frons (3 / 2), bulging, 1.1 times as wide as high, under antennae 3.5 times as wide as postpedicel; clypeus densely covered with short white hairs, projected, 1.1 times as wide as high, separated from eyes; antenna (Fig. 3 C) 1 / 4 as long as body, brown; scape simple; pedicel rounded, with ring of short bristles; postpedicel conoid, as long as high (10 / 9), with short hairs; arista-like stylus dorsoapical, microscopically haired; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (segments 1 and 2), 0.06 / 0.07 / 0.10 / 0.04 / 0.93; proboscis and palpus orange-yellow, with white hairs; palpus with 2 black setae. THORAX. Mesonotum and scutellum metallic blue-green, weakly grey pollinose; pleura blue-black, white pollinose; metepimeron yellow; 5 – 6 strong dorsocentral bristles gradually decreasing in size anteriorly; acrostichals strong, nearly as long as dorsocentrals, 5 pairs gradually decreasing in size anteriorly and several minute setae on anterior slope; scutellum with 2 strong bristles and 2 minute setae laterally. LEGS. Mostly yellow; mid coxa partly orange; tarsi brownish to brown from tip of basitarsi; fore and mid coxae with white hairs and 2 – 3 brown subapical setae; hind coxa with 4 – 5 fine yellow setae at middle; fore leg (Fig. 3 D) along entire length with dorsal, ventral and lateral rows of semi-erect setulae, not longer than diameter of corresponding podomere; mid and hind femora with very short ventral hairs; mid tibia with 2 short anterodorsals and 2 short posterodorsals, with 1 midventral short seta; mid tarsus simple, cylindrical; basitarsus with few short ventrals; hind tibia with several short dorsal and ventral setae; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 1.16 / 1.42 / 1.44 / 0.6 / 0.49 / 0.32 / 0.19, mid leg: 1.3 / 1.83 / 1.38 / 0.49 / 0.37 / 0.22 / 0.11, hind leg: 1.8 / 2.65 / 0.95 / 0.62 / 0.4 / 0.29 / 0.15. WING (Fig. 3 E). Almost hyaline, veins brown; R 4 + 5 gently curved to M 1 on apical third; M 1 + 2 almost straight; M 1 with strong elbow, forming obtuse angle with M 2; ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 3 / 1; crossvein dm-m almost straight; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 56 / 86 / 53; anal vein and lobe distinct; anal angle acute; alula present; lower calypter yellow with black apex, with fan of white setae; halter yellow with brownish knob. ABDOMEN. Thin, 1.3 times as long as head and thorax combined, with short white hairs and long black marginal setae; segment 1 brown dorsally, yellow laterally, with white hairs and setae; unmodified segments shining bluish green, black posteriorly along sutures; segments 7 and 8 dark brown; segment 8 with white cilia; hypopygium (Fig. 3 F) brown; hypandrium brown; cercus dirty yellow, 1.3 times as long as epandrium, broader at base, narrow distally, with strong black outer bristles (Fig. 3 G), with short light hairs dorsally and longer light hairs ventrally; surstylus projected, moderately short and narrow, with short apical process and 4 long ventral setae; 3 long epandrial setae. Female Similar to male except lacking male secondary sexual characters. Females examined have no significant difference from the original description (Curran 1927) and subsequently published diagnosis (Irwin 1974) of Amblypsilopus bevisi.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B506078FD96FD1754CBF31F.taxon	discussion	Remarks Amblypsilopus bevisi was described from a single female that was collected in a coastal forest in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of the Republic of South Africa. Irwin (1974) studied the holotype, transferred the species to the genus Sciopolina Curran, 1924 (now Amblypsilopus fasciatus species group), measured and diagnosed the specimen, and considered it close to A. macularivena. However, females of the A. fasciatus species group (with modified male wings) are poorly distinguished from subequal in size females of some other species groups. Additional specimens of A. bevisi have never been reported. Abundant material collected from seven localities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province (NMSA) compelled me to associate it with this species. New material of A. bevisi collected from the KwaZulu-Natal Province stimulated the re-examination of the description of Chrysosoma asperum Parent, 1933 (Parent 1934). The latter species was described from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and has never been reported again. As it turned out, the species corresponds with the generic concept of Amblypsilopus, and its description is almost identical in all respects with the males of A. bevisi described above. Therefore, Chrysosoma asperum is placed here in synonymy with A. bevisi. The widespread polyzonal Chrysosoma tricrinitum Parent, 1933 is now the only representative of the genus Chrysosoma in South Africa (Grichanov 2018).