Neocolpodia ombergensis, Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020

Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2020, The Porricondylini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Porricondylinae) of Sweden revisited: descriptions of nineteen new species of ten genera, including a new genus, Zootaxa 4728 (2), pp. 151-182 : 162-163

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3E13B249-1123-4CA9-85BE-62C5F2835B21
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5920172
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ED128797-FFEF-FFDA-FF23-FA29BCB3FE09
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neocolpodia ombergensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neocolpodia ombergensis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figure 90A in Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013)

Diagnosis. The gonostylus of N. ombergensis is in ventral view elongate and only slightly bent, and the apex has a slight swelling below the pectinate claw, which lacks in N. gukasiani ( Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013: fig. 90A). The compound eyes, in particular the ventrolateral portions, are markedly larger in N. ombergensis compared with N. gukasiani , which can be appreciated best when both species are compared side by side. The wing of N. ombergensis is broader (length / width ratio 2.7) than that of N. gukasiani (3.0), and the wing membrane, which in N. gukasiani has almost no setae on the proximal half portion, is fully setose in N. ombergensis . Also, the second tarsomere of the foreleg is relatively longer in N. ombergensis (length ratio of foreT 2 / foretibia, 0.8) compared with N. gukasiani (0.5–0.6). Females and preimaginal stages of the new species are unknown.

Other male characters. With a body size of 2.2 mm, N. ombergensis is larger than the two congeneric species. The eye bridge lacks dorsal ommatidia. The antenna is slightly longer than the body; circumfila are present on flagellomeres 1–10. The neck of the fourth flagellomere is 1.6 times as long as the node. The length of the 4-segmented palpus equals the head height. There are 6 pronotal, 3 anepimeral and no anepisternal setae. Wing length slightly exceeds the lengths of both antenna and body; vein M 1+2 is absent, M 4 is extremely weak. The empodia are as long as the toothless claws.

Etymology. The species epithet is derived from Omberg, the type locality. Omberg is an elongate, variously forested horst mountain in Östergötland, located in the south of Sweden.

Type material. Holotype. Male, Sweden, Östergötland, Omberg, Ödeshög , Storpissan Nature Reserve , oldgrowth forest of Norway spruce, 7 June 2010, sweepnet and aspirator, M. & C. Jaschhof (spn. SE 600 in NHRS). This specimen was previously labeled as N. gukasiani (see Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013: 194).