Diplonevra triangulata, Liu, Guang-Chun & Yang, Meng, 2016

Liu, Guang-Chun & Yang, Meng, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 4205 (1), pp. 31-51 : 48-49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0716EBA2-657D-456C-B989-F84BF0B41198

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6057949

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/33726316-124C-9050-71B5-974AF588184F

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scientific name

Diplonevra triangulata
status

sp. nov.

Diplonevra triangulata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 29, 30 View FIGURES 25 – 32 , 47 View FIGURES 33 – 48 , 63 View FIGURES 49 – 64 )

Male: Head. Frons dark brown, subshining, with 60–80 scattered hairs. Mean frontal width 0.50 of head width. First row of bristles slightly convex, antials slightly further apart than either is from an anterolateral. Second row of bristles straight, all four bristles are equidistant. Supra-antennal bristles well below antials and close each other. Postpedicel brown, spherical with pointed tip. Palpus yellow brown and 3 times as long as its breadth, with 4 bristles on ventral apex. Proboscis pale yellow. Thorax. Scutum and scutellum dark brown, Notopleuron with 3 bristles. Scutellum with 4 bristles, Legs dark brown. Front tibia lacking dorsal bristle and differentiated hairs. Mid tibia with 2 longitudinal hair palisades, anterodorsal one straight and extending to 1/3 (0.31) of tibia. Posterior face of hind trochanter with 4–5 bristles on ventral region. Ventral region of posterior face of hind femur with 4–8 bristles, and with a triangular process bearing 1 long hair apically. Hind tibia with 2 hair palisades, lacking anteroventral bristles and anterodorsal bristles. Wing 1.64 mm long. Costal index 0.48. Costal ratios 6.0:1.6:1. Costal cilia 0.06 mm long. Vein M1 curved. Axillary ridge with 3 axillary bristles. Haltere pale brown. Abdomen. Tergites dark brown Venter dark grey. Hypopygium dark brown. Left side of epandrium narrow with 10–12 long hairs. Right side of epandrium broad, with about 18–20 long hairs toward posterior margin. Hypandrium tomentose, without bristles. Circus yellow brown and stalk of circus brown. Body length 2.4–2.6 mm.

Female: unknown.

Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the triangular ascending process of posterior face of hind femur. Holotype: ♂, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Zhaojun Tomb (40°51′N, 111°49′E), 19–Jul–2004, Hong Fang;

Paratypes: 32♂, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot , Zhaojun Tomb (40°51′N, 111°49′E), 19–Jul–2004, Hong Fang. Remarks. The species is similar to D. spinibotra , but it is distinguished from the latter by less than 10 bristles GoogleMaps

of posterior face of hind femur, they are as thcik as those on posterior face of hind trochanter.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Diplonevra

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