Elaphropeza sivasothii Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007

Grootaert, Patrick & Shamshev, Igor V., 2012, The fast-running flies (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) of Singapore and adjacent regions, European Journal of Taxonomy 5, pp. 1-162 : 83

Elaphropeza sivasothii Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007

Elaphropeza sivasothii Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007: 66 .

Diagnosis

Occiput black, postpedicel nearly 3.0 times longer than wide, stylus about 1.5 times longer than postpedicel; thorax yellow, acrostichals and dorsocentrals multiserial; tarsomere 5 of all legs brown, hind tibia lacking prominent bristles.

Material examined

SINGAPORE: 1 ♂, Semakau (SMK02), 20 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29088, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, Semakau (Semakau), 20 May 2009, beach forest, sweeping (reg. 29097, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, Semakau (SMK05), 20 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29091, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, Pulau Ubin (PU02), 2 June 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29135, leg. P.G.).

Distribution

Singapore.

Habitat and seasonal occurrence

This is a rare species that was recorded previously only by net sweeping at Sungei Buloh, Kranji beach forest and at the mangrove of Chek Jawa on Pulau Ubin. This species is most recently also found on Semakau and was collected by Malaise trap.