Tendcornphora microgenitalis, DISNEY, 2015

DISNEY, R. Henry L., 2015, Three new genera of Oriental scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Fragmenta Faunistica 58 (2), pp. 71-77 : 75-76

Tendcornphora microgenitalis sp. nov.

( Figs 19–28 )

Male. Head as in Fig. 19 . Postpedicels as in Figs 20 and 21 . Palps brown, only about as long as wide and with 1–2 small hairs only. Scutellum as in Fig. 22 . Abdominal tergites as in Fig. 23 . Hypopygium as in Figs 24 and 25 . Front leg as in Fig. 26 . Hind femur, tibia and basitarsus as in Fig. 27 . Wing as in Fig. 28 , 1.4 mm long, costal index 0.23, costal cilia 0.07 mm long. Haltere with pale stem and brown knob.

Etymology. Named after the unusually small male hypopygium.

Material. Holotype ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Tawau, Maliau Basin, stream passing Riparian Nature Trail , 04°44'32.5"N, 116°58'14.2"E, 244 m. a.o., 6 Dec 2007, light trap 22W black light, B. Viklund and N. Jönsson ( SMNH, 20-17).

Figures

Figs 19–23. Tendcornphora microgenitalis sp. nov. male. 19 – head; 20 – postpedicels; 21 – tips of postpedicels; 22 – scutellum; 23 – abdominal tergites.

Figs 24–28. Tendcornphora microgenitalis sp. nov. male: 24 – left face of hypopygium; 25 – right face of hypopygium; 26 – front leg; 27 – hind femur, tibia and first two tarsal segments; 28 – wing.

Figs 1–8. Hippaphora viklundi sp. nov. female. 1 – dorsal view; 2 – dorsal view of head; 3 – ventral view of head; 4 – postpedicel; 5 – eye; 6 – wing plus haltere (h); 7 – hairs of dorsal face of abdomen; 8 – hind femora.