Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) inflatistyla, Pal & Hazra, 2024

Pal, Gouri Sankar & Hazra, Niladri, 2024, Three new species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from West Bengal, India, Zootaxa 5419 (3), pp. 348-360 : 349

Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) inflatistyla sp. n.

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Etymology. The specific name of new species “ inflatistyla ” derives from the greatly swollen base of gonostylus.

Diagnosis. Only species of Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) from the Oriental realm is separated by the large swollen gonostylus base ( Fig. 2I ); tarsomere I of hind leg abruptly swollen at the middle; caudomedian excavation ‘U” shaped ( Fig. 2J ); submedian process of parameres short with blunt end ( Fig. 2F ); basal arms of aedeagus long, roughly triangular ( Fig. 2G ); two large spermathecae without any neck and punctation, oval shaped ( Fig. 2P ).

Type Material. Holotype ♂, India, West Bengal, Alipurduar, Jayanti (26.700772°N, 89.614778°E), 27.viii.2023, Col. G.S. Pal. Paratypes 5♂♂ and 4♀♀, same data as holotype .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) inflatistyla sp. n. A–J Male (♂): A,Antenna; B, Maxillary palpus; C, Wing; D, Banding patterns of legs (femur, tibia and tarsomeres); E, Hind tibial comb; F, Parameres; G, Aedeagus; H, Photograph of male genitalia (dorsal view); I, Illustration of male genitalia (dorsal view); J, Photograph of male genitalia (ventral view). K–P Female (♀): K, Antenna L, Maxillary palpus; M, Wing; N, Hind tibial comb; O, Abdomen; P, Spermathecae. Scale bars 0.05 mm.