Scaptomyza latitergum 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 : 36-37

Scaptomyza latitergum Hardy, 1965

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Scaptomyza latitergum Hardy, 1965: 704 .

Diagnosis. Male terminalia very dark and unusually broad in posterior view. In posterior view, the surstylus is large and with a complex shape, with three projections in the inner margin. A slender and pointed lobe is found in the dorsal portion of the surstylus. The middle portion of the surstylus also exhibits a projection, with seven surstylar teeth distributed alongside its margin. In the ventral portion, there is a rounded lobe with long bristles. The dorsal surstylar lobe is much longer than middle and ventral lobes.

Distribution. Hawaiian Islands : Maui.

Ecology. This species uses flowers of native ‘āhinahina [silversword] ( Argyroxiphium sandwicense , Asteraceae ) as breeding site ( Hardy 1965).

Types. The holotype male (6536, on pin) is deposited in the BPBM (not examined). Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 06 Jul 1958, L. W. Quate col.

Material Examined. Paratype. 1 ♂ ( UHIM 2015.01440), Trail Head to the Haleakalā Crater, Maui, 06 Jul 1958, silversword, Argyroxiphium sp. ( Asteraceae ), L. W. Quate col., D. E. Hardy det.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Habitus of Scaptomyza latitergum Hardy, 1965 (specimen UHIM2015.01440, [paratype]), in dorsal (A) and posterior (B) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Male terminalia of the respective individual in posterior (C) view. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.