Leucophenga kurahashii Okada, 1987

Huang, Jia, Wang, Yalian, O’Grady, Patrick Michael, Su, Yirui & Chen, Hongwei, 2018, The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VIII: twenty-one species from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence, Zootaxa 4503 (1), pp. 1-70 : 32-33

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scientific name	Leucophenga kurahashii Okada, 1987
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Leucophenga kurahashii Okada, 1987 View in CoL

( Figs. 2B View FIGURE 2 , 5D–F View FIGURE 5 , 9B, 9C View FIGURE 9 , 13C, 13D View FIGURE 13 , 18 View FIGURE 18 )

Leucophenga kurahashii Okada, 1987: 91 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. This species differs from the other species of the genus Leucophenga in having the paramere dorsally and distally pubescent but lacking sensillum ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); aedeagus curved ventrad, anterodorsally expanded, medioventrally with a small, pubescent projection, distoventrally with several serrated processes ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ).

Description. Ocellar triangle brown, with ca. 2 or 3 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brownish yellow ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Orb 3 and Orb 2 parallel ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Pedicel brownish dark yellow; first flagellomere yellowish ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Clypeus brownish yellow medially and brown laterally. Palpus yellow ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Mesonotum mostly dark yellow ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Postpronotal lobe brownish yellow ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Acrostichal setulae in ca. 12–14 irregular rows ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Scutellum brownish yellow, brown to dark brown laterally, yellow at tip ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Pleura, katepisternum, and mesopleuron mostly yellowish to yellow ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Wing ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ): with distinct patterns; costal vein between R 2+3 and R 4+5 distally with ca. 6 or 7 peg-like spinules on ventral surface; R 4+5 and M 1 nearly parallel distally; halter yellow, usually with brownish to brown patches at stem and knob ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Abdominal tergites dark brown, 2nd tergite yellowish medially and laterally, 3rd tergite nearly entirely yellowish except for sublateral region, setigerous laterally and on posterior margin, 5th tergite with a pair of yellow patches submedially in males ( Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 ); 2nd tergite yellow medially and laterally, 3rd to 6th tergites yellow submedially and laterally in females ( Fig. 9C View FIGURE 9 ). Male terminalia: Epandrium pubescent, with ca. 14 setae near posterior and ventral margins per side ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ). Cercus and surstylus pubescent ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ). Paramere slender, narrow basally and apically ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ).

Measurements and indices. BL = 3.00– 3.57 mm in 5♂, 3.00– 3.73 mm in 5♀, ThL = 1.60–1.83 mm in ♂, 1.33–1.87 mm in ♀, WL = 2.60–2.97 mm in ♂, 2.33–3.13 mm in ♀, WW = 1.27–1.33 mm in ♂, 1.05–1.43 mm in ♀, arb = 8–11/4–5, avd = 0.88–1.06, adf = 1.81–2.47, flw = 1.73–2.13, FW/HW = 0.33–0.40, ch/o = 0.03–0.04, prorb = 0.52–0.63, rcorb = 0.69–0.81, vb = 0.38–0.50, dcl = 0.42–0.52, presctl = 0.45–0.64, sctl = 1.24–1.41, sterno = 0.67–0.76, orbito = 1.50–2.00, dcp = 0.21–0.26, sctlp = 0.89–1.12, C = 2.04–2.46, 4c = 1.37–1.57, 4v = 1.92–2.38, 5x = 0.74–0.90, ac = 2.18–3.13, M = 0.50–0.60, C3F = 0.82–0.93.

Specimens examined. CHINA: 1♀ ( SCAU, No. 123243), Mangshan, Yizhang , Hunan, 24°55'N, 112°34'E, alt. 800m, 3.x.2004, ex tussock, HL Cao GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( SCAU, No. 123235), Nanling, Shaoguan , Guangdong, 24°38'N, 112°40'E, alt. 800m, 6.x.2004, ex tussock, HL Cao GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( SCAU, No. 123234), Nankunshan, Huizhou , Guangdong, 23°37'N, 113°52'E, alt. 400m, 2.iv.2004, ex tussock, HW Chen GoogleMaps ; 4♂, 2♀ ( SCAU, Nos 123231–33, 128390, 128391, 128505), Yixiang, Pu'er , Yunnan, 22°47'N, 101°02'E, alt. 1200m, 18, 19.ix.2007, 2.x.2011, 18.x.2012, ex tussocks, HW Chen, JJ Gao GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 1♀ ( SCAU, Nos 123239, 40), Muyiji Park, Ximeng , Yunnan, 22°37'N, 99°36'E, alt. 1100m, 2.iv.2011, ex tussocks, YR Su GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( SCAU, No. 123236), Hesong, Menghai , Yunnan, 21°50'N, 100°06'E, alt. 1940m, 7.v.2012, ex tussock, HW Chen GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 1♀ ( SCAU, Nos 123237, 38), Menglun, Mengla , Yunnan, 21°41'N, 101°25'E, alt. 900m, 19.iv.2007, ex tree trunks, HW Chen GoogleMaps ; 1♂ ( SCAU, No. 123249), Wangtianshu, Mengla , Yunnan, 21°28'N, 101°38'E, alt. 570m, 23.iv.2007, ex tree trunk, HW Chen GoogleMaps . NEPAL: 1♂ ( SCAU, No. 123241), Sagarmatha, Siraha , 27°58'N, 86°40'E, alt. 139m, 19.x.2011, ex tussock, SX Ren GoogleMaps .