Obscurcaudaphora maculafemoralis, DISNEY, 2015

DISNEY, R. Henry L., 2015, Three new genera of Oriental scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Fragmenta Faunistica 58 (2), pp. 71-77 : 72

Obscurcaudaphora maculafemoralis sp. nov.

( Figs 9–18 )

Male. Frons as in Fig. 10 . Postpedicels, palps and proboscis as in Fig. 9 . Hypopygium as in Figs 11–13 . The structure labelled X in Fig. 13 is interpreted as sternite 10. Front leg as in Fig. 16 , with its basitarsus as in Figs 14 and 15 . Hind femur and tibia as in Fig. 17 . Wing ( Fig. 18 ) 1.6 mm long, costal index 0.55, costal ratios 0.67: 1, costal cilia 0.04 mm long. Haltere knob brown.

Etymology. Named after the dark patches on the front femora.

Material. Holotype ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Tawau, Maliau Basin, 800m from Nepenthes Camp , Heath Forest , 04°43'17.0"N, 116°52'46.6"E, 1047m m.a.o., 8–15 Dec 2007. Malaise trap, B. Viklund and N. Jönsson ( SMNH, 20-17). o

Figures

Figs 9–18. Obscurcaudaphora maculafemoralis sp. nov. male. 9 – postpedicels, palps and proboscis; 10 – frons; 11–13 – hypopygium: 11 – left face; 12 – right face; 13 – left face of sternite 10 (x); 14–15 – anterior and posterior face of front basitarsus; 16 – front leg; 17 – hind femur and tibia; 18 – wing.