Chelipoda nakropa, Plant, 2009

Plant, Adrian R., 2009, Diversity Of Chelipoda Macquart, 1823 (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) In Northern Thailand With Discussion Of A Biodiversity ‘ Hot Spot’ At Doi Inthanon, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (2), pp. 255-277 : 269

Chelipoda nakropa , new species

( Figs. 14–17 , 22, 23 , 27 )

This species is known from two altitudinally segregated morphs, one from mid elevation and the other from higher elevations. The species is described from the mid elevation morph.

Figures

Figs. 14–17. Chelipoda nakropa new species: 14. male genitalia in lateral view: 15–17: variation in form of male cercus: 15–16 high elevation morph; 17. mid elevation morph.

Figs. 19–24. Thoracic dorsum of Chelipoda spp. showing schematic pattern of ground colour. 19–20. C. macrosceles new species: 19. male; 20. female: 21. C. flavida Brunneti, male: 22–23. C. nakropa new species, male: 22. high elevation morph; 23. mid elevation morph: 24. C. chaiamnata new species, male.

Figs. 25–28. Chelipoda species: 25. C. manggawna new species, male; 26. C. macrosceles new species, female habitus; 27. C. nakropa new species, male, front femora showing chaetotaxy; 28. C. hubeiensis Yang & Yang, female, wing. Abbreviations: bm, cell bm; br, cell br; bs, basal spines; d, denticles; dm, cell dm; dm-cu, crossvein dm-cu; s, spines.