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

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári, 2003

( Figs 32A–F )

Eudorylas scharffi Földvári 2003 a: 167 .

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

Female—Unknown.

Distribution— Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURE 32. Male genitalia of Eudorylas scharffi (A–F) and E. semiopacus (G–L).—A: outer surstylus with phallic guide and outer gonopod, lateral view, B: dorsal view, C: inner surstylus, lateral view, D: surstyli, dorsal view, E: sperm pump with ejaculatory apodeme, F: ventral view with phallic guide, phallus (without ST8), G: outer surstylus with phallic guide, phallus and outer gonopod, lateral view, H: dorsal view, I: inner surstylus, lateral view, J: surstyli, dorsal view, K: sperm pump with ejaculatory apodeme, L: ventral view with phallic guide (without ST8). Scale bars: 0.1 mm