Teuchophorus hirsutus, Meuffels & Grootaert, 2004

Meuffels, Henk & Grootaert, Patrick, 2004, The genus Teuchophorus in South-East Asia and New Guinea, description of new species, species-groups and their phylogeny (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae), Journal of Natural History 38 (2), pp. 143-258 : 214

Species 40: Teuchophorus digitatus Meuffels and Grootaert, 1986

T. digitatus Meuffels and Grootaert, 1986: 237 , figures 33–38.

Material examined. Indonesia, Irian Jaya: Siriwini river ( Nabire ), 21 April 1997, 15 males, three females (No. 970018, leg. P. Grootaert and Ph. Hoyois) ; Nabire, Sanoba , 21 April 1997, five males (No. 97020) . Papua New Guinea, Madang province, Sepen 2, 21 July 1987, one male (No. 87011), Yoro , 22 August 1987, one male (No. 87081) ; Warawaranga , 28 August 1987, two males (No. 87119, leg. P. Grootaert and I. Van de Velde) ; Boroi , 17 May 1995, two males (No. 95046, leg. P. Grootaert) ; Baiteta, primary rain forest, 25 May 1995, two males ( No. 95070), six males (No. 95069), 11 males (No. 95062), 12 males (No. 95063, leg. P. Grootaert) .

Diagnosis. Medium-sized species with a broad face. No stigma, costa hardly swollen. Third antennal segment a little longer than broad. Hind femur with several long ventral bristles in apical half; tip not acute, somewhat rounded. Hind tibia at base with a V-shaped comb of ventral bristles; no patch of ventral hairs. Surstyli digitiform; cerci long, sickle-shaped.

Female

Body length 1.25–1.5 mm; wing length 1.35 mm.

Like the female of T. hirsutus sp. nov., but tergum 3 on both sides with very long hairs (as long as or longer than half length of tergum); terga 5 and 6 short-haired, but the hairs are longer than usual in this genus.

Remarks

The female is described here for the first time.

A common species in Papua New Guinea; preference for freshwater swamps. Never found in the true mangrove.