Phyllomya palpalis Shima & Chao, 1992

Shima, Hiroshi, Zhang, Wenxia & Tachi, Takuji, 2022, A systematic study of Old World Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 5099 (4), pp. 401-449 : 430-431

Phyllomya palpalis Shima & Chao, 1992

( Figs 36 , 48 , 66 , 83 )

Phyllomya palpalis Shima & Chao, 1992: 636 . Holotype male (KIZ, examined). Type locality: China, Yunnan, Deqin , Weixi.

Diagnosis. Head almost holoptic in male, dichoptic in female, female vertex about 0.28 of head width; parafacial with only several fine hairs on upper portion; arista long plumose, total width including plumosity wider than postpedicel; palpus reddish-yellow; 2 presutural and 2 postsutural acrostichal setae; 3 presutural and 3 postsutural dorsocentral setae; 2 katepisternal setae; costa bare above, haired below; mid tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 3 preapical dorsal setae; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere.

Redescription. Body length: 6.8–8.1 mm.

Male. Terminalia: Sixth tergite entire, weakly concave on anterior margin, without hair; surstylus wide, nearly parallel-sided, apex nearly truncated and faintly curved ventrally; cerci in dorsal view broad along basal portion and narrowed at basal 2/5, mid-dorsal suture weak but distinct along basal portion, in lateral view weakly constricted at basal 2/5; pregonite weakly pointed near middle; postgonite not extending beyond apex of epiphallus; dorsal sclerite of distiphallus long, apical portion weakly swollen, distal membranous portion short, nearly 1/4 as long as dorsal sclerite.

Type material examined. Holotype ♂: [ China] Weixi [in Chinese] / 15.ix.1983 / Y. Zhou [in Chinese] ( KIZ).

Paratypes: China, Yunnan: 1 ♂, same locality as holotype, 28.viii.1983, D. Dong ( KUM) ; 1 ♀, Weixi , Pan- tiange, 2900 m, 21.vii.1981, X. Zhang ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species resembles P. aristalis from Japan, but differs for palpus yellowish, parafacial sparsely haired and katepisternum with 2 setae. It appears to occur in mid-summer at high elevations in southwest China.

Figures

FIGURES 34–42. Epandrium, surstylus and cerci of Phyllomya spp., lateral view. 34. P. japonica Shima (after Shima 1998). 35. P. nobilis Mesnil (after Shima 1998). 36. P. palpalis Shima & Chao (after Shima & Chao 1992). 37. P. procera (Meigen). 38. P. pubiseta (Mesnil). 39. P. rufiventris Shima & Chao (after Shima & Chao 1992). 40. P. sauteri (Townsend). 41. P. takanoi Mesnil (after Shima 1988). 42. P. volvulus (Fabricius). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 46–54. Epandrium, surstylus and cerci of Phyllomya spp., dorsal view. 46. P. japonica Shima (after Shima 1998). 47. P. nobilis Mesnil (after Shima 1998). 48. P. palpalis Shima & Chao (after Shima & Chao 1992). 49. P. procera (Meigen). 50. P. pubiseta (Mesnil). 51. P. rufiventris Shima & Chao (after Shima & Chao 1992). 52. P. sauteri (Townsend). 53. P. takanoi Mesnil (after Shima 1988). 54. P. volvulus (Fabricius). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 64–68. Hypandrium, pre- and postgonite and phallus of Phyllomya spp., lateral view. 64. P. japonica Shima (after Shima 1998). 65. P. nobilis Mesnil (after Shima 1998). 66. P. palpalis Shima & Chao (after Shima & Chao 1992). 67. P. procera (Meigen). 68. P. pubiseta (Mesnil). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 79–83. Male 5th sternite of Phyllomya spp., ventral view. 79. P. gymnops (Villeneuve). 80. P. humilis Shima (after Shima 1988). 81. P. japonica Shima (after Shima 1998). 82. P. nobilis Mesnil (after Shima 1998). 83. P. palpalis Shima & Chao (after Shima & Chao 1992).