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B506078FD96FD1754CBF31F.taxon	distribution	Distribution South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4D607AFDB3FD2A5312F4BA.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 1 C 5 CBD 0 D- 34 DE- 4714 - BF 5 E- 2 BF 70 F 5 B 5 A 8 F Fig. 4	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4D607AFDB3FD2A5312F4BA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus milleri sp. nov. is close to A. bevisi in habitus, differing from the latter in the fore tibia and tarsus without erect pectination; the mid femur with at least 3 strong ventral bristles, as long as height of femur (Fig. 4 E); the cercus elongate, with comb of regular dorsal setae except for distal fifth, with flattened area at tip covered ventrally with microscopic white hairs (Fig. 4 G – H). Amblypsilopus bevisi is distinguished by the fore tibia and tarsus with erect pectination (Fig. 3 D); the mid femur with short ventral hairs; the cercus broader at base, narrow apically, with sparse long black setae along entire length, without flattened area at tip (see above) (Fig. 3 F – G).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4D607AFDB3FD2A5312F4BA.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for one of the collectors of the types, Dr R. M. Miller (NMSA).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4D607AFDB3FD2A5312F4BA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; S Cape, Diepwalle Forest; 33 ° 57 ʹ S, 23 ° 10 ʹ E; alt. 400 m; 13 Jan. 1983; R. M. Miller leg.; NMSA. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Western Cape, Keurbos Forest; 33 ° 54.435 ʹ S, 23 ° 43.714 ʹ E; alt. 500 m; 28 – 30 Mar. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs and S. Otto leg.; indigenous montane forest; Malaise trap; BMSA.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4D607AFDB3FD2A5312F4BA.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 4 A) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 6.4 mm; antenna length 5.1 mm; wing length 6.3 mm; wing width 2 mm. HEAD (Fig. 4 B). Frons greenish black, white pollinose; 1 anterior vertical hair; 1 strong postvertical bristle; upper postocular setae black, short; lateral postocular setae white, uniserial; ventral postcranium covered with long irregular white hairs; face densely silvery-white pollinose, broadest above middle, wider than frons (5 / 4), bulging, 1.4 times as wide as high, under antennae about 5 times as wide as postpedicel; clypeus densely covered with short white hairs, projected, wider than high (4 / 3), separated from eyes; antenna (Fig. 4 C) 5 / 6 as long as body, with orange-brown scape and pedicel; scape swollen, vase-like; pedicel rounded, with ring of short bristles; postpedicel brown, small, conoid, 1.3 times as long as high, with short hairs; arista-like stylus black, apical, glabrous, one-segmented; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus, 0.12 / 0.11 / 0.16 / 4.76; proboscis orange; palpus blackish, with white and brown hairs. THORAX. Mesonotum orange with metallic reflection; scutellum shining greenish blue; pleura brownish orange, white pollinose; metepimeron yellow; 2 strong posterior dorsocentral bristles and 3 hair-like setae anteriorly with strongest posterior pair; acrostichals long and strong, 5 pairs gradually decreasing in size anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong bristles and 2 minute setae laterally. LEGS. Mostly yellow; tarsi brownish to brown from tip of basitarsi; fore and mid coxae with white hairs and 2 – 3 brownish subapical setae; hind coxa with 4 – 5 fine yellow setae at middle; fore (Fig. 4 D) and hind legs simple, without remarkable setae or hairs; mid femur (Fig. 4 E) with posteroventral row of 5 – 6 fine dark setae, at most as long as femur height; mid tibia with 2 short anterodorsals and 2 short posterodorsals, without ventral setae; mid tarsus simple, cylindrical; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 1.63 / 1.96 / 3.06 / 0.74 / 0.56 / 0.29 / 0.13, mid leg: 1.82 / 2.67 / 2.31 / 0.75 / 0.49 / 0.29 / 0.15, hind leg: 2.38 / 3.54 / 1.55 / 0.9 / 0.54 / 0.3 / 0.14. WING (Fig. 4 