Pelmatops tangliangi Chen, 2010

Chen, Xiao-Lin, Norrbom, Allen, Freidberg, Amnon, Chesters, Douglas, Islam, Md Sajedul & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2015, A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 301-347 : 321

Pelmatops tangliangi Chen, 2010

( Figs. 71–74 ; 92, 99)

Pelmatops tangliangi Chen , in Chen et al., 2010:3 . Type-locality: Benggang, Menghai, Yunnan, China (HT ♂ IZCAS).

Description (supplement to the species description of Chen et al., 2010). Compound eye smooth and round, with sharp projection at end in male; ommatidia different in size, those located on projection slightly larger ( Fig. 92 ). Occipital protuberance of male flat, rectangular, not clearly delimited from occiput, setae on its posterior margin medium-sized and numerous ( Fig. 99 ).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India, Vietnam.

Specimens examined. CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna 1750m, November 2008, J. Hu & L. Tang, 1 HT ♂ (IZCAS). INDIA: Ranikhet, June 1949, I. M. Newell, 1 PT ♂ (BPBM); Khasi Hills, Assam, purchased from E. Heyne, 97–82, 1 ♂, 1♀ (BMNH, checked by D.L. Hancock, pers. comm.). VIETNAM: Vinh Phu Prov.: Tam Dao, 500–1000m, 2 June1997, R. Matsumoto, 1 PT ♂ (OMNH); Tam Dao, 1200m, 13–14 May 2012, Eduard Jendek, 2 ♂ (CNC, examined by photos and videos, which taken by Eduard Jendek and sent to the first author).

Biology. Eduard Jendek, a Canadian entomologist working in the Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, observed and took photos ( Figs. 71–74 ) and videos of this species in Vietnam in the summer of 2012. According to him, three of the individuals occurred in a small area (6 square meters) at the side of a jungle trail, close to the margin with an open space. The flies were flying relatively slowly and were cumbersome. The first author visited the type locality of this species in Yunnan, China in autumn of 2012, and found this site to be very similar to the site which was described above for P. ichneumoneus in landscape, vegetation, humidity and temperature.

Figures

FIGURES 71 – 74. Pelmatops tangliangi. Habitus (males) in field in Vietnam (photos taken by Eduard Jendek and sent to first author for identification).

FIGURES 89 – 97. Compound eye of Pelmatops and Pseudopelmatops. 89. Pe. fukienensis female; 90. Pe. ichneumoneus female; 91. Pe. ichneumoneus male; 92. Pe. tangliangi male; 93. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 94. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 95. Ps. continentalis male; 96. Ps. indiaensis female; 97. Ps. angustifasciatus male.

FIGURES 98 – 105. Occiput protuberance of Pelmatops and Pseudopelmatops. 98. Pe. fukienensis female; 99. Pe. tangliangi male; 100. Pe. ichneumoneus female; 101. Pe. ichneumoneus male; 102. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 103. Ps. angustifasciatus male; 104. Ps. continentalis male; 105. Ps. indiaensis female.