Leucophenga flaviclypeata, Huang, Jia, Su, Yirui & Chen, Hongwei, 2017

Huang, Jia, Su, Yirui & Chen, Hongwei, 2017, The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VII: the subpollinosa species group from China, with morphological and molecular evidence, Zootaxa 4247 (3), pp. 201-245 : 230-232

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0C795602-87DE-412D-ADE4-153702AA887B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5665944
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C46016E-FFB3-FFF7-FEF0-FA23FEBD0672
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucophenga flaviclypeata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leucophenga flaviclypeata View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 K, 5A, 5B, 9A, 19)

Diagnosis. This species resembles L. aculeata sp. nov. in having the thorax mostly dark colored ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 C, 4D, 5A, 5B), the wing fuscous along R1 only ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 G, K), and in the color patterns of abdominal tergites in male ( Figs. 8 View FIGURE 8 F, 9A), but can be distinguished from the latter by the paramere lacking any remarkable wrinkle ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 C), and the aedeagus slender, slightly broadened distally ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 D).

Description. Ocellar triangle dark brown, with ca. 2 setae above ocellar setae. Frons yellow. Pedicel and first flagellomere yellow. Clypeus yellow. Palpus yellow. Mesonotum entirely brown ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A). Postpronotal lobe yellow ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B). Acrostichal setulae in ca. 8–10 irregular rows ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A). Scutellum entirely dark brown ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B). Pleura, katepisternum and meron mostly brown above ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 B). Wing ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 K): Costal vein between R2+3 and R4+5 distally with ca. 4–5 peg-like spinules on ventral surface. Abdominal tergites dark brown ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 A), with a pair of yellow patches submedially between 2nd to 3rd tergites. Male terminalia: Epandrium with ca. 5 setae near posterior margin per side ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 A). Surstylus rounded apically ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 A). Hypandrium with 2 sensilla ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 B). Paramere with ca. 5 sensilla distally ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 C).

Measurements. BL = 2.80 mm, THL = 1.33 mm, WL = 2.37 mm, WW = 1.10 mm, arb = 6/3, avd = 0.86, adf = 2.00, flw = 2.00, FW/HW = 0.39, ch/o = 0.06, prorb = 0.74, rcorb = 0.56, vb = 0.71, dcl = 0.45, presctl = 0.62, sctl = 1.26, sterno = 0.72, orbito = 1.80, dcp = 0.23, sctlp = 1.36, C = 2.39, 4c = 1.13, 4v = 1.94, 5x = 1.13, ac = 1.89, M = 0.56, C3F = 0.36.

Type specimens. Holotype ♂ ( SCAU, No. 128999), CHINA: Menglun, Mengla , Yunnan, 780m, 12.viii.2012, ex tussock, JJ Gao.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. A combination of the Latin words “ flavus ” (= yellow) + “ clypeus ” (= clypeus), referring to the clypeus yellow.