Drosophila lehrmanae Madi-Ravazzi et al., 2021

Roman, Bruna Emilia & Madi-Ravazzi, Lilian, 2021, Male terminalia morphology of sixteen species of the Drosophila saltans group Sturtevant (Diptera, Drosophilidae), Zootaxa 5061 (3), pp. 523-544 : 534

Drosophila lehrmanae Madi-Ravazzi et al., 2021

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Non-type material. Strain STV-like (Camp Nouragues, French Guiana): 80 males dissected .

Male terminalia. The aedeagus of this species is very similar to that of D. sturtevanti ( Fig. 9A–C ), however, the striking characteristic that differs it from the other species is the relatively short aedeagal apex ( Fig. 9B, C ). In addition to this, the lower base of the aedeagus has a less pronounced projection than that of D. sturtevanti ( Fig. 9B ).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Scanning electron micrographs of D. lehrmanae male terminalia. (A) Ventral and dorsal view of terminalia (526 x magnification). (B) Lateral view of aedeagus and phallapodeme (1.020 x magnification). Arrow heads = “caudal” projection. Image from Madi-Ravazzi et al. (2021). (C) Dorsal view of aedeagus (2.260 x magnification). The imagens are from STV-like strain. Abbreviations in Table 1.