F). Almost hyaline, veins brown; R gently curved to M 1 on apical third; M 1 + 2 almost straight; M 1 with strong elbow, forming obtuse angle with M 2; ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 4 / 1; crossvein dm-m almost straight; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 73 / 125 / 54; anal vein and lobe distinct; anal angle acute; alula present; lower calypter yellow with black apex, with fan of white setae; halter yellow with brownish knob. 4 + 5 ABDOMEN. Thin, 1.8 times as long as head and thorax combined, with short white hairs and long black marginal setae; segment 1 yellow, with white hairs and setae; unmodified segments mostly orange-brown (holotype) or brownish yellow (paratype), becoming darker posteriorly, black posteriorly along sutures, shining green dorsally; segments 7 and 8 brownish yellow; segment 8 with short hairs; hypopygium (Fig. 4 G) yellow; hypandrium brown; cercus yellow, broader at base, narrow apically, about 2 times as long as epandrium, with comb of regular dorsal setae except for distal fifth, with flattened area at tip covered ventrally with microscopic white hairs; surstylus projected, broad and relatively short, subtriangular, with few long dorsal and distal setae; 3 long pedunculate epandrial setae (Fig. 4 H). Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.2 mm; antenna length 1.8 mm; wing length 4.5 mm; wing width 1.6 mm. Similar to male except lacking male secondary sexual characters. Frons with strong and long anterior vertical seta; face under antennae about 2 times as wide as postpedicel; mesonotum with 6 strong dorsocentrals, without acrostichals; fore basitarsus as long as fore tibia and 2.5 times as long as tarsomere 2.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4D607AFDB3FD2A5312F4BA.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology According to type specimen labels, imagos inhabit mountain forests at 400 – 500 m above sea level at the southern border of Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces of the Republic of South Africa.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4F607AFDD7FA4E54CAF6A9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined SOUTH AFRICA • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (specimens in ethanol); KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak Natural Reserve, Rainbow Gorge; alt. 1480 m; 28 ° 57.6 ′ S, 29 ° 13.61 ′ E; 14 Dec. 2005 – 29 Jan. 2006; Mostovsky leg.; Malaise trap; NMSA.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4F607AFDD7FA4E54CAF6A9.taxon	distribution	Distribution South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607BFDCAFEAF526EF381.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The Amblypsilopus mufindiensis species group is here created for the two newly described species, differing from all other Afrotropical species of the genus in very long bristles on the antennal pedicel and mesonotum; the scutellum bears 15 – 20 long dorsal and marginal cilia in addition to pair of strong setae; all femora have rows of very long setae or hairs, and mid tarsi are covered with elongate setulae. However, the other morphological characters are similar to those in A. bevisi, a member of Amblypsilopus fasciatus species group. Therefore, the A. mufindiensis species group must be also considered a part of the A. pallidicornis lineage as defined by Bickel (1994).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607BFDCAFEAF526EF381.taxon	discussion	Notes Amblypsilopus mufindiensis and A. martini compose the A. mufindiensis species group, both species found on the Tanzanian highlands at a distance of about 400 km from each other.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607DFDE9FC87524AF7ED.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 45947 AE 2 - E 7 E 0 - 4779 - BF 34 - 7 D 63 FDA 9 C 655 Fig. 5	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607DFDE9FC87524AF7ED.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus mufindiensis sp. nov. is very close to A. martini sp. nov. in habitus, differing distinctly by its mid tarsomeres 3 – 5 bearing only black elongate setulae (Fig. 5 E). The male of Amblypsilopus martini sp. nov. has white and black elongate setulae on the mid tarsomeres 3 – 5 (Fig. 6 F). The length ratio of the mid tarsomeres is different in the two species.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607DFDE9FC87524AF7ED.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named after the Mufindi Highlands located near the town of Iringa.