A NEW SPECIES AND NEW HOST RECORDS OF PHORIDAE (DIPTERA) ASSOCIATED WITH TERMITES (ISOPTERA, TERMITIDAE) IN KENYA

The genus Mesopathusa Schmitz is synonymised with Puliciphora Dahl. Ch onocephalus heymonsi Puliciphora decachete, whose hitherto unknown mal e is described, Puliciphora (= Mesopathusa) hirta, whose hitherto unkn own male is described, P. sulcimanae Disney sp. n., Puliciphora sp. A (only known from a single male), Termitosagma henningsi and unidentifi ed termitoxeniine larvae are recorded from, or in traps set beside, ne sts of Odontotermes species in Kenya. The bulk of the material dealt w ith in this paper was collected by JPEC, the taxonomic work was undert aken by RHLD. Most specimens were collected at a single termite nest i n the grounds of the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi.