Leucophenga acutifoliacea, Huang, Jia, Li, Tong & Chen, Hongwei, 2014

Huang, Jia, Li, Tong & Chen, Hongwei, 2014, The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part IV: the ornata species group from the East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (II), Zootaxa 3893 (1), pp. 1-55 : 36-38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0600C5C-DA06-47C5-80CD-4E625EBC6259
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5614864
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387EC-FFDA-FFB4-54ED-FF597DA2FE4D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucophenga acutifoliacea
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leucophenga acutifoliacea View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 A, 7E, 7F, 11A, 14I, 14J, 27)

Diagnosis. Aedeagus slender and acute apically, slightly dorsad curved submedially, with dense pubescence on distal 2/3 ( Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27 D).

Description. Ocellar triangle dark brown, with 3 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brown. Pedicel yellowish brown; first flagellomere yellow. Clypeus brownish. Palpus brownish yellow. Mesonotum yellowish brown, slightly brown before scutellum ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 E). Postpronotal lobe yellow ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 F). Scutellum yellowish brown, pale at tip ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 E). Pleura with an intermittent, brown longitudinal stripe above ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 F). Katepisternum and mesopleuron mostly brownish yellow ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 F). Wing ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A): Costal vein between R2+3 and R4+5 distally with 6 peg-like spinules on ventral surface. Abdominal tergites black, with yellow patches ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 A). Male terminalia: Epandrium with pubescence and 7 setae near posterior margin per side ( Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27 A). Paramere with 5 sensilla subdorsally and a few pubescence distally ( Fig. 27 View FIGURE 27 C).

Measurements. BL = 4.13 mm in holotype, THL = 2.17 mm, WL = 3.60 mm, WW = 1.67 mm, arb = 10/5, avd = 0.94, adf = 1.78, flw = 2.44, FW/HW = 0.35, ch/o = 0.03, prorb = damaged, rcorb = 0.62, vb = 0.39, dcl = damaged, presctl = damaged, sctl = damaged, sterno = 0.74, orbito = 2.33, dcp = 0.19, sctlp = 1.10, C = 2.06, 4c = 1.44, 4v = 2.07, 5x = 1.04, ac = 2.82, M = 0.56, C3F = 0.77.

Type specimens. Holotype ♂ ( SCAU, No. 123135), CHINA: Wangtianshu, Mengla, Yunnan, 600m, 24.iv.2007, ex tree trunk, HW Chen.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. A combination of the Latin words “ acutus ” (= acuted) + “ foliaceus ” (= folium), referring to the aedeagus acute apically.