FLIES OF GENUS CONOPS — CAMRAS 157 



Conops punctum Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 6, vol. 7, p. 46, 1887. "Amor. 



mer." (Type in BM.) 

 Conops soror Krober, Arch. Naturg., vol. 81, Abt. A, Heft 5, p. 131, 1915. 



Mexico. (Type in NMV.) 



The following species have not been seen, and have not been 

 reidentified since originally described. I have not been able to locate 

 the types. They may belong to Physoconops or Physocephala. 



Conops dimidiatipennis Sichel, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 4, vol. 2, p. 120, 



1862. Montevideo. 

 Conops ephippium Macquart, Dipteres exotiques, suppl. 3, p. 11, 1847. "Am^r. 



m6r." 

 Conops flaviceps Macquart, Diptferes exotiques, vol. 2, p. 14, 1843. "Amer. 



sept." 

 Conops sericeus Olivier, Encyclopedie methodique, vol. 6, p. Ill, 1791. 



Cayenne. 



The remaining species, which definitely belong to this genus, fall 

 into the following well marked subgenera. 



Key to subgenera of Conops 



1. Occiput with hornlike swellings Ceratoconops, new subgenus 



Occiput without hornlike swellings 2 



2. Head about half as long as high; male abdomen pointed. 



I Sphenoconops, new subgenus 



Head more than half as long as high; male abdomen rounded. Conops Linne 



I Subgenus Conops Linne 



Conops Linne, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 604, 1758. 



The tj^pe of Conops was designated &s flavipes by Curtis in 1831. 

 In this species abdominal segment 2 is slightly longer than abdominal 

 segment 3, the distal margin of the abdominal segment 2 is slightly 

 wider than the proximal margin, and the base of segment 3 is about 

 three-fourths its distal width. 



Kjober has designated macrorhynchus (=vesicularis) as the type. 

 [n that species the shape of abdominal segments 2 and 3 is about 

 ;he same, but there are usually three or four propleural bristles, 

 nstead of two or three as in flavipes. 



The new species described" below agrees with the above species in 

 -he shape of abdominal segments 2 and 3, but there is only one large 

 find one very small propleural bristle. 



' . Conops {Conops) verus, new species 



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Description: Male: Length 13 mm. Front dark yellow, upper 

 bird black with black vertical midline dividing at base of antennae, 

 /ertex dark yellowish, face yellow, parafacials and lower two-thirds 

 »f grooves black with yellowish pollen. Cheeks entirely black extend- 



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