Meoneura thaica Ozerov et Krivosheina

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2014, The First Record Of The Fami- Ly Carnidae (Diptera) In Thailand, With The Description Of A New Species, Far Eastern Entomologist 279, pp. 11-12 : 11-12

Meoneura thaica Ozerov et Krivosheina , sp. n.

Figs 1, 2

MATERIAL. Holotype – , Thailand: Kanchanaburi province, Taweechai elephant camp, 14,215º N, 99,225º E, 28.I 2014, coll. by N.E. Vikhrev (in ZMUM).

DESCRIPTION. MALE. Body length 1.1 mm; wing length 0.9 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen and legs black, but tarsi of all legs dark brown. Frontal triangle extended nearly to lunula,

shining. Scutum shining rather than subshining, pleural sclerites subshining. No dorsocentral setae. Scutellum microtomentose. Wing hyaline. Knob of halter yellow, stalk blackish. Abdomen subshining. Epandrium with one pair of epandrial processes only (surstyli). Surstylus simple, straight and wide in lateral view ( Fig. 1 ).

DIAGNOSIS. Among Oriental species of Meoneura , the new species resembles Meoneura vikhrevi Ozerov which also has one pair of epandrial processes only, but its surstylus is hooklike in lateral view (see: Ozerov, 2011: 3, fig. 4). Besides, M. thaica is characterized by the absence of dorsocentral setae, and M. vikhrevi has one pair of dorsocentral setae.

Figures

Figs 1–2. Meoneura thaica sp. n., holotype male: 1) epandrium, cercus and surstylus, lateral view; 2) epandrium, cerci and surstyli, dorsal view.