Elaphropeza feminata, Published, 2007

SHAMSHEV, IGOR V. & GROOTAERT, PATRICK, 2007, Revision of the genus Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Oriental Region, with a special attention to the fauna of Singapore, Zootaxa 1488 (1), pp. 1-164 : 59

Elaphropeza ephippiata group

Members of this group are characterised by the following combination of characters: two male genitalic rodshaped apodemes (ventral and ejaculatory) present ( Fig. 193 ); phallus short ( Fig. 242 ); no long upturned bristle just above fore coxa; abdominal tergites 4 and/or 5 with squamiform setae (rarely absent); abdominal glands present between tergites 4 and 5. Additionally, in species of this group the hind tibia bears usually 1–2 anterodorsal bristles (but with quite numerous exceptions) ( Fig. 222 ), cerci are usually fused to form a single lobe ( Fig. 193 ) and the right surstylus is usually not prominent. In females, sclerites of abdominal segment 8 ( Fig. 236 ) are separated (except in E. feminata sp. nov.) and sternite 8 is folded apically ( Fig. 236 ).

Species Complex 1.—Hind tibia lacking prominent bristles.

Figures

FIGURES 192–195. Elaphropeza bicaudata (Melander) 192. antenna. 193. epandrium with cerci. 194. left cercus lateral view. 195. left surstylus.

FIGURES 241–245. Hypandria. 241. Elaphropeza biuncinata. 242. E. ephippiata. 243. E. ephippiata, detail tip. 244. E. meieri sp. nov. 245. E. bicaudata.

FIGURES 218–224. 218. Elaphropeza crassicercus sp. nov., hind tibia. 219. E. biuncinata, mid tibia. 220. E. biuncinata, hind tibia anteriorly. 221. E. biuncinata, tip of hind tibia posteriorly. 222. E. bicaudata, hind femur and tibia. 223. E. bezzii sp. nov., hind tibia anteriorly. 224. E. palpata, hind femur and tibia anteriorly.

FIGURES 235–240. Ovipositors. 235. Elaphropeza ephippiata. 236. E. bicaudata. 237. E. bicaudata ventral. 238. E. feminata sp. nov. 239. E. biuncinata. 240. E. singaporensis sp. nov.