Leucophenga baculifoliacea, Huang, Jia, Li, Tong & Chen, Hongwei, 2014

Huang, Jia, Li, Tong & Chen, Hongwei, 2014, The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part IV: the ornata species group from the East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (II), Zootaxa 3893 (1), pp. 1-55 : 39-41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0600C5C-DA06-47C5-80CD-4E625EBC6259
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5614870
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387EC-FFDF-FFB9-54ED-F9067D5BFECB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucophenga baculifoliacea
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leucophenga baculifoliacea View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 D, 8A, 8B, 11D, 15E, 15F, 30)

Diagnosis. This species is similar to L. glabella Huang & Chen, 2013b from Yunnan, China in katepisternum yellow to brownish yellow ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B), but can be distinguished from the latter by having the aedeagus slender and straight, with 1 small projection apically ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 D). In glabella : aedeagus sturdy and reticulated, distally round and curved ventrad, lacking projection (fig. 25C in Huang et al. 2013b).

Description. Ocellar triangle yellowish brown, with 2 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brownish yellow. Pedicel brownish yellow; first flagellomere yellow. Clypeus brownish yellow medially, brown laterally. Palpus yellow, brownish apically. Mesonotum yellowish brown ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A). Postpronotal lobe brownish yellow ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B). Scutellum yellowish brown ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A). Pleura with a dark brown, longitudinal stripe above ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B). Katepisternum and mesopleuron mostly brownish yellow ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B). Wing ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 D): Costal vein between R2+3 and R4+5 distally with 6–7 peg-like spinules on ventral surface. Abdominal tergites dark brown, with yellow patches ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 D). Male terminalia: Epandrium nearly entirely pubescent, with 13 setae near posterior margin and ventral corner per side ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 A). Paramere with pubescence and 6 sensilla distally ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 C).

Measurements. BL = 3.00 mm in holotype, THL = 1.53 mm, WL = 2.97 mm, WW = 1.28 mm, arb = 8/4, avd = 0.94, adf = 2.13, flw = 1.87, FW/HW = 0.38, ch/o = 0.04, prorb = 0.54, rcorb = 0.63, vb = 0.39, dcl = 0.35, presctl = 0.44, sctl = 1.39, sterno = 0.78, orbito = 1.91, dcp = 0.22, sctlp = 1.21, C = 1.96, 4c = 1.28, 4v = 1.83, 5x = 0.78, ac = 2.22, M = 0.45, C3F = 0.96.

Type specimens. Holotype ♂ ( SCAU, No. 123138), CHINA: Muyiji Park, Ximeng, Yunnan, 22°37'N, 99°36'E, 1100m, 4.iv.2011, ex tussock, YR Su.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. A combination of the Latin words “ baculum ” (= rod-like) + “ foliaceus ” (= folium), referring to the aedeagus slender.