Mangrovomyia mofidii, Grichanov & Gilasian, 2023
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.3.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:218C236D-365A-4157-A8F4-D9612A6591EE |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7634927 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9BD6B79C-93D6-44CF-B0E9-AE17CB3A348E |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:9BD6B79C-93D6-44CF-B0E9-AE17CB3A348E |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Mangrovomyia mofidii |
status |
sp. nov. |
Mangrovomyia mofidii sp. nov.
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Diagnosis. Frons with short setae between eyes; antenna with postpedicel entirely black; mesonotum with 5–7 acrostichals and 5 strong dorsocentrals on posterior third; katepisternum entirely covered with numerous setae; femora yellow; fore tibia with thick, golden-brown apical spines.
Description. Female ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Body length 5.3 mm; wing 3.9 x 1.2 mm; antenna 0.6 mm. Head ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ; partly covered with crystallized salt). Postcranium, vertex, frons and face dark blue-green, covered with grey pruinosity; head (excluding proboscis) slightly wider than high in anterior view; all setae white; postoculars forming single row of setae around posterior orbit; lower postoculars short; ventral postcranium with many sparse setae; frons with additional short setae between eyes; clypeus wider than face (52/40) and distinctly tectiform, covered with numerous long white setae; palpus elongate-ovate, mostly brown, yellow at apex, with grey pruinosity and yellow setae; proboscis brown-black and rather stout; antenna ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ) with scape and pedicel mostly yellow, scape black at extreme base, pedicel brownish dorsally, postpedicel entirely black; pedicel simple, with corona of short white setae; postpedicel trapezoidal, bare, appearing bi-segmented, slightly longer than high at base (0.23/ 0.18 mm); basal part of postpedicel covering apical part dorsally with narrow process; apical part of postpedicel subtriangular (median view); arista-like stylus shorter than postpedicel, with two articles, apical, shortly pubescent; length (mm) of scape, pedicel, postpedicel, stylus (articles 1 and 2), 0.15/0.06/0.23/0.06/0.09. Thorax. Mesonotum, scutellum and pleura dark bluish green, covered with grey pruinosity; all setae white; mesonotum with 5–7 acrostichals on posterior 1/3, decreasing in size anteriorly; 5 strong dorsocentrals on posterior 1/3, greatly decreasing in size anteriorly; rest of mesonotum covered irregularly with numerous short setae ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ); scutellum with 2 pairs of strong marginal bristles and many setae dorsally, more than half as long as major setae; proepisternum and katepisternum entirely covered with numerous setae, longer on lower part of proepisternum; notopleuron with additional short setae. Legs. Coxae mostly greenish black, yellow at apex; legs yellow with femora and last tarsomeres orange yellow, tibiae and basitarsi light yellow; legs including fore and mid coxae densely covered with white setae, without black vestiture; fore coxa without strong bristles; hind coxa with several white lateral setae, without bristle; fore femur ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ) strongly swollen, with irregular anteroventral and posteroventral rows of very short brown bristles in apical half; fore tibia gradually swollen distally, with 1 anterior and 2 posterior thick golden-brown apical spines, reaching mid-length of basitarsus; fore tarsomeres with only short white apical setae; fore tarsomere 5 with large pulvilli and strongly curved claws; mid femur not swollen, with 2–5 anterodorsal bristles In apical half; mid tibia ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ) with 3 anterodorsal, 3 posterodorsal, 1 anteroventral, 2 posteroventral, 4 short apical and 1 very long apicoventral bristles; all bristles light brown; mid tarsomeres with a few short light apical setae; tarsomere 5 with white pulvilli and black claws; hind femur slightly swollen and curved, with 3 white dorsal bristles in middle; hind tibia simple, with 3 anterodorsal, 3 posterodorsal, 1 ventral, 4 apical bristles; hind tarsus simple, with white pulvilli and black claws; femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) lengths (mm): fore leg: 1.17/0.98/0.31/0.12/0.1/0.1/0.2, mid leg: 1.09/1.28/0.83/0.29/0.19/0.14/0.17, hind leg: 1.95/1.47/0.66/0.25/0.17/0.17/0.2. Wing ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 ). Hyaline, veins yellow; costa with mainly black setulae, with white setulae at base; R 1 slightly thickened, long, reaching costa behind mid length of wing; lengths of parts of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 versus between R 4+5 and M 1 (in mm), 0.42/0.18; crossvein dm-m straight; length of dm-m to apical part of M 4, 0.28/0.47; anal lobe wide; anal angle acute; lower calypter yellow, with whitish cilia; halter pale yellow. Abdomen ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Tergites 1–5 wide and rounded, mostly shiny blackish green, with weak pruinosity; tergites covered with short white vestiture and each with row of white bristles near tergal margins; sternites 2–4 well developed, blackish green, with longitudinal median suture and short setae; sternite 5 entire; other segments retracted; terga 9+10 divided medially into two hemitergites, each bearing 6 thick spines ( Fig. 4H View FIGURE 4 ); cercus brown, elongate-ovate, with a few long white setae.
Male. Unknown.
Etymology. The name of the new species is dedicated to one of the collectors of the holotype, Dr. Mohsen Mofidi-Neyestanak (Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran).
Type material. HOLOTYPE ♀, labelled: “ Iran: Sistan & Balouchestan prov. , Chabahar, Govater, 0 m, 25°09′54.8″N, 061°29′41.2″E, 18.v.2022, yellow pan trap, Mofidi & Hajiesmaeilian leg.” ( ZIN). GoogleMaps
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum |
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