Pseudosmittia licina, Ferrington Jr & Saether, 2011
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2849.1.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE7687BA-FF3F-FF3C-BDAA-BA5C17448DAE |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Pseudosmittia licina |
status |
sp. nov. |
Pseudosmittia licina View in CoL sp. n.
( Fig. 76 View FIGURE 76 )
Type material: Holotype male, KIRIBATI: Kiritinati (Christmas Island), Settlement , 10.25 0 S 105.41 0 E, yellow trap, 11–30 iv 1989, J. C. Carsdale ( CSIRO).
Diagnostic characters: The upturned gonostylus combined with the absence of a postcubital fork and an AR of 0.30 will separate the species from other members of the group.
Etymology: From the Latin licinus, bent, deflexed upward, referring to the shape of the gonostylus.
Male imago (n = 1)
All measurements and ratios within the range of variation of P. forcipata with the following exceptions and additions: Wing ( Fig. 76 A View FIGURE 76 ) 0.78 µm long, total length/wing length 1.78, wing length/length of profemur 2.49. AR 0.28, terminal flagellomere 87 µm long. Outer verticals ( Fig. 76 B View FIGURE 76 ) 4, tentorium 14 µm wide. VR 1.86, costa not extended, Cu 1 curved. Tarsomere 3 of front leg 50 µm long, BV 1 4.38, BV 2 4.37, BR 2 2.8. Hypopygium ( Fig. 76 E View FIGURE 76 ) with 6 setae on anal point, 2 setae on laterosternite, phallapodeme 50 µm long, transverse sternapodeme 30 µm long; inferior volsella narrowly triangular, reaching to 0.77 gonocoxite length, gonostylus curved, HR 2.24.
Female, pupa and larva
Unknown.
Distribution
The species is only known from the type locality on Kiritinati.
CSIRO |
Australian National Fish Collection |
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