Paramedetera ankarum Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998, 1997

Grootaert, Patrick, 2006, The Genus Paramedetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) In Singapore, With A Key To The Oriental Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 49-57 : 51-52

Paramedetera ankarum Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998

( Figs. 4-5 )

Material examined. – 1 male: SINGAPORE: Kent Ridge , Science Park, 22 Nov.2003 (23082, coll. P. Grootaert, Si 103; coll. ZRC) .

Description. – Male. Body length: 1.25 mm; wing length: 1.38 mm. Ocellar and vertical bristles pale yellowish-brown. Palp black with a black apical bristle. Four dorsocentrals, 2 anterior dc shorter than posterior 2. All bristles on scutum yellowish brown. Scutellars pale brown. Propleural bristle long, pale. Halter white. Squama pale, with a brown border, bearing 4 pale cilia.

Legs paler than in the other species. Fore coxa anteriorly slightly infuscated, posterior coxae completely yellowish brown. Femora only infuscated dorsally; tibiae and tarsi yellow; 4 th and 5 th tarsomeres of all legs brown.

LI: Length of femur, tibia and tarsomeres (in mm): 0.42: 0.40: 0.21: 0.11: 0.08: 0.06: 0.07.

LII: Length of femur, tibia and tarsomeres (in mm): 0.49: 0.52: 0.40: 0.14: 0.11: 0.07: 0.06.

LIII: Length of femur, tibia and tarsomeres (in mm): 0.49: 0.56: 0.17: 0.21: 0.11: 0.07: 0.06.

Hypopygium ( Figs. 4-5 ): Wings of aedeagus with a bird’s headlike tip. Inner rim of the wings smooth. Hypandrium not distinct. Epandrial setae inserted on short tubercle.

Female unknown.

Figures

Figs. 4-5. Paramedetera ankarum Grootaert & Meuffels: 4, hypopygium ventral view; 5, hypopygium lateral view.