Lispe assimilis Wiedemann, 1824

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27. Lispe assimilis Wiedemann

Lispe assimilis Wiedemann, 1824: 51 . Lectotype male, “ex India orientali” ( East Indies ), in ZMUC, des. Shinonaga & Pont

(1992: 720). Lispe assimilis Wiedemann ; Pont, 1989: 692. Lispe incerta Malloch, 1925a: 337 . Holotype male, Eidsvold, Queensland, Australia, in ANIC, synonymy by Shinonaga

& Pont (1992: 718). Lispe incerta ; Snyder, 1965: 193; Pont, 1989: 693; Shinonaga et al., 1991: 331.

Diagnosis. Frons broad, about 0.35 of head-width; parafacial silvery pruinose with several short setulae; antenna black; palpus yellow; fore femur with long posteroventral setae only in apical half, with 4–5 setae similar in length to femoral depth, those in basal half short and setulose; male mid femur without anteroventral setae, and with only short posteroventral setulae, shorter than femoral depth ( Fig. 4 in Shinonaga & Pont, 1992); mid femur in female with short setae on anteroventral to posteroventral surfaces; in basal half of anterior surface with one strong seta and a few much shorter ones ( Figs 5 and 6 in Shinonaga & Pont, 1992).

Material examined: No material seen.

Comments. Recorded from New Caledonia by Snyder (1965), as L. incerta , but no material was listed. Shinonaga & Pont (1992) gave a key to separate this species from L. pacifica Shinonaga & Pont , described from various parts of the Oriental Region and similar in general appearance to L. assimilis . The difference between them was based mainly on leg chaetotaxy. The authors listed numerous specimens from various localities, but no specimens from New Caledonia.

Distribution. Australia (Qld, NT), Belau, Bonin Is, Fiji, French Polynesia (Society Is), Micronesia, New Caledonia ( New Caledonia), Norfolk I., Solomon Is, Vanuatu, Western Samoa; Oriental and South Palaearctic Regions.

Figures

FIGURES 1–16. 1–4. Atherigona bidens Hennig, male terminalia. 1. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 2. Male hypopygial prominence, lateral view. 3. Male trifoliate process, posterior view. 4. Male trifoliate process, lateral view. 5– 8. Atherigona oryzae Malloch, male terminal. 5. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 6. Hypopygial prominence, lateral view. 7. Trifoliate process, posterior view. 8. Trifoliate process, lateral view. 9–12. Atherigona simplex (Thomson), male terminalia. 9. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 10. Hypopygial prominence, lateral view. 11. Trifoliate process, posterior view. 12. Trifoliate process, lateral view. 13–16. Atherigona tibiseta Malloch, male terminalia. 13. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 14. Hypopygial prominence, lateral view. 15. Trifoliate process, posterior view. 16. Trifoliate process, lateral view. Scale bar: 0.1mm