Dohrniphora separata, Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 3986 (3), pp. 307-331 : 320

18. Dohrniphora separata sp. nov.

( Figs. 35–36 , 61 )

Head. Frons dark brown, sub-shining, with fine, sparse hairs. First rows of bristles straight, antials are further from each other than either is to an antero-lateral. Second row of bristles slightly concave, pre-ocellars slightly further from each other than either is to a medio-lateral. Postpedicels rounded-oval, brown. Palp yellow, 3 times as long as its width, with long, thick apical bristles and shorter, thinner ventral bristles. Thorax. Scutum, pleuron and scutellum yellowish brown. Scutellum with two bristles and two hairs. Wing length 2.51mm. Costal index 0.49; costal ratios 7.27:2.27:1; costal cilia 0.02 mm. Halter yellow. Legs yellow. Fore tibia with 6 anterodorsal bristles. Fore tarsomeres slender. Palisade of mid tibia extends 2/3 (0.60) of its length. Hind coxal lobe yellow, triangle and covered with short spines. Posterior face of hind femur with a group of about 8 peg-like bristles, which divided microtrichia patch. Abdomen. Abdominal with yellow and brown tergites, being mainly along median thirds of tergites II–V. Tergite VI with anterior half yellow. Venter of abdomen light yellow, with sparse hairs. Male terminalia brown, except cercus yellow; apical bristles of cercus not enlarged.

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the microtrichia patch divided by the complex of the peg-like bristles on posterior face of the hind femur.

Holotype: ♂, Hainan, Jianfeng (18°43'N, 108°48' E, 900 m), 18-V-2004; paratype: 1♂; same data as holotype.

Remarks. The species is similar to D. densilinearis Yang and Liu , but it is distinguished from latter in the microtrichia patch extends above the group of peg-like bristles of hind femur and it is with fewer peg-like bristles.

Figures

FIGURES 33 – 40. Hind femora, posterior view. 33 – 34. D densilinearis Yang et Liu; 35 – 36. D. separata sp. nov.; 37 – 38. D. prescherweberae Liu; 39 – 40. D. microtrichina sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 55 – 68. Hind coxal lobes. 55. D. cornuta (Bigot); 56. D. leei Disney; 57. D. capillaris sp. nov.; 58. D. longisetalis sp. nov.; 59. D. dentiretusa sp. nov.; 60. D. densilinearis Yang et Liu; 61. D. separata sp. nov.; 62. D. prescherweberae Liu; 63. D. microtrichina sp. nov.; 64. D. dilatata sp. nov.; 65. D. carinata sp. nov.; 66. D. insulana Liu; 67. D. cespitula sp. nov.; 68. D. triangula sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm; except for figs. 60, 61, 63 and 64, scale bar = 0.05 mm.