Cordilura kosterini Ozerov et Krivosheina, 2014

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2020, A review of the genus Cordilura Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 439-480 : 458

Cordilura kosterini Ozerov et Krivosheina, 2014

Figs 63–65 .

kosterini Ozerov, Krivosheina, 2014: 207 ( Cordilura ). Type-locality: Lotos Lake (42.46ºN 130.64ºE) ( Russia, Primorsky Krai).

REMARKS. This species is known from the type-locality only. A single male was collected on leaves of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner, 1788 ( Nelumbonaceae ).

DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION. Male. Body-length 6.6 mm. Head. Frontal vitta black, matt; fronto-orbital plate black, subshining. Face and parafacial yellow with whitish reflection. Gena blackish. Postcranium black, greyish dusted. 3 orbital and 3 frontal setae present. Antenna black. Postpedicel approximately 2 times as long as wide. Arista pubescent, the longest hairs approximately equal to 1/2 width of postpedicel. Palpus black. Thorax black, greyish dusted. Acrostichals absent, dorsocentrals 3+3 (including scapular seta), intra-alars 1+2, supra-alars 1+2, 2 postpronotals. Scutellum with a pair of strong discal setae. Legs greyish dusted. Femora of all legs black; tibiae and tarsi of all legs yellow, only hind tibia darkened dorsally. Wing tinged with brownish; veins brownish. Vein R 1 setulose on apical third of dorsal surface. Abdomen black, grey dusted. Male sternite 4 rectangular, longer than wide. Sternite 5, epandrium and surstyli as in Figs 63–65 .

Female unknown.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Primorsky Krai.

Figures

Figs 60–68. Cordilura kakaberrans Ozerov (60–62), C. kosterini Ozerov et Krivosheina (63–65) and C. krocha Ozerov (66–68): 60, 63, 66 — male sternite 5; 61, 64, 67 — epandrium and surstyli, lateral view; 62, 65, 68 — same, dorsal view. 63–65 — after Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2014, figs 10–12. Рис. 60–68. Cordilura kakaberrans Ozerov (60–62), C. kosterini Ozerov et Krivosheina (63–65) и C. krocha Ozerov (66–68): 60, 63, 66 — стернит 5 самца; 61, 64, 67 — Эпандрий и сурстили, сбоку; 62, 65, 68 — то же, сверху. 63–65 — по Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2014, figs 10–12.