The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part VIII: twenty-one species from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence Huang, Jia Wang, Yalian O’Grady, Patrick Michael Su, Yirui Chen, Hongwei Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-19 4503 1 1 70 8CJKJ Huang & Chen Huang & Wang & O’Grady & Su & Chen 2018 [151,681,1949,1975] Insecta Drosophilidae Leucophenga Animalia Diptera 42 43 Arthropoda species brevitabulata sp. nov.  ( Figs. 3C, 6M–O, 10D, 10E, 14I, 14J, 26)   Diagnosis.This species is most similar to  L. fuscipalpula  sp. nov.in the colour patterns of abdominal tergites in both male ( Fig. 10D, I) and female ( Fig. 10E, J), but can be distinguished from the latter in having the paramere basally narrow ( Fig. 26C); aedeagus apically hook-shaped, laterally with a long, acute, distoventrally expanded process ( Fig. 26D); see below for that species.   Description.Ocellar triangle dark brown, with ca. 2 or 3 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brownish ( Fig. 6M). Pedicel brownish yellow; first flagellomere yellowish ( Fig. 6M). Clypeus entirely brownish. Palpus brownish ( Fig. 6M). Mesonotum brownish yellow, brownish in front of scutellum ( Fig. 6N). Postpronotal lobe yellow ( Fig. 6O). Acrostichal setulae in ca. 14–16 irregular rows ( Fig. 6N). Scutellum entirely dark brown to black ( Fig. 6N). Pleura with a brownish to brown, longitudinal stripe above ( Fig. 6O). Katepisternum and mesopleuron mostly yellow ( Fig. 6O). Wing ( Fig. 3C): distally clouded; costal vein between R 2+3and R 4+5distally with ca. 5 or 6 peg-like spinules on ventral surface; R 4+5and M 1slightly divergent distally; halter mostly yellowish, with a brownish to brown patch at knob ( Fig. 6N). Abdominal tergites dark brown to black, 2nd tergite yellow medially and laterally, 3rd and 4th tergites anteriorly yellow ( Fig. 10D, E), 3rd tergite entirely setigerous, sometimes setigerous laterally and only on posterior margin in males ( Fig. 10D). Male terminalia: Epandrium lacking pubescence, with ca. 16 setae near posterior and ventral margins per side ( Fig. 26A). Cercus lacking pubescence ( Fig. 26A). Surstylus pubescent ( Fig. 26A). Hypandrium with 2 sensilla ( Fig. 26B). Paramere with ca. 10 sensilla distally ( Fig. 26C).  Measurements and indices.BL = 4.01 mmin holotype(range in 5♂and 5♀ paratypes: 3.24–4.13 in ♂, 3.55– 4.13 in ♀), ThL = 1.91 mm( 1.64–2.31 in ♂, 1.72–1.93 in ♀), WL = 3.14 mm( 2.89–3.33 in ♂, 2.75–3.08 in ♀), WW = 1.51 mm( 1.33–1.82 in ♂, 1.25–1.57 in ♀), arb = 7/3 (7–9/3–4), avd = 0.73 (0.57–1.00), adf = 2.26 (1.50– 2.40), flw = 2.12 (1.67–2.36), FW/HW = 0.30 (0.27–0.38), ch/o = 0.03 (0.03–0.04), prorb = damaged (0.49–0.60), rcorb = 0.70 (0.53–0.73), vb = 0.47 (0.45–0.60), dcl = 0.46 (0.34–0.50), presctl = 0.63 (0.43–0.80), sctl = damaged (1.18–1.67), sterno = 0.66 (0.42–0.70), orbito = 2.03 (1.63–2.33), dcp = 0.29 (0.19–0.33), sctlp = 1.03 (1.03–1.17), C = 2.26 (2.11–2.56), 4c = 0.98 (0.84–1.12), 4v = 1.27 (1.16–1.51), 5x = 0.83 (0.54–0.86), ac = 1.79 (1.45–2.13), M = 0.34 (0.28–0.39), C3F = 0.72 (0.59–0.67).   