Leucophenga subpollinosa

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 : 223

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scientific name	Leucophenga subpollinosa
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Leucophenga subpollinosa View in CoL (de Meijere, 19 14)

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 E, 3I, 3J, 8B)

Drosophila subpollinosa de Meijere, 1914: 263 View in CoL .

Leucophenga subpollinosa Duda: 1923 View in CoL : 27; 1924a: 186; 1924b: 237; 1926: 52; 1939: 42; Okada, 1956: 30; Wheeler & Takada, 1964: 229; Okada, 1965: 327; 1966: 21; Bächli, 1971: 58; Lin & Wheeler, 1972: 252; Vaidya & Godbole, 1976: 86; Bock, 1979: 17; Okada, 1987: 678.

Leucophenga minuta Malloch, 1927: 2 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. This species differs from the other species of the subpollinosa group by having the wing slightly fuscous at tip of R4+5 ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E), the halter yellow at base and stem, mostly dark brown at knob ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 I, J), and the mid and hindleg lacking dark colored on knees.

The aforementioned characters of wing ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E) and halter ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 I, J) are consistent with the latest and most relevant descriptions about L. subpollinosa (from Taiwan, China in Lin & Wheeler 1972; from Thailand in Okada 1987), which are unique in the subpollinosa group. Therefore, the only female specimen was identified as L. subpollinosa to avoid further confusion.

Description. Ocellar with ca. 2 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brownish yellow. Pedicel brownish yellow; first flagellomere yellow. Clypeus brownish yellow. Palpus brownish yellow. Mesonotum brownish yellow, with four brownish, longitudinal stripes submedially and laterally ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 I). Postpronotal brownish yellow ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 J). Acrostichal setulae in ca. 8–10 irregular rows ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 I). Scutellum brown, brownish yellow at tip ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 I). Pleura with a brown, longitudinal stripe above ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 J). Katepisternum and meron yellow ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 J). Wing ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E): Costal vein between R2+3 and R4+5 distally with ca. 3–4 peg-like spinules on ventral surface. Abdominal tergites dark brown ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B), 2nd tergite with two pairs of yellow patches submedially and sublaterally.

Measurements. BL = 2.80 mm, THL = 1.00 mm, WL = 2.07 mm, WW = 0.90 mm, arb = 6/3, avd = 1.09, adf = 2.00, flw = 2.00, FW/HW = 0.42, ch/o = 0.06, prorb = damaged, rcorb = damaged, vb = 0.80, dcl = damaged, presctl = 0.57, sctl = damaged, sterno = damaged, orbito = 2.00, dcp = 0.27, sctlp = 1.09, C = 2.06, 4c = 1.38, 4v = 2.54, 5x = 1.70, ac = 1.80, M = 0.65, C3F = 0.92.

Specimen examined. CHINA: 1♀ ( SCAU, No. 128963), Maolin, Kaohsiung , Taiwan, 22°53'N, 120°40'E, 300m, 3.vi.2011, ex tussock, XY Liu. GoogleMaps

Distribution. China ( Taiwan), Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Is.), India, Nepal (Birganj), Vietnam, Thailand (Saraburi), Palau, Micronesia (Caroline Is.), Borneo, Philippines (Luzon), Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales), Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Drosophilidae
Genus	Leucophenga