Lispocephala leschenaulti, Xue & Zhang, 2011

Xue, W. - Q. & Zhang, X. - S., 2011, Geographic Distribution Of Lispocephala Pokorny (Diptera: Muscidae), With Descriptions Of New Species From China, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (2), pp. 161-202 : 187-191

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12612432
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C4987EF-3A3D-FF8C-FDB9-FBFAB59AFDB1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lispocephala leschenaulti
status	sp. nov.

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Lispocephala leschenaulti View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 78–85 View Figs 78–82 View Figs 83–86 )

Holotype: male, Xiachuan town (35°40’N, 112°9’E), Qinshui County, Shanxi Province, 14. vi. 1991, collected by MINGFU WANG. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 3 males, same data as holotype GoogleMaps ; 8 males, Mt. Gang (41°43’N, 125°2’E), Xinbin County, Liaoning Province, 8. vii. 1990, collected by CHUNTIAN ZHANG GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Dongyingfang (41°18’N, 123°43’E), Benxi City , Liaoning Province, 20. v. 1981, collected by WANQI XUE GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Yanghugou (41°21’N, 123°23’E), Benxi City , Liaoning Province, 2. vi. 1989, collected by WANQI XUE GoogleMaps ; 3 males, Yanghugou, Benxi City, Liaoning Province, 1. vii. 1993, collected by YONGSHENG CUI ; 1 male, Mt. Qianshan (40°18’N, 123°15’E), Anshan City , Liaoning Province, 17. vi. 1994, collected by HONGWEI CHEN GoogleMaps ; 2 males, Mt. Qianshan , Anshan City, Liaoning Province, 12. vi. 1978, collected by ZHONGYU MA ; 2 males, Mt. Fenghuang (40°6’N, 124°23’E), Dandong City , Liaoning Province, 12. v. 1978, collected by ZHONGYU MA GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Mt. E’mei (29°28’N, 103°21’E), Sichuan Province, 2690 m, 3. vi. 2009, collected by MINGFU WANG GoogleMaps .

Male: Body length 4.4–4.6 mm.

Head: Eyes bare, lower posterior margin slightly concave or not. Frons at vertex about 0.36 times as wide as head. Frontal vitta black, with thin pruinosity, about 2.5–3.0 times as wide as fronto-orbital plate. Frontal triangle with brown-gray pruinosity, reaching to anterior margin of frons. Ocellar seta undeveloped, slightly shorter than frons width. Outer vertical seta as long as posterior vertical, distinctly shorter than ocellar. Fronto-orbital plate with gray pruinosity. Parafacial with faint gray pruinosity, the median part about 2/5 of flagellum 1 width, becoming distinctly narrow towards lunule. Face with yellow-gray pruinosity. Gena black in ground color, with blue gray pruinosity, about 1/8 of eye height. Upper part of vibrissa with 2–3 short hairs. Occiput dark in ground colour, with blue-gray pruinosity. Scape, pedicel, basal part of flagellum 1 brown-yellow, remaining part black-brown; arista short ciliated in basal half, the longest one as long as its basal diameter. Palpi yellow. Haustellum black-brown, glossy.

Thorax: Black in ground colour, with gray pruinosity. Acr in two rows, long seta-liked; 2+3 dc, anterior prst dc about 4/5 of posterior one length. 0+2 ial. 1 proepisternal seta, 2 proepimeral (the lower one toward down).

Wings: Slightly hyaline, tegula and basicosta yellow, veins brown-yellow, crossvein not clouded. Costal spine short. Costa continuing to apex of vein M. Calypters white to faint yellow. Lower calypter about 1.4 times as long as upper. Halters faint yellow.

Legs: Trochanters, apex of fore femora, basal 1/6 and apical 1/7 of mid and hind femora, tibiae and tarsi yellow, remaining part black-brown. Mid femur with 5–6 av in apical half, longer than mid tibia diameter, 1 supra-median a, 2 subapical pd, 2–3 distinct pv in basal half, shorter than mid femur longest diameter. Mid tibia with 1 median pd. Hind femur with 1 row of av and ad, completed and ragged, 4 pv in basal 2/3, 1 long apical pv. Hind tibia with 1 submedial av, 1 long median ad, 1 short subbasal ad, 1 long subapical d, 1 short subbasal pd. All tarsi longer than tibiae. Claws as long as pulvilli, about 4/5 of tarsomere 5 length.

Abdomen: Cone in dorsal view, with gray pruinosity, abdominal synsegment 1+2 (sternite 1 dark brown), abdominal segment 3, posterior margin of tergites 4–5 yellow; tergites 2–5 each with 1 brown median vitta; tergite 3 with indistinct brown yellow lateral spots; tergites 4 and 5 each with 1 pair of dark brown lateral spots, big; tergites 3–5 each with 2–3 discal setae; tergite 7 to epandrium broad; body hair short and sparse; sternite 1 bare.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology: The specific name refers to male very big lateral process of distiphallus (Figs

82–84), which resembles ears of Bousettus Desmarest. 0.1 mm); 82 = phallosome (scale bar: 0.2 mm)

file (after HENNIG 1961)

Remarks: Resembles L. spuria (ZETTERSTEDT, 1838) ( Fig. 86 View Figs 83–86 , male terminalia), but can be recognised by male cerci narrow and straight in lateral view ( Fig. 85 View Figs 83–86 ), fore margin of surstyli projecting and with many long hairs in basal ( Fig. 85 View Figs 83–86 ).