Conicera ancoraria, Liu, 2023

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2023, Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 5380 (5), pp. 401-445 : 410-411

8. Conicera ancoraria sp. nov. ( Figs. 8A–E )

Description. Male. Body ( Fig. 8A ) length 1.06–1.18 mm. Frons brown. Supra-antennal setae present. Lower fronto-orbital setae present. Lower interfrontal setae shorter than upper interfrontal setae and the distance between each other equaled to that between upper interfrontal setae. First flagellomere brown, 0.17 mm long, with an aspect ratio of 2.05:1; arista 0.23 mm long, 1.35 times as long as that of first flagellomere. Palpus light brown, slender, with short setae apically.

Thorax yellowish brown. Fore and mid legs yellowish brown, hind leg brown. Fore tibia with 8 small near-dorsal setulae, the uppermost being longer than the rest. Fore tarsus with posterodorsal setal palisade on all five tarsomeres. Mid femur without sense-organ. Wing length 1.01 mm. Costal index 0.41, costal ratio 1.72:1, costal setulae length 0.03 mm. Rs without basisetula. Veins brown, except A 1 +CuA 2 whitish gray. Membrane light grayish brown. Halter brown.

Abdominal tergites dark brown. Terminalia ( Figs. 8B–C ) brown. Left surstylus ( Figs. 8B, D ) slender and long, with swollen, anchor-shaped apex, its dorso-apical corner with 4 long, pointed inner teeth. Right ( Figs. 8C, E ) surstylus large, trapezoid, dorso-apical corner with 4 long, pointed inner teeth.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word ancora (anchor), indicating the character of left surstylus.

Specimens examined. Holotype, ♂, Guangxi, Mt. Daming, 9-Aug-2011, Jianfeng Wang . Paratype, 1♂, Shaanxi, Huanghualing (1930m), 14-Jul-2013, Yunlong Cai ; 2♂, Guangdong, Nanling (1250m), 27-Jul-2011, Jianfeng Wang .

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Guangxi).

Remarks. In the keys of Disney (1990) and Michailovskaya (2000), the species will not run out any species properly. It is a little similar to C. triangularis sp. nov. in terms of the shape of surstyli, but it is different from the latter by the long stem-shaped base of left surstylus, longer and fewer inner teeth of each surstylus.

Figures

FIGURES 8A–E. C. ancoraria sp. nov., male.A. body, left view; B–C. terminalia; B. left view; C. right view; D. left surstylus; E. right surstylus. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; B–E = 0.1mm.