Triphleba schulmanae Brown, 2003

Perkovsky, E. E., Mostovski, M. B. & Henderickx, H., 2015, New Records Of The Dipteran Genera Triphleba (Phoridae) And Prosphyracephala (Diopsidae) In Rovno And Baltic Ambers, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (3), pp. 245-250 : 246

Triphleba schulmanae Brown, 2003 ( fig. 1 , a–c)

M a t e r i a l. SIZK K-27673, male, Klesov, Rovno amber, Late Eocene.

A m e n d e d d e s c r i p t i o n. Body length 1.8–1.9 mm. Overall colour brown. Frons with seven pairs of bristles, lower SA minute, only 0.25 as long as upper SA. Antenna bifurcate, setose. Arista dorsal with sort pubescens. Palpus short, 0.18 mm, with 7–10 setae. Thorax with 1 h, 5 npl, 1 sa, 1 dc (short prescutellar pair); 2 pairs of strong scutellars. Tibial setation as follows: tb 1 4–5 a or ad; tb 2 1 a in basal quarter, 2 d in basal third; tb 3 1 a at end of basal third, 1 ad at midlength, 5(–6) d in distal half. Wing length 1.43 mm. Costal index 0.55. Costal ratios 3.3: 0.8: 1. Costal cilia 0.04 mm. R 2+3 fork elongate. All abdominal tergites fully developed, at most with short sparse hairs. Male genitalia with narrow epandrial process on each side.

R e m a r k s. In the specimen on hand, the terminalia are somewhat concealed, as in the holotype, and cannot be examined .

Figures

Fig. 1. Triphleba schulmanae: a — lateral view, b — dorsal view, c — anterodorsal view, with exposed bifurcate antennae; Prosphyracephala aff. succini: d — habitus, e — wings; Prosphyracephala kerneggeri: f — ventral, g — dorsal; Prosphyracephala succini: h — habitus.