Leucophenga platypyga Huang & Chen, 2018

Huang, Jia, Wang, Yalian, O’Grady, Patrick Michael, Su, Yirui & Chen, Hongwei, 2018, The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VIII: twenty-one species from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence, Zootaxa 4503 (1), pp. 1-70 : 55-56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4503.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5F058E32-AEF1-4070-8CC8-177B4CE140BA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5305189
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE8C66-FFDB-FFA7-DE81-204CC864FE70
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leucophenga platypyga Huang & Chen
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leucophenga platypyga Huang & Chen View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 4C View FIGURE 4 , 8G–I View FIGURE 8 , 11G View FIGURE 11 , 16E, 16F View FIGURE 16 , 34 View FIGURE 34 )

Diagnosis. This species differs from the other species of the genus Leucophenga in having the epandrium dorsally strongly expanded ( Fig. 34A View FIGURE 34 ); aedeagus thick, wrinkled, and distally broadened ( Fig. 34D View FIGURE 34 ).

Description. Ocellar triangle brownish, with ca. 5 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brownish. Pedicel brownish yellow ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ); first flagellomere yellow ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ). Clypeus entirely dark yellow. Palpus yellow ( Fig. 8G View FIGURE 8 ). Mesonotum mostly brownish yellow ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 ). Postpronotal lobe dark yellow ( Fig. 8I View FIGURE 8 ). Acrostichal setulae in ca. 8–10 irregular rows ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 ). Scutellum mostly brownish yellow ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 ). Pleura, katepisternum, and mesopleuron mostly dark yellow ( Fig. 8I View FIGURE 8 ). Wing ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ): brownish distally; costal vein between R 2+3 and R 4+5 distally with ca. 4–6 peg-like spinules on ventral surface; R 4+5 and M 1 slightly convergent distally; halter mostly yellow ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 ). Abdominal tergites brown, 2nd tergite yellow anteriorly and laterally, 3rd to 5th tergites with yellow patches submedially and sublaterally ( Fig. 11G View FIGURE 11 ). Male terminalia: Epandrium pubescent, with ca. 9 setae near posterior and ventral margins per side ( Fig. 34A View FIGURE 34 ). Cercus pubescent ( Fig. 34A View FIGURE 34 ). Surstylus lacking pubescence ( Fig. 34A View FIGURE 34 ). Paramere with ca. 8 sensilla distally ( Fig. 34C View FIGURE 34 ).

Measurements and indices. BL = 3.60 mm in holotype, ThL = 1.53 mm, WL = 3.13 mm, WW = 1.33 mm, arb = 6/3, avd = 0.94, adf = 2.67, flw = 2.50, FW/HW = 0.41, ch/o = 0.06, prorb = 0.95, rcorb = damaged, vb = 0.43, dcl = damaged, presctl = 0.50, sctl = 1.33, sterno = damaged, orbito = 1.10, dcp = 0.30, sctlp = 1.00, C = 3.24, 4c = 0.81, 4v = 1.79, 5x = 0.89, ac = 2.11, M = 0.36, C3F = 0.66.

Type specimen. Holotype ♂ ( SCAU, No. 128965), CHINA: Yixiang, Pu'er , Yunnan, 22°47'N, 101°02'E, alt. 1400m, 28.iii.2013, ex tussock, JJ Gao. GoogleMaps

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. A combination of the Greek words: “ platy ” (= broad) and “ pyge ” (= pygal), referring to epandrium dorsally strongly expanded.