Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sulcoa, Pal & Hazra, 2024

Pal, Gouri Sankar & Hazra, Niladri, 2024, Three new species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from West Bengal, India, Zootaxa 5419 (3), pp. 348-360 : 355-356

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sulcoa sp. n.

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( Figs. 4A–O )

Etymology. The specific name “ sulcoa ” derives from a Latin word, indicating “a small groove” present in the aedeagus.

Diagnosis. Only species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) from the Oriental realm possesses flattened, roughly square shaped aedeagus with a notch at middle of apical margin ( Fig. 4G ); submedian process of parameres moderately long and a little outwardly directed ( Fig. 4F ); female with a large irregular sensory pit on third maxillary palp segment ( Fig. 4K ); single spermatheca with a neck and without hyaline punctation ( Fig. 4O ).

Type Material. Holotype ♂, India, West Bengal, Kalimpong, Paren (27.058592 °N, 88.864915 °E), 08.v.2023, Col. G.S. Pal. Paratypes 3♂♂ and 2♀♀, same data as holotype .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sulcoa sp. n. A–I Male (♂): A, Antenna; B, Maxillary palpus; C, Wing; D, Banding patterns of legs (femur, tibia and tarsomeres); E, Hind tibial comb; F, Parameres; G, Aedeagus; H, Photograph of male genitalia (dorsal view); I, Illustration of male genitalia (dorsal view); J–O Female (♀): J, Antenna K, Maxillary palpus; L, Wing; M, Hind tibial comb; N, Abdomen; O, Spermatheca. Scale bars 0.05 mm.