Glemparon waipapa, Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2018

Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2018, Descriptions of eighteen new species of Glemparon, a previously monotypic genus of Porricondylinae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 450, pp. 1-38 : 30-31

Glemparon waipapa sp. nov.

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Fig. 17 A–B

Diagnosis

This is another absolutely distinctive species. No Glemparon other than G. waipapa sp. nov. has an ejaculatory apodeme with such a sclerotized, lance-shaped apex (↓ 1, Fig. 17B ) and tegminal processes shaped like wine grapes (↓ 2, Fig. 17B ). Another diagnostic feature is the large, sclerotized process arising from the gonocoxal posteromedial protuberance (↓ 3, Fig. 17A ).

Etymology

The specific epithet, waipapa , highlights the Waipapa Ecological Area of the Pureora Forest Park in New Zealand’s North Island, where the holotype of this species was collected.

Material examined

Holotype

NEW ZEALAND: ♂, North Island , Taupo , Pureora Forest Park , Waipapa Ecological Area, 570 m a.s.l., 1 Mar. 1984, “in shrubland”, Malaise trap, J. Hutcheson leg. ( NZAC, no. CEC1423).

Other characters

BODY SIZE. 1.6 mm.

HEAD. Eye bridge 1–2 ommatidia long dorsally. Nine flagellomeres retained; fourth flagellomere with neck and node equally long. Palpus clearly shorter than head height, first segment very small, unsetose, second to forth segments with ordinary setae; apical segment longest of all.

THORAX. Pronotal setae present.

WING. Length /width ratio 3.2. Rs short, one fifth of apicR 1.

LEGS. Basitarsal spines present.

TERMINALIA. Posterior edge of ninth tergite broadly rounded, about 15 megatrichia medially flanked by dense, large, hair-like microtrichia. Gonocoxites with separate, narrow, unsetose portion ventrobasally; ventral setae reduced to a transversal stripe in center; membranous areas below gonostyli large; ventral emargination small, somewhat rectangular; ventroposterior lobes massive, rounded ( Fig. 17A ). Gonostylus simple, more than twice as long as broad, slightly bent ( Fig. 17A ). Tegmen, apart from its posterolateral processes, of simple structure ( Fig. 17B ).

Distribution and phenology

See G. pureora sp. nov.

Figures

Fig. 17. Glemparon waipapa sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (NZAC, no. CEC1423). A. Genitalia, ventral. B. Apex of ejaculatory apodeme and tegmen, ventral. Scale bars = 0.05 mm. Numbered arrows indicate diagnostic characters (see Diagnosis).