Eudorylas liberia ( Curran, 1929 )

FÖLDVÁRI, MIHÁLY, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of the tribe Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae), Zootaxa 3656 (1), pp. 1-121 : 74-75

Eudorylas liberia ( Curran, 1929)

( Fig. 39A )

Pipunculus liberia Curran 1929: 2 .

Diagnosis: Ovipositor yellow-brown; base elongated, brownish pollinose, otherwise shining entirely. Only the female HT was examined.

Type material: Liberia: 1♀, HT, “ Paiata, Liberia, Oct 1926 ” [leg. J. Bequaert] ( AMNH).

Female

Head. Third antennal segment acuminate; brown. Face silvery pollinose on lower 2/3 otherwise black. Frons separated, entirely subshining black. Occiput covered by glue (probably silvery pollinose).

Thorax. Humeri pale brown. Mesonotum (viewed obliquely from front) brownish pollinose; brownish from the side. Scutellum brown, with 6–8 pair of weakly developed hairs. Dorsocentral hairs very weakly developed. Halter yellow-brown.

Legs. Trochanters and femora brown-black (f1,2 silvery pollinose posteriorly, shining ventrally, f3 shining posteriorly and ventrally), knees yellow, tibiae yellow-brown on basal 2/3, otherwise dark brown. Tarsal segments yellow-brown, last segment darker. Ventroapical row of 5–6 very short, black spines on f1; 6–7 longer spines on f2,3 (longest on f3). Subapical (distal) spines on first four tibiae missing. No anteromedial hairs on 3rd tibia. Hind trochanter with 3–4 longer, pale hairs on ventral side. Pulvilli longer than last tarsal segment (especially on 1st leg), claws yellow, longer than pulvilli, tips dark brown.

Wing. Fourth costal section 1.2 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M beyond 2/5 of discal cell, vein M-Cu curved (S-shaped). Pterostigma fully coloured. Two-three hairs on tegula.

Abdomen. Viewed obliquely from front tergites subshining black, except T1 (silvery pollinose), T5,6 with grey patches on both sides. Hairs dispersed, short and weakly developed. Laterally 10–12 dark spines in a patch on first tergite.

Ovipositor ( Fig. 39A ): Long and stout, yellow-brown; base elongated, brownish pollinose (with dispersed pale hairs), otherwise shining entirely.

Male—Unknown.

Remarks —According to Curran (1929) the type specimen was collected by Dr Joseph Bequaert.

Distribution— Liberia.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Female ovipositors.—A: Eudorylas liberia, B: Eudorylas setiformis, C: Eudorylas aemulus, D: Eudorylas garambensis, E: Eudorylas remiformis, F: Eudorylas mutillatus (E. eremnoptera), G–H: Eudorylas definitus (E. excisus), I: Eudorylas facetus, J–K: Dasydorylas quasidorsalis, L: Eudorylas amuscarinum, M: Eudorylas abdominalis, N–O: Clistoabdominalis namibiensis sp. nov., P: Eudorylas mutillatus, Q: Eudorylas femoralis sp. nov., R: Eudorylas ghesquierei, S: Dasydorylas okongoensis sp. nov., T–U: Eudorylas angustus, V: Eudorylas excisus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm