Stenomicra pallida, Grimaldi, 2009

Grimaldi, David A., 2009, The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae), American Museum Novitates 3671, pp. 1-60 : 6

Stenomicra pallida , new species

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DIAGNOSIS: An entirely whitish-yellow species, with barely any infuscation on scutum or tergites; frons creamy white; wing hyaline. Anterior fronto-orbital seta very fine, minute; arista with 5 dorsal and 2 ventral branches; 5 dorsocentrals in each row, row of 3 acrostichals. Male terminalia distinctive: surstyli slightly S-shaped, with only three apical/subapical setulae (no microtrichia); aedeagus spiculed, with central groove, without trunk, tip narrow; strip of aedeagal sclerite not found.

TYPE: Holotype, male (dissected, no. 68), Viti Levu : Naitasiri Prov. , 4 km WSW Colo-i- Suva Village, Mt. Nakobalevu, 372 m, 17. III – 9. IV.03, Malaise 3, Schlinger, Tokota’a, 18.055 ° S, 178.424 ° E, FBA 144101. ThL 5 1.22 mm; Wing W /L 5 0.30; L r-m / L between r-m and m-cu 5 0.40. Specimen is in good condition; deposited in BPBM.

ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin, pallidus, for pale, in reference to the entirely whitish-yellow body coloration.

Figures

Fig. 9. Male terminalia of Stenomicra pallida. A. Epandrium and surstyli, posterior view. B. Left surstylus, lateral view. C. Hypandrium, aedeagus, aedeagal apodeme, and associated sclerites.