Arganthomyza versitheca Roháček, 2009

Roháček, Jindřich, 2018, First Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from China: a new genus, six new species and new records, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 35-76 : 74

Arganthomyza versitheca Roháček, 2009

Material examined. CHINA: SHAANXI: Fuping-x, Banbianhe, 1.5 km N of Longcaoping, 1300–1360 m, 4.vii.1997, 1, T. Saigusa leg. ( SIINH, genit. prep.). SICHUAN: Pingwu Co., Laohegou Reserve, 32°29′3.20′′N 104°43′9.96′′E, 1400–2100 m, 13.–17.v.2016, 2 3 ♀♀, O. Lonsdale leg. ( CNCI, 1 1 ♀ genit. prep.).

Remarks. Another representative of the Arganthomyza setiplanta group (delimited by ROHÁČEK & BARBER 2013). As noted above it is obviously the nearest relative (sister species) of A. hyperseta sp. nov. (described above) while the Nearctic A. carbo Roháček & Barber, 2013 is the next closest ally to this pair. The remaining (most ancestral) species of the group seems to be A. setiplanta ( Roháček, 1987) from Nepal.

Biology. The type series was captured in montane forests of South Korea ( 750–1200 m) in June. The Shaanxi and Sichuan specimens expand both flight period (to May, July) and altitude range ( 1300–2100 m) of the species. The species is probably associated with the undergrowth of moist leafy forests (see ROHÁČEK & BARBER 2013: Fig. 52 ).

Distribution. South Korea ( ROHÁČEK 2009), China: Shaanxi, Sichuan (first records).

Figures

Figs 51–55. Amygdalops sevciki sp. nov., male holotype and female paratype (China: Hainan I.). 51 – male right f3, posteriorly; 52 – female postabdomen, ventrally; 53 – ventral receptacle, laterally; 54 – spermathecae; 55 – female S8, ventrally. Scales = 0.1 mm (Figs 51, 52), 0.05 mm (others).