Metopina bacanae, Disney, Henry L., 2008

Disney, Henry L., 2008, Review of Oriental Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1937, pp. 23-38 : 25

Metopina bacanae sp. nov.

(Fig. 1)

Female. Frons and top of thorax brown, sides of thorax straw yellow and abdominal tergites brown. Frons with four supra-antennals (SAs) the antials ( As) lower on frons than anterolaterals (ALs). Pre-ocellars (POs) slightly further apart than the upper SAs and mediolateral bristles (MLs) absent. Eyes with height about 2.5x width of postpedicel. Postpedicels subglobose, yellowish grey and with a pair of SPS vesicles. Palps straw yellow and with 6 longer bristles and twice as many hairs. Labrum yellowish brown and about 1.6x as broad as a postpedicel. Labella narrow and very pale. Scutellum with an inner pair of long bristles and an outer pair of much shorter and finer hairs (subequal to those in middle of scutum). Abdominal tergites brown with T3 to T6 as Fig. 1. Venter greyish brown with hairs below segments 3–6 and on flanks of 5 and 6, and dorsally on segment 2 to 6. With posterior hairs at sides of abdominal segment 5 clearly longer and more robust than rest of hairs at hind margin. Cerci brown and about twice as long as greatest breadth. Legs mainly straw yellow but hind femora are light brown. Wing 0.90–0.94 mm long. Costal index 0.56–0.57. Costal ratios 0.42–0.44: 1. Thick veins yellowish brown. 4–6 grey but 7 very pale. Membrane tinged greyish brown.

Material. Holotype female, Indonesia, Sulawesi-Utara, Bacan, Makian, 1.5 km E. of Labuha, Malaise trap, 23–26 September 1985, A. Kirk-Spriggs (National Museum of Wales, 19-86). Paratype, 1 female as holotype except ( UCZM, 19-86).

Etymology. Named after the type locality.