Diplonevra lamella, Liu, Guang-Chun & Yang, Meng, 2016

Liu, Guang-Chun & Yang, Meng, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 4205 (1), pp. 31-51 : 40-47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0716EBA2-657D-456C-B989-F84BF0B41198

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6057941

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/33726316-1254-9052-71B5-9722F0411811

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scientific name

Diplonevra lamella
status

sp. nov.

Diplonevra lamella View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 21, 22 View FIGURES 17 – 24 , 43 View FIGURES 33 – 48 , 59 View FIGURES 49 – 64 )

Male: Head. Frons black, subshining, with 70–80 sparse hairs. Mean frontal width 0.58 of head width. First row of bristles convex, antial bristles further apart than either is from an anterolateral. Second row of bristles concave, preocellar bristles further apart than either is from a mediolateral. Supra-antennal bristles well below antials and close each other. Postpedicel brown, spherical with pointed tip. Palpus yellow brown and 2.5 times as long as its breadth, with 6 bristles on ventral apex. Proboscis pale yellow. Thorax. Scutum and scutellum dark brown, Notopleuron with 3 bristles. Scutellum with 4 bristles. Legs dark brown. Front tibia with a near-dorsal bristle two fifths of length from base and with 6–7 small differentiated hairs extending below this to the tip. Mid tibia with 2 longitudinal hair palisades, anterodorsal one straight and extending to 2/3(0.66) of tibia. Posterior face of hind trochanter with 4 curved bristles on lateral region. Posterior face of hind femur with 2 long, lamellar, ascending process, each of them bearing a blunt, strong bristles. Hind tibia with 2 palisades, 2–3 anteroventral bristles, lacking anterodorsal bristles. Wing 1.56 mm long. Costal index 0.45. Costal ratios 9.5: 1.9:1. Costal cilia 0.05 mm long. Vein M1 curved. Axillary ridge with 3 axillary bristles. All veins brown and membrane yellowish brown. Haltere brown. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown Venter dark grey. Hypopygium dark brown. Left side of epandrium narrow, finger-like, with 12–14 long hairs. Right side of epandrium broad, with about 16–20 long hairs toward posterior margin. Hypandrium tomentose, without bristles. Circus pale yellow and stalk of circus brown. Body length 1.8–2.0 mm.

Female: unknown.

Distribution. China (Liaoning, Henan).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the likeness of ascending process of posterior face of hind femur.

Holotype: ♂, Henan, Nanzhao (33°29′N, 112°26′E), 17–Aug–2005, Hong Fang GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 1♂, Dalian, Laotie Mountain (38°45′N, 121°11′E), 12–Sep–2009, Jianfeng Wang, Dianxing Feng. GoogleMaps

Remarks. The species differs from its congeners by hind tibia with 2 hair palisades, 2 anteroventral bristles before apical quarter, lacking anterodorsal bristles; posterior face of hind femur with 2 lamellar process bearing a blunt bristle at tip.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Diplonevra

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