Elaphropeza furca 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 : 89

Elaphropeza furca Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007

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Elaphropeza furca Shamshev & Grootaert, 2007: 90 .

Diagnosis

Occiput black, postpedicel about 3.0 times longer than wide, stylus about as long as postpedicel; thorax yellow, acrostichals biserial, dorsocentrals uniserial; legs partly brownish, hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal bristle; abdominal tergites 4 and 5 with squamiform setae.

Material examined

SINGAPORE: 1 ♂, Semakau, 6 May 2009, mangrove, sweeping (reg. 29049, leg. P.G.); 3 ♀♀, Semakau (SMK03), 13 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29066, leg. P.G.); 22 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀, Semakau, 20 May 2009, beach forest, sweeping (reg. 29097, leg. P.G.); 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Sungei Buloh (SBWR01), 19 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29073, leg. P.G.); 1 ♀, Kranji (KNT02), 12 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29053, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, Kranji (KNT01), 12 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29052, leg. P.G.); 2 ♂♂, Kranji (KNT01), 19 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29075, leg. P.G.); 6 ♂♂, Kranji (KNT01), 26 May 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29103, leg. P.G.); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Kranji (KNT01), 2 June 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29128, leg. P.G.); 3 ♂♂, Kranji (KNT02), 2 June 2009, mangrove, Mal. (reg. 29129, leg. P.G.).

Distribution

Singapore.

Habitat and seasonal occurrence

This species is more common than previously thought. On several occasions it was found in anthropogenic conditions: the park at Kranji, the beach forest at the landfill of Semakau island and a patch of secondary forest at Bukit Timah. Future studies might show if it is a true colonizer. Collection records are from May and June.