SCENOPINIDAE OF THE WORLD 



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sternum short, broad; see figure for details of eighth sternum and 

 bursa. 



Length: Male body 2.5 mm., wing 2 mm.; female body 3 mm., 

 wing 2 mm. 



Type-locality: Entre Tabankort et in Tassit, Sahara Soudanise; 

 28 December 1927, (Angieras and Draper). 



Types: (MNHN). 



48. Scenopiniis niveus Becker 



Figure 47 



Scenopinus niveus Becker, 1907, p. 61. 



This species is known only from the type-locality. The type was not 

 found, but a long series of over a dozen specimens, all males, from 

 the type-locality was seen in the Museum of Natural History, Paris. 



Male. — The male of this species is distinguished by the wing, where 

 veins R5 and Ml + 2 are parallel; by the five white bands on the 

 abdomen and the antennae. 



Female. — Unknown. 



Length: Male body 2.5 mm., wing 2 mm. 



Type-locality: Gafsa, Tunisia. 



Type deposited: Coll. Becker (not located). 



Material examined: See above. 



Figure 47. — Scenopinus niveus Becker, male: a, wing; b, c, lateral and frontal aspects of 

 head; d, enlarged detail of antenna; e-g, ventral, lateral and posterior aspects of terminalia. 



