Lamprolonchaea lustrata McAlpine.

Macgowan, Iain, 2021, The Lonchaeidae of Vanuatu (Diptera: Schizophora), Zootaxa 4926 (3), pp. 342-362 : 344-345

Lamprolonchaea lustrata McAlpine. ( Figures 5-8 ).

Lamprolonchaea lustrata McAlpine, 1964a: 700 .

Diagnosis. Summary of original description with updated terminology (after McAlpine, 1964a).

Male. Frons dull black. Calypteres greyish-brown with dark-brown margins and fringes. All tarsi entirely brownish-black. Wings brownish hyaline; veins dark-brown. Male terminalia; epandrium much longer than broad, in lateral view with about five long setae at postero-lateral angles. Phallus C-shaped; slightly more than 3x as long as base; apex strongly expanded and trumpet-like; pubescent in middle, and with a patch of extremely small spicules just preceding the apical flare.

Type material. Holotype ♂, allotype ♀ and 1 ♂ paratype. VANUATU: Efate , Vila, vii.1950, N. L. H. Krauss. HT ♂ no. 67446, USNM.

Additional records. VANUATU: Epi, Vaemali , 100-150m, 6-10. viii.1967, J. & M. Sedlacek, 1 ♂ . Efate, Vila , 0-5m, iii.1970, N. L. H. Krauss, 2 ♂ (all BPBM) .

Remarks. This species is also recorded from Fiji, Kadavu ( MacGowan, 2014).

Figures

FIGURES 5-8. Lamprolonchaea lustrata McAlpine, 1964. 5. Epandrium and associated structures, lateral view. 6. Phallus, lateral view. 7. Surstylar plate, ventral view. 8. Surstylus, medial surface.