Diplonevra nigritarsis Lee, Lee et Kim

Liu, Guang-Chun & Disney, R. Henry L., 2024, Revisionary notes on the genus Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae) and a new key to species from China, Zootaxa 5446 (3), pp. 433-440 : 438-439

5. Diplonevra nigritarsis Lee, Lee et Kim

( Figs. 14–15 , 18 )

Diplonevra nigritarsis Lee et al., 2022: 252 .

Distribution. China (Jilin, Liaoning); Russia, South Korea.

Specimens examined. 1♂, Jilin, Yanbian , Wangqing, 27-VII-2003, Hong Fang ; 2♂, Jilin, Yanbian , Hongshi, 27-VII-2003, Hong Fang ; 2♂, Jilin, Yanbian, Mt. Changbai , 27-VII-2003, Hong Fang ; 2♂, Liaoning, Benxi, Mt. Wunv , 6-VII-2012, Meng Yang ; 1♂, Liaoning, Dandong, Mt. Laotuding , 3-VII-2012, Lixin Su .

Remarks. This species is similar to D. nudisetalis sp. nov. But it differs from the latter by transversely arranged upper setae of posterior face of hind femur ( Figs. 15 , 18 ) and tarsomere 5 of both fore and mid legs darker.

Figures

FIGURES 9–15. Diplonevra spp. 9–11. D. taigaensis Michailovskaya; 12–13. D. incisura Lee et al.; 14–15. D. nigritarsis Lee et al.; 9, 13, 15. hind femur and trochanter; 10. hind trochanter; 11. hind femur; 12, 14. head. (Figs. 10–11. photographed by Vladimir Neimorovets). Scale bars = 0.2 mm(9–11, 13, 15); 0.1 mm(12, 14).

FIGURES 16–19. Hind femora and trochanters. 16. D. pilisparsa sp. nov.; 17. D. incisura Lee et al.; 18. D. nigritarsis Lee et al.; 19. D. taigaensis Michailovskaya.