Eupyrgota aequalis (Malloch) Korneyev, 2014

Korneyev, V. A., 2014, Pyrgotid Flies Assigned To Apyrgota. I. New Species And Synonyms In Eupyrgota (S. Str.) (Diptera, Pyrgotidae), With The Description Of A New Subgenus, Vestnik Zoologii 48 (2), pp. 111-128 : 115-116

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0012

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6406607

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BCE11B-B131-FF95-FF28-FF55FE0EFD03

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scientific name

Eupyrgota aequalis (Malloch)
status

comb. nov.

Eupyrgota aequalis (Malloch) View in CoL , comb. n. ( fig. 1 View Fig )

Adapsila aequalis Malloch, 1939: 51 .

M a t e r i a l. Type. Holotype ♀: “ Papua: Mondo / 5,000 ft i-ii.1934. / L. E. Cheesman. / B.M. 1934–321”, “ Adapsila / aequalis, Mall. /examined & det. J. R. Malloch, 1938”, “ Adapsila / aequalis / Typus / det. JRMalloch” (Malloch’s handwriting), “Type [red bordered circle]”, “Holo / type [red bordered circle]”, “BMNH # 252155”. Double pinned into celluloid triangle ( BMNH). Non-type. Papua New Guinea: Goilala , Tororo, 1500 m, 15– 20.02.1958, 1 ♀ (W. W. Brandt) ( BBMH).

D i a g n o s i s. This species can be recognized from the combination of head slightly longer and wider than high, face with conspicuous carina; parafacial in profile as wide as flagellomere 1 ( fig. 1 View Fig , 3 View Fig , 4 View Fig ); mesonotum and abdomen reddish yellow with a few black spots; scutellum with three to four pairs of long setae ( fig. 1, 1 View Fig ); wing almost uniformly hyaline with yellow veins, without spots or bands ( fig. 1, 1 View Fig ); fore coxa with cluster of setulae extending from round depression ( fig. 1 View Fig , 5 View Fig ); fore femur with numerous long and thin setae, mid femur with very large femoral organ on middle two-thirds of femur; setae in ventro-apical rows thin and non-spurious; abdominal sternites with long suberect setae at posterior margins; ventral hooks on oviscape strong; all setae and setulae golden yellow. The presence of more than two scutellar setae and the strong hooks of the oviscape support its placement in Eupyrgota s. str.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Pyrgotidae

Genus

Eupyrgota

Loc

Eupyrgota aequalis (Malloch)

Korneyev, V. A. 2014
2014
Loc

Adapsila aequalis

Malloch, J. R. 1939: 51
1939
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