Metopina chambersae, Disney, Henry L., 2008

Disney, Henry L., 2008, Review of Oriental Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1937, pp. 23-38 : 25-26

Metopina chambersae sp. nov.

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Female. Frons and top of thorax brown, sides of thorax partly straw yellow. Frons with four SAs, the antials lower on frons than ALs, which are higher on the frons. POs further apart than upper SAs, but MLs absent. Height of eye about twice width of postpedicel. Postpedicels subglobose, light brown and without SPS vesicles. Palps pale whitish yellow, with greatest width about 0.7x that of postpedicel; with 3 long bristles, 2–3 longer hairs and 18–21 shorter hairs. Labrum pale and about 1.1x as broad as a postpedicel. Labella paler and together slightly wider than labrum. Scutellum with an inner pair of long bristles and an outer pair of much shorter and finer hairs. Abdominal tergites brown and T4 to T6 as Fig. 3 . Venter yellowish grey with numerous hairs below segments 3–6. Cerci lightly tinged brown and almost 3x as long as greatest breadth. Legs mainly straw yellow but hind femora are lightly tinged brown dorsally and at their tips. The front basitarsus a little swollen. Wing 0.97–0.98 mm long. Costal index 0.54–0.55. Costal ratios 0.53: 1. Thick veins whitish grey to grey. 4–6 pale grey but 7 not apparent. Membrane with only a very faint grey tinge.

Material. Holotype female, Indonesia, Sulawesi-Utara, Dumoga-Bone National Park, Toraut Forest, Malaise trap, 28–31 January 1985, R. H. L. Disney ( UCZM, 16-21).

Etymology. Named after officer Mel Chambers, a member of the Project Wallace support team.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 4. Metopina. (3) M. chambersae female, abdominal tergites 4 – 6; (4) M. ciceri last instar larva, left face of cephalopharyngeal skeleton. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.