Homoneura (Minettioides) fumipennis Malloch

Shi, Li, Gaimari, Stephen D. & Yang, Ding, 2012, Notes on the Homoneura subgenera Euhomoneura, Homoneura and Minettioides from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), Zootaxa 3238, pp. 1-22 : 6

Homoneura (Minettioides) fumipennis Malloch

( Figs. 7–11 )

Homoneura (Minettioides) fumipennis Malloch, 1927b: 169 . Type locality: Kankau, Formosa ( China: Taiwan). Malloch, 1929: 66.

Diagnosis. Face ( Fig. 8 ) grayish. Parafacial with black margin. Arista short plumose, with longest setulae about 1/ 3 height of 1st flagellomere. A pale brown spot present between eye and base of antenna. Mesonotum ( Fig. 10 ) with a pair of pale brown median stripes and a grayish pruinose area present between two brown stripes; 1 ia, weak but distinctly longer than its surrounding setulae. Scutellum with a pair of brown median stripes. Wing ( Fig. 9 ) pale brown, fading gradually from costa to hind margin; subcostal cell brown; a dark brown spot on r-m. Abdomen ( Fig. 11 ) dark yellow, tergites 4–6 each with a narrow pale brown median stripe, its color and width gradually stronger distally. Male genitalia: not dissected.

Type material. Holotype 3 ( SDEI), CHINA: Formosa ( Taiwan Island): Kankau (Hengchun Town: Koshun), VII. 1912, H. Sauter [22°00΄0 2ʺN 120°44΄59ʺE].

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 11. Homoneura (Minettioides) fumipennis Malloch, 1927 b. Holotype male. 7. habitus, lateral view; 8. head, anterior view; 9. wing; 10. mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; 11. abdomen, dorsal view.