Elaphropeza ubinensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007

Grootaert, Patrick & Shamshev, Igor V., 2012, The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions, European Journal of Taxonomy 5, pp. 1-162 : 98-99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2012.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B69F002A-C1A0-439D-9477-62BFA87DEAD7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3730153
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC87A2-5D27-FFFF-FE3E-BA7D35F38302
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Elaphropeza ubinensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007
status

Treatment

Elaphropeza ubinensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007 View in CoL

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Elaphropeza ubinensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007: 104 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis

Occiput black; postpedicel brownish, long, nearly 4.5 times longer than wide; thorax almost wholly yellow only metanotum brownish; fore tibia and tarsus brownish yellow, hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal bristle.

Description

Female

(previously undescribed)

LEGS. Mid tibia lacking ventral spinules, otherwise as in male. Abdominal segment 8 rather elongate, yellow, with sclerites separated; sternite 10 and cercus yellow.

Material examined

SINGAPORE: 1 ♀, Pulau Ubin (PU02), 26 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29110, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, Sungei Cina (CHC01), 12 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29060, leg. P.G.).

Distribution

Singapore.

Habitat and seasonal occurrence

This species was previously only known from the holotype male found at Chek Jawa. So far it is known only from mangroves, with collection records from May and December.

Remarks

The female of E. ubinensis is recorded here for the first time.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Hybotidae
Genus	Elaphropeza