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- <p><b><i>Trichopria lewisi</i> Nixon, 1940: 59, fig. 1a-d.</b></p><p><b>Valid name</b></p><p><i>Trichopria lewisi</i> Nixon, 1940.</p><p><b>Summary of types</b></p><p>Holotype ♀, BMNH number 9.706, by original designation. Paratypes 24♀♀, ♂.</p><p><b>Primary type data</b></p><p>Type; Kenya Colony/ Kabete/ Ex Glossina / brevipalpis &/ G. fuscipleuris/ Dr E.A.Lewis; Trichopria / lewisi Nixon / ♀ type 1940; Pres. by/ Imp. Inst. Ent./ B.M.1940-181.</p><p><b>Type locality</b></p><p>Kenya, Kabete.</p><p><b>Remarks</b></p><p>Although Nixon mentioned 24 ♀♀ and 1 ♂ as paratypes, there are 63 ♀♀ and 3 ♂♂ specimens labelled as paratypes, so it is not clear which are Nixon’s original paratypes. While the error in labelling paratypes is unfortunate, it is not likely to be a problem, as the holotype is certainly recognised and all the type specimens appear to be the same species. Nixon’s preparation of the male genitalia is missing. The holotype is mounted on a card point and is entire. It is worth noting a singular feature of the male of this species which was not recorded by Nixon: the male head is truncate behind, and the genal pubescence is long, and, unlike other <i>Trichopria</i>, turned back to form a row from the top to the bottom of the gena, defining a vertical channel behind each gena, between the back of the head and the pronotum. By analogy with the observed mating behaviour of other <i>Trichopria</i> it is predicted that this channel is used to constrain the female antenna during courtship.</p>