Drosophila (Sophophora) curta Chassagnard & Tsacas, 1997
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.532 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5696380 |
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Drosophila (Sophophora) curta Chassagnard & Tsacas, 1997 View in CoL
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Drosophila (Sophophora) curta Chassagnard & Tsacas in Chassagnard et al., 1997: 93 View in CoL .
Diagnosis
Male and female body pigmentation including halters and legs yellow ( Fig. 4 View Fig E–F); male abdominal tergites T2–T4 with a broad black stripes expanding towards the margins, T5 and T6 completely black ( Fig. 4E View Fig ); dorsalmost surstylus prensiseta not on the same axis with remaining prensisetae; hypandrial median process truncated and serrated; aedeagus spatulate ( Fig. 5C View Fig ); female T2 with a thin black stripe expanding on the middle and fainting towards the margin, T3–T5 with a broad black stripe and an expanding grayish area on the margin ( Fig. 4F View Fig ); oviscapt fourth posterior peg-like outer ovisensillum on the same axis with the third and fifth ovisensilla ( Fig. 6C View Fig ), with anterior ovisensilla long and thin, almost setiferous ( Fig. 6D View Fig ).
Type material
Holotype
MALAWI • ♂; Cape Maclear ; 14°01′ S, 34°51′ E; 30 Mar. 1991; D. Lachaise leg.; MNHN. Other material GoogleMaps
MADAGASCAR • 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Andasibe ; 17°20′ S, 48°54′ E; 16–17 Feb. 2008 (ex-laboratory strain Jul. 2014); J.R. David & A. Yassin leg.; ZUAC GoogleMaps .
Description
As in Chassagnard et al. (1997).
Distribution
Malawi (type) and Madagascar (new record).
Remarks
Yassin et al. (2016) included a Kenyan strain of D. curta in their phylogenetic analysis. However, the strain turned out to be a likely new species belonging to the ‘ D. tsacasi species complex’ depicted in Figs 1–2 View Fig View Fig as D. aff. tsacasi (see below). In Madagascar, D. curta was collected only from Andasibe during the expedition of 2008. Females have two color morphs ( Yassin et al. 2016).
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Drosophila (Sophophora) curta Chassagnard & Tsacas, 1997
Yassin, Amir, Suwalski, Arnaud & Raveloson Ravaomanarivo, Lala H. 2019 |
Drosophila (Sophophora) curta
Chassagnard & Tsacas in Chassagnard 1997: 93 |