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607DFDE9FC87524AF7ED.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype TANZANIA • ♂; Iringa Region, Mufindi Highland Lodge; 8 ° 36 ʹ S, 35 ° 17 ʹ E; alt. 950 m; 20 – 22 Nov. 2009; T. Pape and S. A. Marshall leg.; ZMUC.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607DFDE9FC87524AF7ED.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 5 A) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 6 mm; antenna length 1.8 mm; wing length 7 mm; wing width 1.9 mm. HEAD (Fig. 5 B). Frons shining bluish green; no anterior vertical seta; 1 strong postvertical bristle; upper postocular setae black, short; lateral postocular setae white, uniserial; ventral postcranium densely covered with long irregular white hairs; face shining blue-green, silvery-white pollinose at clypeus and eye margins, broad, strongly bulging, as wide as high, under antennae 4.5 times as wide as postpedicel; clypeus densely covered with short white hairs, large, wider than high (4 / 3), separated from eyes; antenna (Fig. 5 C) black, ⅓ as long as body; scape widened, with inner projection; pedicel rounded, with 4 – 5 very long dorsal, ventral and outer bristles, with short inner bristles; postpedicel rounded-triangular, as long as high (12 / 11), with short dense hairs; arista-like stylus dorsal, microscopically haired; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (segments 1 and 2), 0.10 / 0.09 / 0.11 / 0.06 / 1.54; proboscis orange; palpus black, with white hairs and 2 – 3 long black bristles. THORAX. Mesonotum and scutellum metallic bluish green; pleura bronze-green, weakly pollinose; all major bristles unusually long; 6 dorsocentral bristles gradually decreasing in size anteriorly with strongest posterior pair (ca 1.5 mm in length); acrostichals long, biserial; numerous long setae between major bristles, about as long as acrostichals; scutellum with 1 pair of long and strong bristles, 9 – 10 marginal and 9 – 10 dorsal long black setae, somewhat shorter than major bristles. LEGS. Mostly yellow; mid and hind coxae black; tarsi brownish to black from middle of basitarsi; all coxae with numerous long white hairs; fore coxa with 3 black subapical setae; fore femur (Fig. 5 D) with anteroventral row of 10 – 12 long black setae on basal half, with complete posterior and posteroventral rows of long white setae becoming black at apex; all setae about 2 times as long as fore femur height; fore tibia and tarsus without remarkable setae or hairs; mid femur with anterior row of white setae on basal ⅔, as long as femur height, with complete posterior and posteroventral rows of white setae becoming black at apex, about 2 times as long as mid femur height; mid tibia with 3 short anterior setae, without ventral setae; mid tarsus simple, with tarsomeres 2 – 5 with anterior and posterior rows of elongate black setulae (Fig. 5 E); hind femur with posterior row of white setae on basal ⅓, about 2 times as long as femur height; hind tibia with 2 anterodorsals, several short posterodorsal and ventral setae; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 1.67 / 1.8 / 1.94 / 0.61 / 0.48 / 0.3 / 0.19, mid leg: 2.19 / 3.18 / 2.96 / 0.88 / 0.54 / 0.48 / 0.14, hind leg: 2.52 / 3.63 / 1.9 / 0.99 / 0.62 / 0.35 / 0.2. WING (Fig. 5 F). Almost hyaline, veins brown; R 4 + 5 gently curved to M 1 on apical third; M 1 + 2 straight on basal half, then slightly convex anteriad; M 1 with strong elbow, forming right angle with M 1 + 2; ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 4 / 1; crossvein dm-m weakly sinuate; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 114 / 84 / 41; anal vein and lobe distinct; anal angle acute; alula present; lower calypter yellow with black apex, with fan of long white setae; halter yellow. ABDOMEN. Thin, slightly longer than head and thorax combined, mostly shining dark green, black posteriorly along sutures, with short black hairs and long marginal bristles; segment 1 with long white hairs; hypopygium (Fig. 5 G) black, with blackish brown appendages; cercus (Fig. 5 I) black, brown at base, simple, 1.5 times as long as epandrium, broader at base, gradually narrowed towards apex, with long black outer bristles, densely covered with long light hairs along entire length ventrally, covered with hairs at base dorsally; surstylus (Fig. 5 H) elongate, bilobate, with inner lobe cut apically, bearing 2 strong pedunculate setae dorsally, with outer lobe hooked at apex, with short apical spine and 2 subapical setae ventrally; 2 long pedunculate epandrial setae at base of surstylus. Female Unknown.