Scaptomyza ctenophora Hardy, 1965

Rampasso, Augusto Santos & O’Grady, Patrick Michael, 2025, Review of Hawaiian Elmomyza species (Diptera, Drosophilidae, Scaptomyza). I. The cyrtandrae, exigua, and obscuricornis species groups, with the descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 5729 (1), pp. 1-42 : 27-28

Scaptomyza ctenophora Hardy, 1965

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Scaptomyza ctenophora Hardy, 1965: 670 .

Diagnosis. Epandrium broad, with a ventral lobe. Surstylus is large and semi-circular, with a well-developed ventral lobe in posterior view. A marginal row of numerous surstylar teeth is distributed in the dorsal portion of the surstylus. Surstylus is large and broad in lateral view. A group of long bristles is found in the ventral lobe.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Maui.

Ecology. Unknown.

Types. The holotype male (6517, on pin) and allotype female (6517a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Palikū, Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 6,515 ft. [ 1,986 m], Aug 1958, D. E. Hardy col.

Material Examined. Paratype. 1 ♂ (UHIM2015.01062), Palikū, Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 6,500 ft. [ 1,981 m], Aug 1958, D. E. Hardy col., D. E. Hardy det. Other material. 1 ♂ ( OG 07-0549), Palikū, Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 6,400 ft. [ 1,950 m], 02 Aug 2007, on and under Cheirodendron sp. ( Araliaceae ), K. N. Magnacca col.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Habitus of Scaptomyza ctenophora Hardy, 1965 (specimen UHIM2015.01062, [paratype]), in dorsal (A) and left lateral (B) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Male terminalia of specimen OG07-0549 in posterior (C), oblique posterior (D) and left lateral (E) views. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.