Phobeticomyia spinosa Sasakawa, 1987

Shi, Li, Li, Wenliang & Yang, Ding, 2009, Two new species of the genus Phobeticomyia from China (Diptera, Lauxaniidae), Zootaxa 2090, pp. 57-68 : 62

Phobeticomyia spinosa Sasakawa, 1987

( Figs. 5–6 , 11 , 23–27 )

Phobeticomyia spinosa Sasakawa, 1987: 7 . Type locality: Thailand (Doi Chang Khian, Ciang Mai).

Diagnosis. Antenna yellow except scape and pedicel black, 1st flagellomere tinged brown on apical 1/2. Wing ( Fig. 11 ) with a hyaline stripe at extreme tip; two hyaline spots between R2+3 and R4+5; a hyaline rectangular spot basal to r-m and a hyaline T–shaped spot below r-m in discal cell; a hyaline stripe through dm-cu and lacking a hyaline subapical stripe in m1 cell; and a hyaline stripe along hind margin of cua1 cell straight, not undulating. Abdomen black, with grayish white pollen. Male genitalia ( Figs. 23–27 ): protandrium circular; epandrium nearly U–shaped in posterior view; surstylus with a small triangular apical process and a curved inner process with an apical tooth in lateral view; hypandrium nearly X–shaped, gonopod narrow and hook–shaped; aedeagus consisting of a pair of sclerites, with two pairs of outer lateral teeth and a pair of inner dorsal teeth.

Material examined. 7 males, Yunnan: Menglun No. fifty-five zone (920 m), 24. IV. 2007, Hui Dong; 1 male, Yunnan: Shangyong Natural Reserve, Longmen (1000 m), 18. V. 2005, Xingyue Liu; 1 male, Yunnan: Mengla, Wangtianshu (650 m), 3. V. 2007, Wenliang Li; 1 female, Yunnan: Mengla, Wangtianshu (650 m), 3. V. 2007, Xiaoshuan Bai.

Distribution: China (Yunnan), Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Heads in anterior view and lateral view. 1, 2. Phobeticomyia digitiformis sp. nov.; 3, 4. Phobeticomyia lunifera (de Meijere); 5, 6. Phobeticomyia spinosa Sasakawa; 7, 8. Phobeticomyia uncinata sp. nov.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Wings. 9. Phobeticomyia digitiformis sp. nov.; 10. Phobeticomyia lunifera (de Meijere); 11. Phobeticomyia spinosa Sasakawa; 12. Phobeticomyia uncinata sp. nov.

FIGURES 23 – 27. Phobeticomyia spinosa Sasakawa. Male. 23. protandrium and epandrium, lateral view; 24. protandrium, anterior view; 25. epandrial complex, posterior view; 26. aedeagal complex, ventral view; 27. aedeagal complex, lateral view.