Morinowotome sp.

Korneyev, S. V., Hauser, M., Borkent, C., Maples, B. K., Roubtsova, T. V., Zangpo, T., Dorji, S., Chophel, S., Dorji, N., Tsomo, Dendup, U., Dawa, K., Dorji, L., Dhimal, C. Mani, Kinley, R., Dorji, U., Dema, Y., Korneyev, V. A. & Gaimari, S. D., 2023, The Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) In Bhutan: New Faunistic Records And Compendium Of Fauna, Zoodiversity 57 (2), pp. 93-124 : 117

Morinowotome sp. nr. flavonigra (Hendel, 1927) ( fig. 20 )

Material. Punkha, 1 km S Mendrelgan , 21– 28.08.2017, 27.519° N, 89.832° E, 1625 m, Malaise trap, 1 Ơ

( BHNPPC) FFP 17BT127 ( CSCA 18L323).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. China, Russia ( Norrbom, 2022); Bhutan (first record of the genus).

Note. The male on hand is similar to the unique holotype female of “ Myiolia ” flavonigra Hendel, 1927 from Sichuan in the entirely yellow or pale brownish yellow body and the general wing pattern, but the specimen from Bhutan is paler and differs by having the pterostigma, radial fork and vein CuA (= CuA 2) only brownish yellow rather than blackish as figured by Hendel (1927). The identity of M. flavonigra remains dubious as neither the structure of the female aculeus, nor variability of its wing pattern is known. In addition, no larger series containing both males and females are available for certain identification of this male specimen from Bhutan.

Figures

Fig. 20. Morinowotome sp. nr flavonigra Ơ: a — left-side lateral view; b — dorsal view; c — anterior view.