Gimnomera tukuringra (Ozerov, 1999)

Ozerov, A. L., 2019, A review of the genus Gimnomera Rondani, 1866 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 28 (2), pp. 195-218 : 213

Gimnomera tukuringra (Ozerov, 1999)

tukuringra Ozerov, 1999a: 636 ( Cochliarium ). Type-locality: town Zeya ( Russia).

This species was described from Amur Oblast [ Ozerov, 1999a] and is known only from the type-locality.

MATERIAL. Holotype of Cochliarium tukuringra Ozerov [ Ozerov, 1999a: 636].

DESCRIPTION. Female. Medium-sized flies (3.4 mm long).

Head. Frontal vitta yellow, matt; fronto-orbital plate yellow, shining in upper half and whitish dusted in lower part. Ocellar triangle black. Face, parafacial and gena yellow, parafacial shining, face and gena whitish dusted. Postcranium black in upper third and yellow in lower part, shining (median occipital sclerite subshining). 2–3 orbitals, 2 frontals, 1 ocellar, 1 small postocellar, 1 inner vertical, 1 outer vertical; 2 pairs of vibrissae present. Antenna black, but scapus and pedicel lighter than postpedicel. Postpedicel approximately 1.5 times as long as wide. Arista black. Palpus yellow.

Thorax yellow in ground colour and mostly subshining. Scutum with two washed blackish stripes along dorsocental lines, densely covered with small yellow hairs, including acrostichal area. Dorsocentrals 0+1, intra-alars absent, supra-alars 0+1, postpronotal absent, notopleurals 2, anterior margin of postpronotum with short erect black spinules, postalars 2. Proepisternum with 1 seta near lower margin. Proepimeron with 1 seta and several hairs. Anepisternum shining, with 1 long seta near posterior margin. Anepimeron with several hairs. Scutellum yellow, subshining, with a pair of lateral scutellar and a pair of apical scutellar setae.

Legs yellow, only tarsomeres 3–5 of all legs darkened. Fore femur with 3–4 posterodorsal setae. Fore tibia with 1 dorsal/anterodorsal seta and 1 preapical dorsal setae. Mid femur with 1 preapical posterodorsal seta. Mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal, 1 preapical dorsal setae and a ring of apical setae. Hind femur with 2–3 anterodorsal setae in apical half. Hind tibia with 1–2 anterodorsal, 1 preapical dorsal setae, also with 1 apical anteroventral seta.

Wing slightly yellowish; veins brownish. Vein R 1 setulose on apical third of dorsal surface. Calypters, margins of calypters, and halteres whitish.

Abdomen yellowish, shining, darkened medially, also tergites narrowly black along posterior margin.

Male unknown.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Amur Oblast.