Dohrniphora aspinula, Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 3986 (3), pp. 307-331 : 319-320

16. Dohrniphora aspinula sp. nov.

( Fig. 31–32 )

Male: head. Frons dark brown, scattered hairs. First row of bristles straight, antials nearly 2 times as far apart as either is to an antero-lateral. Second row of bristles straight, all four bristles are equidistant, pre-ocellars further than either is to medio-lateral. Postpedicels brown, globose. Palp pale yellow, 2.5 times as long as its width. Thorax. Scutum brown and pleuron yellow. Scutellum brown, with 2 bristles and 2 hairs. Legs yellow. Fore tibia with 4 dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends to 2/3 (0.64) of its length. Hind bibia without antero-dorsal bristles. Posterior face of hind femur with 6 peg-like bristles in a single row, without microtrichia patch below and beyond the complex of peg-like bristles. Hind coxal lobe yellow, less developed. Wing length 1.88mm. Veins brown and membrane pale. Costal index 0.50. Costal ratios 8.22:2.55:1. Costal cilia 0.04mm. Halter pale yellow. Abdomen. Tergites basically brown, but appearing yellow at anterior half of each tergite. Ventral and cercus pale yellow. Terminalia Brown.

Distribution. China (Guangxi).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to lack microtrichia patch below the complex of the peg-like bristles on posterior face of the hind femur.

Holotype. ♂, Guangxi, Shiwandashan (21°52' N, 107°55'E, 1022 m), 17-VIII-2011, Jian-Feng Wang.

Remarks. The species is similar to D. malaysiae Green and D. dentiretusa sp. n. It is easily distinguished from them by having no microtrichia patch below the group of peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 32. Hind femora, posterior view. 25 – 26. D. infrequens sp. nov.; 27 – 28. D. malaysiae Green; 29 – 30. D. dentiretusa sp. nov.; 31 – 32. D. aspinula sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.