Anufrievia ciconia Dworakowska, 1976

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Anufrievia ciconia Dworakowska, 1976

( Figs. 3 , 17–25 )

Anufrievia ciconia Dworakowska, 1976 , Reichenbachia, 16: 46 [ Taiwan].

Anufrievia ciconia: Hayashi & Ozaki 2000 , Jpn. J. syst. Entomol., 6: 118 [ Japan (Ryukyus)].

Body creamy white to pale ochreous. Vertex occasionally tinged with pale orange centrally. Fore wing ivory white, often with longitudinal pale brown stripes on clavus and vein CuA.

Female 7th abdominal sternite trapezoidal, with posterior margin swollen near middle and bearing numerous short hairs posteriorly.

Body length (mean): ♂, 2.8–3.1 mm (3.0 mm); ♀, 2.9–3.2 mm (3.0 mm).

Male genitalia. Pygofer with dorsal process curved inward and bifurcated near apex. Aedeagus arcuate, with pair of apical processes and ventral process; apical process long and thin, 0.4–0.5 times as long as aedeagal shaft; ventral process, 0.6–0.7 times as long as aedeagal shaft; preatrium long; gonopore subapical on ventral surface.

Specimens examined. [Miyako Is.] 1♂, Wipiya, Gusukube, 13. V. 1995, M. Hayashi et al.; 6♂ 1♀, same data except 25. VI. 2008. [Ishigaki Is.] 2♂ 2♀, Hirakubo, 11. III. 2010, N. Ohara leg. (ELKU); 6♂ 2♀, Mt Maese-dake, 30. VI. 2008, M. Hayashi et al.; 2♂ 1♀, Maesato For. Rd., 1. VII. 2008, M. Hayashi et al.; 3♂, same data except 8. III. 2010, N. Ohara leg. (ELKU); 3♂, Yonehara, 30. VI. 2008, M. Hayashi et al.; 2♂ 2♀, Kabira, 23. II. 2006, M. Hayashi et al. [Iriomote Is.] 3♂ 4♀, Mitara, 12. III. 2010, N. Ohara leg. (ELKU).

Distribution. Japan (Ryukyus: Okinawa, Kumejima, Miyako, Ishigaki, Iriomote, Hateruma, Yonaguni); Taiwan.

Remarks. A detailed description of this species was provided by Chiang & Knight (1990), but Japanese specimens have a slight difference in the male genitalia: the pygofer process is bifurcated apically. Morphological features of female 7th abdominal sternite are described here for the first time. This species closely resembles A. akazu (Matsumura, 1932) , but it is distinguishable by a character of male genitalia: pair of aedeagal apical processes remarkably longer.

Bionomics. The host plants are Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg. ( Euphorbiaceae ) and Pipturus arborescens (Link) C.B. Rob. (Urticaceae) . This species seems to occur throughout the year.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Male dorsal habitus. 1 – 2, Anufrievia akazu (Matsumura); 3, Anufrievia ciconia Dworakowska; 4, Empoascanara bisignatella (Matsumura) comb. nov.; 5, Empoascanara kotoshonis (Matsumura); 6, Empoascanara sonani (Matsumura) [specimen from Taiwan]; 7, Anzygina honiloa (Kirkaldy). Body length: 1, 3.1 mm; 2, 3.0 mm; 3, 3.0 mm; 4, 3.0 mm; 5, 2.7 mm; 6, 2.5 mm; 7, 2.4 mm.

FIGURES 17 – 25. Anufrievia ciconia Dworakowska. Male abdominal sternal apodemes (17), ♀ 7 th abdominal sternite (18) and ♂ genitalia (19 – 25). — 19, Pygofer in lateral view; 20, dorsal pygofer process in caudal view; 21, subgenital plate in ventral view; 22, apex of style in lateral view; 23, style and connective in ventral view; 24 – 25, aedeagus in lateral (24) and caudal (25) views. Scales: 0.05 mm (20), 0.1 mm (22 – 25), 0.2 mm (17 – 19, 21).