Bicellaria japonica Kato

Barták, Miroslav, Plant, Adrian & Kubík, Štěpán, 2013, Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia, Zootaxa 3710 (3), pp. 233-256 : 244

Bicellaria japonica Kato

Bicellaria japonica Kato, 1971: 282 .

Diagnosis. The species has several strong setae on palpus, long dorsal setae on third antennal segment, black setose body and hypandrium long setose similar to B. femorata (compare Kato 1971, fig. 4 with Fig. 7 ). It differs from B. femorata in unstriped mesoscutum, dark halter and slender hind legs. The species may be easily recognised according to the key. Phallus and postgonites illustrated in Figure 28 .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

Remarks. Bicellaria japonica probably belongs near to B. austriaca complex of species but with quite different hypandrium.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Hypandrium (ventral view) and phallus with postgonites (lateral view). 1 – 2. Bicellaria amankutanensis sp. nov. 3 – 4. B. chimganensis sp. nov. 5 – 6. B. farkaci sp. nov. 7 – 8. B. femorata Collin. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.

FIGURES 27 – 28. Phallus and postgonites (paratypes, photographs by T. Saigusa). 27. Bicellaria flavipes Kato. 28. B. japonica Kato.