Scaptomyza setosiloba 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 : 16-17

Scaptomyza setosiloba Hardy, 1965

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Scaptomyza setosiloba Hardy, 1965: 753 .

Diagnosis. Epandrium broad, with a well-developed and broad posterior lobe, with a pointed projection in the posterior region. Surstylus is straight and broad in posterior view, and large and broad in lateral view. No surstylar teeth are present. The ventral region of the epandrium, epandrial posterior lobe, surstylus, and cerci are densely setose.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Maui.

Ecology. Unknown.

Types. The holotype male (6562, on pin) and allotype female (6562a, on pin) are deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Palikū, Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 6,500 ft. [ 1,980 m], Jun 1953, D. E. Hardy col.

Material Examined. Paratype. 1 ♂ ( UHIM 2015.02593), Haelaau, Maui, 5,300 ft. [ 1,615 m], 18 Dec 1928, Lobelia gloria-montis ( Campanulaceae ), E. H. Bryan Jr. col., D. E. Hardy det.

Scaptomyza tenuata Hardy, 1965: 757 .

Diagnosis. Epandrium is greatly enlarged in lateral view, and the anterodorsal margin extends significantly towards the dorsal region. A small epandrial posterior lobe is observed, with a rounded anteroventral region, with a process that projects posteriorly. Surstylus is straight and broad in posterior view, large and broad in lateral view. A group of large bristles is found in the middle portion of the surstylus. Cerci are very small in comparison to the epandrium.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Hawaiʻi.

Ecology. Unknown.

Types. The holotype male (6565, on pin) is deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Puʻu Kihe, North slope of Mauna Kea , Hawaiʻi, 8,005 ft [ 2,440 m], Oct 1952, D. E. Hardy .

Notes. We did not have access to specimens of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Habitus of Scaptomyza setosiloba Hardy, 1965 (specimen UHIM2015.02593 [paratype]), in dorsal (A) and left lateral (B) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Male terminalia of the respective individual in posterior (C), oblique posterior (D) and left lateral (E) views. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.