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B4E607DFDE9FC87524AF7ED.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology According to the type specimen label, imagos inhabit mountain area at 950 m above sea level between the Ruaha National Park and Udzungwa Mt National Park in central Tanzania.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CBC 7 B 34 B-C 9 FE- 4909 - 9573 - 0293 F 5 F 38049 Fig. 6	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus martini sp. nov. is very close to A. mufindiensis sp. nov. in habitus, differing distinctly by its mid tarsomeres 3 – 5 bearing white and black elongate setulae (Fig. 6 F). The male of Amblypsilopus mufindiensis sp. nov. has only black elongate setulae on the mid tarsomeres 3 – 5 (Fig. 5 E).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for one of the collectors of the types, Dr O. Martin (ZMUC).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype TANZANIA • ♂; East Uzambara, Amani; alt. 1000 m; 2 Feb. 1977; O. Lomholdt and O. Martin leg.; ZMUC. Paratypes TANZANIA • 3 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; collection dates 28 Jan., 2 Feb., 6 Feb. 1977; ZMUC.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 6 A) Similar to A. mufindiensis sp. nov. in all respects except as noted. MEASUREMENTS. Body length 6.5 – 7 mm; antenna length 1.6 mm; wing length 6.5 – 7 mm; wing width 1.6 mm. HEAD (Fig. 6 B). Face shining blue-green, silvery-white pollinose at clypeus, broad, strongly bulging, 1.3 times as wide as high, under antennae 3.6 times as wide as postpedicel; clypeus shining, covered with short white hairs at eye margins mainly, large, as wide as high, separated from eyes; antenna (Fig. 6 C) black, 1 / 4 as long as body; postpedicel rounded-triangular, slightly shorter than high (11 / 13); length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (segments 1 and 2), 0.12 / 0.07 / 0.11 / 0.05 / 1.3. THORAX. Scutellum with 1 pair of long and strong bristles, 9 – 10 marginal and 4 – 6 dorsal long black setae, distinctly shorter than major bristles. LEGS. Mostly yellow; mid and hind coxae black; tarsi brownish to black from tip of basitarsi; fore femur (Fig. 6 E) with anteroventral row of 4 long black setae at base, about 2 times as long as femur height, with almost complete posterior and posteroventral rows of white setae becoming black at apex, 1.5 – 2 times as long as femur height; mid femur (Fig. 6 G) with anterior row of white setae on basal ⅔, as long as femur height, with almost complete posterior and posteroventral rows of white setae, 1.5 – 2 times as long as mid femur height; mid tibia with 2 – 3 short anterior setae, without ventral setae; mid tarsus simple, with tarsomeres 3 – 5 with anterior rows of elongate white and black setulae (Fig. 6 F); hind femur with posterior row of white setae on basal ⅓, 1.5 – 2 times as long as femur height; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 1.69 / 1.76 / 1.81 / 0.59 / 0.47 / 0.31 / 0.18, mid leg: 1.86 / 3.28 / 2.98 / 0.74 / 0.43 / 0.32 / 0.15, hind leg: 2.53 / 3.62 / 1.75 / 0.81 / 0.51 / 0.31 / 0.18. WING (Fig. 6 D). Ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 3 / 1; crossvein dm-m weakly sinuate; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 109 / 76 / 34. ABDOMEN. Thin, 1.4 times as long as head and thorax combined, mostly shining greenish violet, black posteriorly along sutures; hypopygium (Fig. 6 H) black, with black appendages; cercus simple, 1.3 times as long as epandrium, broader at base, gradually narrowed towards apex, with long black outer bristles, densely covered with long brownish hairs along entire length ventrally, covered with hairs at base dorsally; surstylus (Fig. 6 I) elongate, bilobate, looking like trilobate; inner lobe of surstylus with short apical process and short subapical setae; outer lobe of surstylus with short apical spine and short subapical setae, with long mid-dorsal arm bearing 2 strong apical setae; 2 long pedunculate epandrial setae at base of surstylus. Female Unknown.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology According to type specimen labels, imagos inhabit forested area of the Amani Nature Reserve at 1000 m above sea level in the East Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania. Ungrouped species	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B486070FDB6F91B523AF0A9.