Diplonevra taigaensis Michailovskaya

Liu, Guang-Chun & Yang, Meng, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 4205 (1), pp. 31-51 : 47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6057943

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scientific name

Diplonevra taigaensis Michailovskaya
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Diplonevra taigaensis Michailovskaya View in CoL

( Figs. 23, 24 View FIGURES 17 – 24 , 44 View FIGURES 33 – 48 , 60 View FIGURES 49 – 64 )

Diplonevra taigaensis Michailovskaya, 1990: 697 View in CoL .

Male: Head. Frons black, subshining, with 60–70 scattered hairs Mean frontal width 0.52 of head width. First row of bristles straight, antials further apart than either is from an anterolateral. Second row of bristles straight, all four bristles are equidistant. Supra-antennal bristles well below antials and close each other. Postpedicel yellow, oval. Palpus yellow brown and 3 times as long as its breadth, with 6 bristles on ventral apex. Proboscis pale yellow. Scutum and scutellum dark brown, Notopleuron with 3 bristles. Scutellum with 4 bristles. Legs dark brown. Front tibia lacking a dorsal bristle and differentiated hairs. Mid tibia with 2 longitudinal hair palisades, anterodorsal one almost straight and extending to 2/5 (0.42) of tibia. Posterior face of hind trochanter with 6–8 bristles, which often curved. Ventral region of posterior face of hind femur with 7–10 bristles, and with a short ascending process bearing two long hairs apically. Hind tibia with 2 hair palisades, lacking anteroventral bristles and anterodorsal bristles. Wing 1.86 mm long. Costal index 0.5. Costal ratios 5.5: 1.75:1. Costal cilia 0.07 mm long. Vein M1 curved. Axillary ridge with 4 axillary bristles. All veins brown and membrane yellowish brown. Haltere brown. Abdomen Tergites dark brown Venter dark grey. Hypopygium dark brown. Left side of epandrium narrow with 8–10 long hairs. Right side of epandrium broad, triangular, with about 18–20 long hairs toward posterior margin. Hypandrium tomentose, without bristles. Circus yellow brown and stalk of circus brown. Body length 1.7–2.0 mm.

Female. Head similar to male except as follows. Frons black, shinning. Postpedicel orange yellow. Proboscis pale yellow, elongate, extending beyond postpedicel. Wing 1.71 mm long. Costal index 0.48–0.51. Costal ratios 6.17: 1.44:1. Costal cilia 0.07 mm long. Abdominal tergites dark brown. Venter brown. Body length 1.80 mm.

Distribution. China (Helongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia); Russia.

Specimens examined. 1♂, Liaoning, Xinbin, Douling (41°36′N, 124°59′E), 24–Sep–2009, Tao Li GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 1f ♂, Liaoning, Wunv Mountain (41°20′N, 125°25′E), 6–Jul–2012, Mengyang GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Jilin, Changbai Mountain (42°23′N, 129°41′E), 30–Jul–2003, Hong Fang GoogleMaps : 1♂, Liaoning, Qianshan (41°01′N, 123°06′E), 8–Jul–2004, Hong Fang. GoogleMaps

Remarks. The species can be distinguished from other species by a long belt-like ascending process of hind femur and lacking isolated bristles on hind tibia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Diplonevra

Loc

Diplonevra taigaensis Michailovskaya

Liu, Guang-Chun & Yang, Meng 2016
2016
Loc

Diplonevra taigaensis

Michailovskaya 1990: 697
1990
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