Exoprosopa strenua Loew, 1860

Large species with distinctive wing pattern: Base and band of wings black-brown, lower base and edge anteriorly more rusty, a wide clear incision between the base and the band ascending diagonally from the posterior margin, veins in the gray tip of the wings edged with whitish.

Description & illustration in:
Loew, H. 1860. Die Dipteren–Fauna Südafrika's. Erste Abtheilung. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Sachsen und Thüringen
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35325#page/246/mode/1up

Description in Hesse 1956:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40844208#page/826/mode/1up

Type locality: South Africa, Western Cape

iNat observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=666332

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