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology According to type specimen labels, imagos inhabit forested area of the Amani Nature Reserve at 1000 m above sea level in the East Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B456070FE34FD8E527DF59B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined KENYA • 2 ♂♂ (specimens in ethanol); Kakamega Forest; 0 ° 22 ′ S, 34 ° 50 ′ E; alt. 1500 m; mid-Sep. – mid-Oct. 2001; Bergsdorf and Kraemer leg.; Malaise trap; NMSA • 3 ♂♂; Kikuyu env., Ondri wetland; 1.25595 ° S, 36.66557 ° E; alt. 2014 m; 12 – 14 Nov. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg., forest; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Kikuyu env., Ondri wetland; 1.25697 ° S, 36.66682 ° E; alt. 2001 m; 15 Nov. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg., ZMUM • 1 ♂; Central Province, Katura Forest, Nairobi; 1 ° 14.504 ′ S, 36 ° 49.452 ′ E; alt. 1720 m; 23 Apr. 2011; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping in shaded mixed upland indigenous forest; BMSA.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B456070FE34FD8E527DF59B.taxon	distribution	Distribution DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B456070FE34FD8E527DF59B.taxon	discussion	Notes Having broad male face, elongate antenna and trilobate cercus, the species is close to some species of the Madagascan Amblypsilopus pallidicornis species group (Grichanov 2021 a).	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B456070FDCAFAAE570DF69A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined KENYA • 2 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀; Kikuyu, Gatamayu; 0 ° 58 ′ N, 36 ° 42 ′ W; alt. 2330 m; 18 – 23 Jan. 1999; Th. Wagner leg.; ZFMK • 31 ♂♂, 19 ♀♀; Mt Kenya, NP-HQ; 0 ° 10.5 ′ N, 37 ° 8.8 ′ W; alt. 2550 m; Feb. 1999; Th. Wagner leg.; ZFMK • 4 ♂♂; Kikuyu, Gatamayu; 0 ° 58 ′ N, 36 ° 42 ′ W; alt. 2330 m; Mar. 1999; Th. Wagner leg.; ZFMK • 3 ♂♂; Nyahururu env., Ngare Naro forest; 0.047264 ° N, 36.377169 ° E; alt. 2410 m; 25 – 26 Nov. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg.; ZMUM.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B456070FDCAFAAE570DF69A.taxon	discussion	Remarks Having strong vertical bristles on male frons and modified claws on male fore tarsus, the species is close to Chinese species of the genus Sinosciapus Yang, 2002 (Yang & Zhu 2011). However, the latter was diagnosed by two rather than one pairs of scutellar bristles, by one modified claw on the male fore tarsus rather than both claws modified.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B456070FDCAFAAE570DF69A.taxon	distribution	Distribution Kenya.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446071FDCCFEAF54E4F3C7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined TANZANIA • 1 ♂ (specimen in ethanol); Morogoro Reg., Udzungwa Mt National Park, Mito Mitatu; 7 ° 50 ′ 15.1 ″ S, 36 ° 50 ′ 49.9 ″ E; alt. 1198 m; 31 May 2013; T. Pape and N. Scharff leg.; Malaise trap No. 2; ZMUC.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446071FDCCFEAF54E4F3C7.taxon	distribution	Distribution Burundi, Zimbabwe. First record from Tanzania.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446071FDE4FD7954BBF525.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IVORY COAST • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (specimens in ethanol); W Abidjan, CSRS [Swiss Centre for Scientific Research in Côte d’Ivoire], Adiapo-Doumé; 5 ° 21 ′ N, 4 ° 01 ′ W; 22 Feb. – 3 Mar. 1998; Kassebeer and Hilger leg.; Malaise trap; ZMUK.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446071FDE4FD7954BBF525.taxon	distribution	Distribution Cameroon. First record from Ivory Coast.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446071FDC5FB24540CF4C4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined GABON • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (specimens in ethanol); Libreville; Nov. 1984; A. Pauly leg.; RBINS.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446071FDC5FB24540CF4C4.taxon	distribution	Distribution Angola, Gabon, Ivory Coast.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446072FDEEFA445725F6C8.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: B 1 A 036 BA- 69 DC- 4515 - 9 EC 0 - 7 F 29 CA 9 E 7428 Fig. 7	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446072FDEEFA445725F6C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Amblypsilopus udzungwensis sp. nov. keys to A. nartshukae (see above), differing from the latter in the conoid postpedicel with apical arista-like stylus (Fig. 7 C); the mid tibia with erect ciliation, the cercus with large middorsal tooth (Fig. 7 H). The male of A. nartshukae is distinguished by the oval postpedicel with a dorsoapical arista-like stylus, the mid tibia without erect ciliation and the cercus with small distodorsal apophysis.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446072FDEEFA445725F6C8.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named after the Udzungwa Mt National Park in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania, where the type was collected.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446072FDEEFA445725F6C8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype TANZANIA • ♂ (dried from ethanol and mounted on pin); Morogoro Region, Udzungwa Mt National Park, Mito Mitatu; 7 ° 50 ʹ 22.7 ″ S, 36 ° 50 ʹ 42.8 ″ E; 25 Nov. 2013; alt. 1235 m; T. Pape and N. Scharff leg.; Malaise trap # 3; ZMUC.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
03CAC2489B446072FDEEFA445725F6C8.taxon	description	Description Male (Fig. 7 A) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.3 mm; antenna length 1.3 mm; wing length 3.8 mm; wing width 1 mm. HEAD (Fig. 7 B). Frons greenish violet, shining; 1 black anterior vertical hair; 1 strong postvertical bristle; upper postocular setae black, short; lateral postocular setae white, uniserial; ventral postcranium covered with long irregular white hairs; face densely silvery-white pollinose, metallic under antennae, narrow, 2 times higher than clypeus, 1.8 times as high as wide under antennae, 5.5 times as high as wide at clypeus, at clypeus as wide as postpedicel; clypeus small, slightly bulging; antenna (Fig. 7 C) nearly ⅓ as long as body, black; scape swollen, vase-like; pedicel rounded, with ring of short bristles, 1 long dorsal bristle; postpedicel conoid, 2 times as long as high, with short hairs; arista-like stylus black, apical, glabrous, bi-segmented; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (segments 1 and 2), 0.06 / 0.06 / 0.15 / 0.04 / 1.01; proboscis and palpus orange-brown, with yellow and black hairs. THORAX. Mesonotum and scutellum shining green-violet; pleura black, white pollinose; 2 strong posterior dorsocentral bristles and 3 hair-like setae anteriorly (mostly broken); acrostichals strong, 3 pairs; scutellum with 2 strong bristles and 2 minute setae laterally. LEGS. Mostly yellow; mid and hind coxae brown, fore leg brown from middle of tibia, mid and hind tarsi brownish to brown from middle of basitarsi; fore and mid coxae with white hairs and 2 – 3 brownish subapical setae; hind coxa with 1 brown bristle and 2 – 3 fine yellow setae at middle; fore femur with few long hairs at base; fore and mid tarsi (Fig. 7 D – E) and mid tibia with rows of elongate semi-erect setulae, as long as podomere width; hind leg without remarkable setae or hairs; tarsomere 5 of all tarsi distinctly flattened and slightly widened; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) length ratio (mm): fore leg: 1.11 / 1.35 / 1.35 / 0.41 / 0.28 / 0.16 / 0.1, mid leg: 1.4 / 2.02 / 1.14 / 0.61 / 0.39 / 0.24 / 0.19, hind leg: 1.71 / 2.41 / 1.13 / 0.55 / 0.34 / 0.16 / 0.16. WING (Fig. 7 F). Almost hyaline, veins brown; R 4 + 5 gently curved to M 1 on apical third; M 1 + 2 almost straight; M 1 with strong elbow, forming right angle with M 1 + 2; ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 37 / 8; crossvein dm-m almost straight; ratio of crossvein dm-m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 40 / 73 / 14; anal lobe reduced; anal vein and angle absent; lower calypter yellow with white hairs; halter yellow. ABDOMEN. Thin, 1.7 times as long as head and thorax combined, with black hairs and marginal setae; unmodified segments mostly shining green, black posteriorly along sutures, with black lateral spots; segments 6 and 7 black; segment 8 with short hairs; hypopygium and its appendages (Fig. 7 G) brownblack; cercus as long as epandrium, broad on basal third, narrow on distal third, with black setae dorsally, with narrow dorsal process at basal third and small dorsal tubercle at distal third (Fig. 4 H); surstylus projected, broad, subtriangular, with small distodorsal process, with few long dorsal and distal setae; 1 long pedunculate and 2 short epandrial setae. Female Unknown.	en	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2022): Six new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland. European Journal of Taxonomy 789 (1): 49-80, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.789.1631
