Eudorylas scharffi Földvári, 2003

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of the tribe Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae), Zootaxa 3656 (1), pp. 1-121 : 94-95

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3656.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:73E59AED-B16D-430C-B611-EB5CFEAF7FDD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6303054

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487FD-FFCB-FFA6-1D10-F8F0FE1E4E89

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Felipe

scientific name

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári, 2003
status

 

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári, 2003 View in CoL

( Figs 32A–F View FIGURE 32 )

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári 2003 a: 167 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Abdominal tergites shining black (except T1, greyish pollinose), sides with small grey patches. Fourth costal section 0.55 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M at 1/2 of discal cell. Surstyli narrowing towards tip. SES well sclerotized, dark brown; gonopods missing; phallic guide very broad, tip narrow; phallus trifid, short, with thick branches.

Type material: Tanzania: 1♂, HT, Uzungwe Mts., Mwanihana Forest above Sanje, 1000 m, 01.viii.1981, M.Stolze & N.Scharff leg ; 1♂, PT, Uluguru Mts. , Kimboza Forest, 250 m, 18.vii.1981, M.Stolze & N.Scharff leg. (both ZMUC) .

Male

Head. Third antennal segment acuminate; pale brown. Face silvery pollinose. Frons, upper part shining black, lower part silvery pollinose, except median little black spot; eyes touching for distance equal to 3.5 times ocellar triangle. Occiput silvery pollinose.

Thorax. Humeri brown. Mesonotum (viewed obliquely from front) brown pollinose; silvery from the side. Scutellum greyish pollinose, without hairs. Dorsocentral hairs weakly developed. Halter yellow, base of stem dark brown.

Legs. Trochanters and base of femora yellow, 3/5 of femora in the middle black, otherwise yellow, knees, tibiae, tarsal segments yellow, last segment black. Ventroapical row of 4–5 short, black spines on f1, 6–8 longer spines on f2; 2–3 spines (longest of the 3 legs) on 3rd femur. Subapical (distal) spines on first four tibiae missing. No anteromedial hairs on 3rd tibia. Hind trochanter with a patch of very fine white hairs on ventral side. Pulvilli shorter than last tarsal segment.

Wing. Fourth costal section 0.55 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M at 1/2 of discal cell. Pterostigma fully coloured. Hairs on tegula missing.

Abdomen. Viewed obliquely from front tergites shining black, except T1, which is greyish pollinose, sides with small grey patches. Hairs dispersed, short, pale and weakly developed. Laterally 4–5 dark spines in a row on first tergite. Postabdomen in dorsal view: T6, S7 or EP not visible; T5 1.2 times as long as ST8. Genitalia without dissection: shining black, width of m.a. half the width of ST8.

Genitalia. Surstyli narrowing towards tip ( Fig. 32B View FIGURE 32 ). SES with uncertain borders, well sclerotized, dark brown; gonopods missing; phallic guide very broad, tip narrow; phallus trifid, short, with thick branches ( Fig. 32F View FIGURE 32 ); ejaculatory apodeme linear with bulbous end; sperm pump small, round ( Fig. 32E View FIGURE 32 ).

Female—Unknown.

Distribution— Tanzania.

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Pipunculidae

Genus

Eudorylas

Loc

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári, 2003

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY 2013
2013
Loc

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári 2003 a: 167

Foldvari, M. 2003: 167
2003
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