Leptomorphus baramensis, Papp & Sevcik, 2011

Papp, L & Sevcik, J, 2011, Eight New Oriental And Australasian Species Of Leptomorphus (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (2), pp. 139-159 : 146

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12612354

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Leptomorphus baramensis
status

sp. nov.

Leptomorphus baramensis View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 18–23 View Figs 18–23 )

Type. Holotype male ( BMNH): Malaysia: Sarawak: Baram District , 4th Division , Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, Kerangas rain forest nr. RGS camp 5, N4°03’ E114°56’, Malaise trap, 27.6– 19.7. 1978, V. H. VALLACK coll. GoogleMaps

Measurements: wings missing, head + thorax 1.5 mm, abdomen 4.75 mm.

Male terminalia. Positioning of the setae not strongly asymmetrical on sternite 8 ( Fig. 18 View Figs 18–23 ), sternite 8 submedially with a darker transverse thickening. Tergite 8 distinctly shorter than broad, only moderately large, setae on its medial 1/3 dark, lateral setae light ( Fig. 19 View Figs 18–23 ). Tergo-gonocoxal complex longer than broad, caudal lobes ( Fig. 20 View Figs 18–23 ) serrate ventrally with a definite apical prolongation, inner medial process very long in caudal view, digitiform in dorsal view ( Figs 20–21 View Figs 18–23 ), the other process blunt; there is an additional darker thickening at base of processes ( Fig. 20 View Figs 18–23 ). Gonostyli medium large ( Fig. 22 View Figs 18–23 ), the more medial process is almost in the longitudinal axis of gonostylus, lateral process thick. Phallic organ comparatively small, aedeagus rather long, proximal 2/3 ovoid in dorsal view, ejaculatory apodeme distinct but thin, without lateral (horizontal) lobes ( Fig. 23 View Figs 18–23 ).

Etymology.The specific epithet of the new species refers to its type locality in the Baram District.

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Mycetophilidae

Genus

Leptomorphus

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