Chrysanthrax edititius
Description 2
According to Coquillett's original description (1887):
Front black, reddish below, golden-yellow tomentose and black pilose; face reddish, very much produced below, golden-yellow tomentose; proboscis projects one-third its length or less beyond the epistoma; first joint of antennae, and sometimes the second, reddish; third joint black, elongate-conical at its base; occiput yellowish or white tomentose. Thorax black, yellowish tomentose, the sides and front end yellowish pilose, that above root of each wing sometimes white, the usual bristles yellowish ; pleura yellowish pilose, that below root of wing sometimes white; scutellum black, tomentum and bristles yellowish. Abdomen black, the apex sometimes reddish, wholly yellowish tomentose and pilose, rarely with a few black pile posteriorly; venter black, sometimes largely reddish, yellowish tomentose. Legs reddish, yellowish tomentose, front tibiae provided with bristles; tarsi black towards the apex, claws of front tarsi well developed. Wings hyaline at the apex, the base brownish, the outline of this color extending from near apex of auxiliary vein obliquely to second vein (or transversely to this vein, then basally a short distance) then transversely to discal cell, then basally to first third or fourth of this cell, then curving through bases of third and fourth posterior cells, ending in hind margin at axillary incision, or at apex of anal cell; sometimes the brown color is very pale, even to subhyaline with brown clouds on veins at bases of first submarginal, first, third and fourth posterior cells; sometimes a brown cloud on veins at bases of second submarginal and second posterior cells. Length 9-12 mm.
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- (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
