Sphegina (Asiosphegina) malaisei Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015

Steenis, Jeroen Van, Hippa, Heikki & Mutin, Valeri A., 2018, Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 489, pp. 1-198 : 124

Sphegina (Asiosphegina) malaisei Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015

Figs 56F , 72A , 59D

Sphegina (Asiosphegina) malaisei Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015: 21 . Type locality: Kambaiti, Myanmar (holotype, ♂, NHRS).

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; “NW VIETNAM: Tonkin / Hoang Lien N.P., 15 km / W Sa Pa c. 1900 m / 15– 21.X.1999 Malaise traps / [leg] C. v. Achterberg RMNH ‘99”; NBC .

THAILAND • 1 ♀; “Thailand, Chiang Mai / Doi Inthanon NP / Kew Mae Pan 2200 m / 18°33.163 ʹ N, 98°28.8 ʹ E / 13.IX–21.IX.2006 Malaise Trap / Y. Areeluck leg. T 251”; QSBG .

Distribution and biology

Known from NE Myanmar, N Vietnam and N Thailand. In Myanmar collected in a cloud forest with streams and swampy areas at an altitude of 2000 m. The specimen from Vietnam was collected by a Malaise trap near the Tram Ton Pass, the highest mountain pass of Vietnam (1900 m), near Fan Si Pan mountain. The Malaise trap was set up in an area of montane forest disturbed by grazing buffaloes, containing muddy areas and small streams. Despite the cold and wet weather insects were still rather abundantly flying (C. van Achterberg, pers. comm).

Figures

Fig. 56. Habitus, lateral view. A. S. (A.) karnataka sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, India.B. Sphegina (Asiosphegina) licina sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ, Thailand. C. S. (A.) lobulata sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Vietnam. D. S. (A.) lucida sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Vietnam. E. S. (A.) lucida sp. nov., paratype, ♀, Vietnam. F. S. (A.) malaisei Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, Ƌ, Myanmar. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 72. Metaleg, anterior view (A–E) and dorsal view (F). A. Sphegina (Asiosphegina) malaisei Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, ♀, Myanmar. B. S. (A.) nigerrima Shiraki, 1930, Ƌ, Taiwan. C. S. (A.) ornata sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ, China. D. S. (A.) philippina, Thompson, 1999, paratype, ♀, Philippines. E. S. (A.) bispinosa Brunetti, 1915, Ƌ, Nepal. F. S. (A.) bispinosa, ♀, India. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 59. Habitus, dorsal view. A. Sphegina (Asiosphegina) licina sp. nov., holotype, Ƌ (fronto-dorsal), Thailand.B. S. (A.) lobulatasp. nov.,paratype, ♀,Vietnam.C. S. (A.) lucida sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Vietnam. D. S. (A.) malaisei Hippa, van Steenis & Mutin, 2015, paratype, ♀, Myanmar. E. S. (A.) nigerrima Shiraki, 1930, Ƌ, Taiwan. F. S. (A.) nigrotarsata sp. nov., paratype, Ƌ, Vietnam. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.