Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

Lv, Hanhuiying, Xu, Yuanyuan, Liu, Shulin, Li, Linghui, Lin, Kejian & Zhang, Xiao, 2024, An updated review of the genus Toxorhina Loew, 1850 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Yunnan, China with a description of a new species, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 191-204 : 191-204

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1205.117807

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:31CA30DA-E778-4046-B479-5F1705D4FC9A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12517550

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD6B0F2A-C561-51FD-8623-E7AA24C1906C

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scientific name

Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015
status

 

Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015 View in CoL

Fig. 3 View Figure 3

Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015 in Zhang et al. 2015: 67. Type locality: China, Yunnan, Lvchun, Huanglianshan, Qimaba. View in CoL

Specimens examined.

China • 1 ♂; Yunnan Province, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest Nature Reserve, Wangtianshu Scenic Spot ; 661 m a. s. l.; 21.5090 ° N, 101.6003 ° E; 9 July 2016; Qingxia Zhou leg.; light trap; CAU GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Prescutum and presutural scutum brownish-yellow with three broad dark brown longitudinal stripes. Pleuron dark yellow with two black longitudinal stripes. Wing with cell d closed. R 4 ending slightly beyond end of basal section of R 5, m-cu at or slightly before fork of M. Gonocoxite with 1 gonostylus. Gonocoxite dorsally with a blunt, basal lobe covered with numerous setae. Interbase elongated, rod-shaped. Tip of aedeagus bifid with arms short and divergent.

Description.

Male. Hypopygium (Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ). Tergite 9 brown with dark brown setae, posterior margin medially with U-shaped deep incision and two translucent areas on both sides (Fig. 3 A, F View Figure 3 ). Gonocoxite dark brown, conical with tip round; dorsal face with a blunt, basal lobe covered with numerous stout setae (Fig. 3 A, G View Figure 3 ); setae on gonocoxite brownish-black (Fig. 3 A, B View Figure 3 ). Gonostylus brown, curved inwards at middle, basal half stout with a longitudinal groove, distal half slender with tip round; outer side of middle with outwardly curved spine (Fig. 3 A, B, H View Figure 3 ). Interbase dark brown, elongated, rod-shaped, about 10 times as long as wide; tip inflated and round (Fig. 3 A – C, E View Figure 3 ). Parameres brownish-black, medially arched fused, distal connecting to base of interbase (Fig. 3 C – E View Figure 3 ). Ejaculatory apodeme brown with middle brownish-black, sheet-like, base narrow (Fig. 3 C – E View Figure 3 ). Aedeagus dark brown, stout at base, tip bifid with arms short and divergent (Fig. 3 A – C, E, I View Figure 3 ).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan) ( Oosterbroek 2023).

Behavior.

The species can be attracted by light.

Remarks.

The species was originally described and illustrated by Zhang et al. (2015) based on material collected in China. A more detailed description and illustration of the male hypopygium of this species are provided in this study.

CAU

China Agricultural University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Limoniidae

Genus

Toxorhina

Loc

Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

Lv, Hanhuiying, Xu, Yuanyuan, Liu, Shulin, Li, Linghui, Lin, Kejian & Zhang, Xiao 2024
2024
Loc

Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica

Zhang X & Li Y & Yang D 2015: 67
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015 in Zhang et al. 2015: 67 . Type locality: China , Yunnan, Lvchun, Huanglianshan, Qimaba.
2015