Mannheimsia tianzena ( Liu 1995 )

Ament, Danilo César, 2012, Mannheimsia Beyer (Diptera: Phoridae): description of a new species, redescription of Mannheimsia stricta and studies on hypopygial morphology, Zootaxa 3298, pp. 53-61 : 60

Mannheimsia tianzena ( Liu 1995)

( Figs. 7 , 20–23 , 30–31 )

Chouomyia tianzena Liu, 1995: 186 .

Mannheimsia tianzena ; Brown, 2005: 139 .

Material examined. Paratype: 1ɗ, CHINA: Shaanxi, 22.vi.1993, G. Liu col. Additional material: 1ɗ, THAI- LAND: Chiang Mai: Doi Inthanon NP summit forest, 18.59ºN 98.49ºE, 16–24.viii.2006, Malaise trap, 2500m, Y. Areeluck col.

Phallus description ( Figs. 30–31 ). Right arm without dorsal projection. Epiphallus of medium size, with posterior lobe. Core plate bare, narrow and strongly curved, with two dorsally curved processes.

Comments. Mannheimsia tianzena has a unique wing venation and shares with M. stylodactyla some apomorphies in the hypopygium. The specimen from Thailand has a vestigial R2+3 attached to the costa.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 7. Mannheimsia wings. 4. M. conica, sp. nov.; 5. M. stricta; 6. M. stylodactyla; 7. M. tianzena.

FIGURES 8 – 23. Mannheimsia hypopygium. 8 – 11. Mannheimsia conica, sp. nov., 8. Dorsal, 9. Ventral, 10. Left lateral, 11. Right lateral; 12 – 15. Mannheimsia stricta, 12. Dorsal, 13. Ventral, 14. Left lateral, 15. Right lateral; 16 – 19. Mannheimsia stylodactyla, 16. Dorsal, 17. Ventral, 18. Left lateral, 19. Right lateral; 20 – 23. Mannheimsia tianzena, 20. Dorsal, 21. Ventral, 22. Left lateral, 23. Right lateral. Colors indicating homology: blue, hypandrium left lobe; yellow, hypandrium right lobe; red, hypandrium right lobe medial process. Abbreviations: cerc, cercus; lep, left epandrial process (fused surstyli); hyprct, hypoproct; rsp, right subepandrial process.

FIGURES 24 – 31. Mannheimsia phallus. 24 – 25. M. conica, sp. nov., 24. Dorsal, 25. Left lateral; 26 – 27. M. stricta, 26. Dorsal, 27. Left lateral; 28 – 29. M. stylodactyla, 28. Dorsal; 29. Left lateral; 30 – 31. M. tianzena, 30. Dorsal, 31. Left lateral. Abbreviations: bs, basiphallus; epi, epiphallus; epl, epiphallus posterior lobe; p 1 and p 2, processes 1 and 2, respectively; ra, right arm. Core plate represented in yellow.