Panops boharti (Schlinger, 1959) Schlinger, 1959

Winterton, Shaun L., 2012, Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck, ZooKeys 172, pp. 7-75 : 30-32

Panops boharti (Schlinger, 1959) comb. n. Figs 31-33

Neopanops boharti Schlinger, 1959: 157 - Neboiss 1971: 212; Schlinger and Jefferies 1989: 376.

Type material examined.

Holotype male, INDONESIA: Papua: Cyclops Mountains, Sabron, 930 ft. [-2.509, 140.523], iv.1936, L. E. Cheesman, B. M. 1936-271 (BMNH).

Diagnosis.

Eye pilose; eye extends posteriorly beyond maximum head width; proboscis very short, not extending beyond oral cavity; body brown and yellow; antennae yellow; parafacial without marginal pile; postpronotal lobe cream with brown spot; legs yellow, femora brown with yellow apices; lower calypter cream with brown margin.

Redescription.

Body length: 9.0 mm (male). Head with eye sparsely pilose, slightly denser and elongate laterally; eye extends posteriorly beyond maximum head width; ocellar tubercle relatively flat; medial ocellus present; occiput cream, brown suffusion laterally; occipital pile white, sparse; flagellum yellow, apex uniform width, truncated apically; scape and pedicel dark yellow; clypeus minute, yellow-brown; palpus yellow; margin of oral cavity (parafacial) glabrous; proboscis not extending beyond oral cavity. Thorax with postpronotal lobe cream, brown suffusion dorsally; scutum brown, cream posterolaterally; scutal vestiture dense brown and white, matching respective scutal markings; scutellum brown with bluish iridescence, cream laterally; pleuron cream with brown markings; coxae cream with brown markings; femora cream with brown on middle half; tibiae dark yellow; tarsi dark yellow; lower calypter white, brown marginally on membrane; wing hyaline, venation brownish, pale yellow distally along costa and radial veins; vein R4 with spur vein. Abdomen rounded globose, slightly larger than thorax, colour dark yellow, brown on tergites 3-6, vestiture minute setae, dense white-silver elongate setae along anterior margin of tergites 2-5.

Comments.

Panops boharti comb. n.was described by Schlinger (1959) as the sole species in the genus Neopanops but is transferred herein to Panops . This Indonesian species is the only non-Australian representative of the genus, and is distinctive based on body colouration and markings, very short mouthparts, eye pilosity and eye shape. Only the male is known.