Type specimens.  Holotype ♂( SCAU, No. 128460), CHINA: Wangtianshu, Mengla, Yunnan, 21°28'N, 101°38'E, alt.  600m,  22.iv.2007, ex tree trunk, HW Chen.  Paratypes: CHINA: 7♂, 7♀( SCAU, Nos128461–69, 128539–43), 22–24.iv.2007,  9.v.2012, 12.xi.2012, HW Chen, JJ Gao, other data same as holotype;  1♂( SCAU, No.128544), Husa, Longchuan, Yunnan, 24°28'N, 97°45'E, alt.  1227m,  21.viii.2016, ex tussock, L Gong;  1♀( SCAU, No.128545), Botanical Garden, Ruili, Yunnan, 24°01'N, 97°52'E, alt.  1174m,  23.viii.2016, ex tussock, L Gong;  2♂( SCAU, Nos128546, 47), Qimaba, Lvchun, Yunnan, 22°49'N, 102°18'E, alt.  1080m,  2.viii.2016, ex tussocks, YQ Liu;  2♂, 1♀( SCAU, Nos128471–73), Yixiang, Pu'er, Yunnan, 22°47'N, 101°02'E, alt.  1200m,  5.xii.2000, 12– 13.xii.2012, ex tussock, JJ Gao;  3♂( SCAU, Nos128548, 129061, 129062), Muyiji Park, Ximeng, Yunnan, 22°37'N, 99°36'E, alt.  1203m,  3.v.2016, 11.viii.2016, ex tussocks, YQ Liu, YL Wang;  1♂( SCAU, No.128470), Hesong, Menghai, Yunnan, 21°50'N, 100°06'E, alt.  1700m,  8.iv.2011, ex tussock, JM Lu;  2♂( SCAU, Nos128474, 75), Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 21°41'N, 101°25'E, alt.  780m,  17.iv.2007, 27.ix.2011, ex tussocks, HW Chen;  4♂, 4♀( SCAU, Nos128549–52, 129057–60), Guanlei, Mengla, Yunnan, 21°38'N, 101°10'E, alt.  562m,  15.x.2012, 20–24.iv.2016, ex tussocks, JJ Gao, J Huang, YQ Liu, YL Wang, L Zhu.   Distribution. China( Yunnan).   Etymology.A combination of the Latin words: “  brevis” (= short) and “ tabulatus” (= plate), referring to the abdominal 3rd tergite shortened in males. 2007-04-22 SCAU HW Chen China 600 21.466667 Mengla 1264 101.63333 Wangtianshu 44 45 1 1 Yunnan holotype 9. v. 2012, 12. xi. 2012 SCAU HW Chen & JJ Gao China 600 21.466667 Nos 1264 101.63333 Wangtianshu 44 45 14 7 7 Yunnan paratype 2016-08-21 SCAU L Gong China No. 1227 24.466667 Longchuan 1251 97.75 Husa 44 45 1 1 Yunnan paratype 2016-08-23 SCAU L Gong China No. 1174 24.016666 Ruili 1253 97.86667 Botanical Garden 44 45 1 1 Yunnan paratype 2016-08-02 SCAU YQ Liu China Nos 1080 22.816668 Lvchun 1258 102.3 Qimaba 44 45 2 2 Yunnan paratype 5. xii. 2000, 12 - 13. xii. 2012 SCAU JJ Gao China Nos 1200 22.783333 Pu'er 1258 101.03333 Yixiang 44 45 3 1 2 Yunnan paratype 3. v. 2016, 11. viii. 2016 SCAU YQ Liu & YL Wang China Nos 1203 22.616667 Ximeng 1259 99.6 Muyiji Park 44 45 3 3 Yunnan paratype 2011-04-08 SCAU, JM Lu China No. 1700 21.833334 Menghai 1262 100.1 Hesong 44 45 1 1 Yunnan paratype 17. iv. 2007, 27. ix. 2011 SCAU HW Chen China Nos 780 21.683332 Mengla 1263 101.416664 Menglun 44 45 2 2 Yunnan paratype 15. x. 2012, 20 - 24. iv. 2016 SCAU JJ Gao & J Huang & YQ Liu & YL Wang & L Zhu China Nos 562 21.633333 Mengla 1263 101.166664 Guanlei 44 45 8 4 4 Yunnan paratype