Sobarocephala

Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro, 2011, Oriental species of clusiid flies (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiinae), Zootaxa 3038, pp. 1-28 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.205904

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6188694

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scientific name

Sobarocephala
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Key to Oriental species of Sobarocephala View in CoL View at ENA

1. Scutellum entirely or largely brown to black................................................................ 2

- Scutellum entirely yellow; mesoscutum with black semicircular marking along anterior margin and a pair of brown stripes between dc- and sa-lines; surstylus narrow, L-shaped, with about 30 spinules ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12 – 18 ; Thailand)...... S. geniculata View in CoL sp. nov.

2. Abdomen dark brown to brownish black; mesoscutum bi- or trivittate............................................ 3

- Abdomen with anterior tergites yellow; mesoscutum bivittate; r-m before middle level of cell dm, ultimate section of CuA1 2/3 as long as penultimate section ( Nepal; male unknown)................................. S. nepalensis Sasakawa, 1979 View in CoL

3. Face entirely brownish black; mesoscutum trivittate; fore tibia and tarsus brown; surstylus narrowing distally, bearing six spinules along inner ventroapical margin ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 12 – 18 ); distiphallus shieldlike ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 12 – 18 ; Philippines)....... S. fuscifacies View in CoL sp. nov.

- Face yellow to pale brown............................................................................. 4

4. Mesoscutum largely brownish black, separated narrowly by median longitudinal brown line behind transverse suture; legs entirely yellow; surstylus lobate, longer than epandrial height, with about 35 spinules; distiphallus spatulate ( Figs 19, 20 View FIGURES 19 – 24 ; Thailand)............................................................................... S. megastylis View in CoL sp. nov.

- Mesoscutum clearly vittate.............................................................................. 5

5. Mesoscutum bivittate laterad of dc-lines; first antennal flagellomere brown on dorsal half of outer side; fore tarsus brown; surstylus lobate, slightly shorter than epandrial height, with 11–13 spinules ( Malaysia, Philippines)..................................................................................................... S. vockerothi Sasakawa, 1993 View in CoL

- Mesoscutum trivittate; first antennal flagellomere with brown spot surrounding base of arista or dorsal stripe............. 6

6. Abdomen entirely brownish black; dc three; surstylus 1/2 as high as epandrium, narrowing distally, with 9 or 10 spines and two spinules ( Figs 6, 7 View FIGURES 6 – 11 ; Philippines).......................................................... S. baculigera View in CoL sp. nov.

- Abdomen with posterior tergites brownish yellow; dc two; surstylus almost as high as epandrium, setose................ 7

7. Scutellum, anepisternum, and mediotergite entirely brownish black............................................. 8

- Scutellum and mediotergite yellow, each with brown central stripe, anepisternum brown dorsally; paraphallus with claw-like process distally [ Japan (Ryukyus)]................................................... S. uncinata Sueyoshi, 2006 View in CoL

8. Face and clypeus brown; first antennal flagellomere with brown dorsal stripe; M1 ratio 3.0; mid coxa with small brown central spot (male unknown; Philippines)..................................................... S. hirsutiseta ( Frey, 1928)

- Face, clypeus, and mid coxa entirely yellow; first flagellomere with small brown spot surrounding base of arista; M1 ratio 4.5; paraphallus with serration of minute spinules ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 6 – 11 ; Malaysia)................................ S. eurystylis View in CoL sp. nov.

Frey, R. (1928) Philippinische Dipteren VI. Notulae Entomologicae, 8, 100 - 108.

Sasakawa, M. (1993) Studies on the Oriental and Pacific Clusiidae (Diptera). Part 6. Descriptions of six new species from Malaya and Borneo. Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 20, 1 - 11.

Sueyoshi, M. (2006) Species diversity of Japanese Clusiidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) with description of 12 new species. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (n. s.), 42, 1 - 26.

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FIGURES 12 – 18. Male genitalia of Sobarocephala fuscifacies sp. nov. (12 – 14, holotype) and S. geniculata sp. nov. (15 – 18, holotype). See Figs 1 – 3 for explanation of parts; 14, phallus, ventral view; 18, distal part of phallus, ventral view. Scale = 0.1 mm.

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FIGURES 19 – 24. Male genitalia of Sobarocephala megastylis sp. nov. (19 – 22, holotype) and Tetrameringia maculata sp. nov. (23, 24, paratype). See Figs 1 – 3 for explanation of parts. Scale = 0.1 mm.

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FIGURES 6 – 11. Male genitalia of Sobarocephala baculigera sp. nov. (6 – 8, holotype) and S. eurystylis sp. nov. (9 – 11, holotype). See Figs 1 – 3 for explanation of parts; 7, 10, anterior view, left half, with detail of cercal armature of former. Scale = 0.1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Clusiidae

SubFamily

Clusiinae