Scaptomyza setiger 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 : 23

Scaptomyza setiger Hardy, 1965

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Scaptomyza setiger Hardy, 1965: 751 .

Diagnosis. Epandrium enlarged in comparison to the terminalia, significantly extending dorsally. Epandrial posterior lobes are proportionally small and blunt. Surstylus is large and curved in posterior view. A row of seven surstylar teeth is distributed in the middle portion of the surstylus. Cerci are small in comparison to the epandrium.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Hawaiʻi.

Ecology. Unknown.

Types. The holotype male (6561, on pin) and allotype female (6561a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Kīlauea , Hawaiʻi, Aug 1958, light trap, J. W. Beardsley col.

Material Examined. 1 ♂ ( UHIM 2015.02588), Upper Hāmākua ditch trail, Kohala Mountains, Hawaiʻi, 03 Sep 1919, Clermontia sp. ( Campanulaceae ), O. H. Swezey col., D. E. Hardy det.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Habitus of Scaptomyza setiger Hardy, 1965 (specimen UHIM2015.02588), in dorsal (A) and left lateral (B) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Male terminalia of the respective individual in posterior (C) view. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.