Pseudacteon setosus Disney et Michailovskaya

Liu, Guang-Chun & Disney, R. Henry L., 2022, Revision of the ant-parasitizing genus Pseudacteon Coquillett (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 5138 (3), pp. 201-237 : 219-220

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6564753

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2977F-FFA6-FFB4-C6A4-5270FA0FFD4F

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scientific name

Pseudacteon setosus Disney et Michailovskaya
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10. Pseudacteon setosus Disney et Michailovskaya View in CoL

( Figs. 13A–F View FIGURES 13 )

Pseudacteon setosus Disney et Michailovskaya, 2000: 43 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Male. Body 1.56-1.60 mm, yellow to brownish yellow; frons ( Fig. 13A View FIGURES 13 ) with 10–12 setulae; Lower supra-antennal seta higher than lower fronto-orbital seta; apical seta longer than maximum width of palpus; tarsomere 5 a little swollen at apex and shorter than tarsomere 1, ratio of fore tarsomeres 1.14: 0.74: 0.63: 0.60: 1 ( Fig. 13C View FIGURES 13 ); setal palisade extends 1/2 (0.55) length of mid tibia ( Fig. 13D View FIGURES 13 ); setulae below basal half of hind femur only a little differentiated from adjacent setulae of anterior face, and much weaker than those of anteroventral row of outer half ( Fig. 13E View FIGURES 13 ); wing ( Fig. 13B View FIGURES 13 ) length 1.78 mm, width 0.83 mm, width/length 0.47; costa index 0.40, costal ratio 1.63: 1, costal cilia 0.10–0.12 mm; tergite II-VI With very strong setae ( Fig. 13F View FIGURES 13 ), male terminalia brown and anal tube pale yellow at distal two thirds.

Distribution. China. (Liaoning, Gansu).

Specimens examined. 3♂, Liaoning, Benxi , Benxi County (41°13'16.95''N, 124°37'40.38''E; 593m), 4-July-2018, Jiao Zhang GoogleMaps ; 2♂, Liaoning, Fushun, Xinbin (41°41'24.02''N, 124°53'13.20''E; 350m), 26-Aug-2019, Tao Li GoogleMaps ; 3♂, Gansu, Wen County, Qiujiaba (N32°55.369′ E104°19.603′, 2244m), 7-Aug-2011, Lixin Su ; 1♂ (slide), Gansu, Wen County, Guanegou (33°55′12″N, 104°14′21″E; 2478 m), 10-Aug-2011, Yunlong Cai GoogleMaps .

Remarks. This special species is only known from the male sex. It is distinguished from all other species of the genus by the strong setae on the abdominal tergites. Its putative female may be P. quadrisetalis Liu et Cai, 2011 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Pseudacteon

Loc

Pseudacteon setosus Disney et Michailovskaya

Liu, Guang-Chun & Disney, R. Henry L. 2022
2022
Loc

Pseudacteon setosus Disney et Michailovskaya, 2000: 43

Disney, R. H. L. & Michailovskaya, M. V. 2000: 43
2000
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