Conicera schnittmanni Schmitz, 1926

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2023, Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, Zootaxa 5380 (5), pp. 401-445 : 431-433

28. Conicera schnittmanni Schmitz ( Figs. 22D–F, I–J , 30C)

Conicera schnittmanni Schmitz.1926b: 126 (♂, Switzerland: Freiburg).

Description. Male. Body length 1.20–1.22 mm. Frons dark brown. Supra-antennal setae present. Lower interfrontal setae as long as upper interfrontal setae, and the distance between each other equaled to that between upper interfrontal setae. Lower fronto-orbital setae very short, 1/3 length of upper fronto-orbital setae. First flagellomere dark brown, 0.17 mm long, with an aspect ratio of 1.81:1; arista 0.35 mm long, 2.1 times length of first flagellomere. Palpus dark brown, with 7 short setae apically.

Thorax dark brown. Mid and hind legs brown, fore leg yellowish brown. Fore tibia with 8 small near-dorsal setulae, the uppermost being longer than the rest. Mid femur without sense-organ. Wing ( Fig. 30C ) length 1.16 mm. Costal index 0.37, costal ratio 2.25:1, costal setulae length 0.070 –0.080 mm. Rs with basisetula. Veins brown, except A 1 +CuA 2 whitish gray.Membrane hyaline. Halter dark brown.

Abdominal tergites brown. Terminalia ( Fig. 22D ) brown. Left surstylus ( Figs. 22E, I ) with 4 pointed teeth on dorsal edge and with a basidorsal process. Right surstylus ( Figs. 22F, J ) with 7 pointed inner teeth on dorsal edge, of which the downmost pointed and slender. and with a basidorsal process.

Female. Unknown.

Specimens examined. 1♂, Heilongjiang, Qitaihe , 23-Jul-2019, Jiao Zhang, Zhongyin Wang, Zixuan Liu ; 1♂, Liaoning, Benxi , 6-Jul-2012, Meng Yang ; 1♂, Liaoning, Benxi , 13-Jul-2013, Guangchun Liu .

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning), Russia.

Remarks. This species is recorded for the first time from China. It is similar to C. obtusidentis sp. nov., but it can be distinguished from the latter in having pointed inner teeth of surstyli and the lowermost thinner tooth of right surstylus.

Figures

FIGURES 22A–J. Male terminalia. A–C, G–H. C. grandicaudata sp. nov.; D–F, I–J. C. schnittmanni Schmitz; A, D. dorsal view; B, E, G, I. left surstylus; C, F, H, J. right surstylus. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 30A–H. Male wings. A. C. marginata sp. nov.; B. C. grandicaudata sp. nov.; C. C. schnittmanni Schmitz; D. C. obtusidentis sp. nov.; E. C. formosensis Brues; F. C. similis (Haliday); G. C. tibialis Schmitz; H. C. kempi Brunetti. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.