Lispe desjardinsii Macquart, 1851
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zoologia.37.e46879 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6995FEC3-00D4-48C4-97D9-93FB9435B912 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D787C8-9901-BF12-E41D-DDCCFD0BB180 |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Lispe desjardinsii Macquart, 1851 |
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Lispe desjardinsii Macquart, 1851 View in CoL
Syntypes. 1 male, 2 females of Lispa remipes Becker, 1913 , junior synonym of L. desjardinsii . Madagascar .
Diagnosis. Length of body. 6.0 mm (male), 6.5–7.0 mm (female). Head. Male dichoptic, frons broad, more than one-third of head-width. Frons dark brown. Fronto-orbital plate dark brown on upper half and silver pruinose on lower half. Face, parafacial and gena silver pruinose. Ocellar triangle golden pruinose, straight and reaching lunule. Male fronto-orbital plate setulose; parafacial with 2–3 scattered setulae. Antenna and arista dark brown; bare on apical third. Palpus yellow, enlarged towards apex. Vibrissa long. Thorax. Scutum brown. Postpronotum and notopleuron grey dusted. Dorsocentrals 2+3. Haltere yellow. Calypters white. Legs. Mostly brown; femoro-tibial joints and tibiae yellow. Fore tibia with 1 dorsal and 1 ventral median setae. Mid femur with 2 posterior preapical setae. Mid tibia with 1 median posterior to posterodorsal seta; without anterodorsal and anteroventral setae. Hind tibia with 1 median anterodorsal seta, 1 submedian anteroventral and 1 median posterodorsal; 1 dorsal preapical. Arolium and pulvillus not enlarged. Wing. Costal spine indistinct. Vein M straight. Abdomen. Sternite 1 setulose.
Remarks. It can be identified with the key by Couri et al. (2006) to Madagascan species of Lispe . Themale fore tarsus was illustrated by Couri et al. (2006, fig. 101). Vikhrev (2014) also keyed the species and considered it in the desjardinsii -group of Lispe .
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