Leucophenga pentapunctata Panigrahy & Gupta, 1982

Huang, Jia, Li, Tong & Chen, Hongwei, 2014, The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part IV: the ornata species group from the East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (II), Zootaxa 3893 (1), pp. 1-55 : 30-31

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Leucophenga pentapunctata Panigrahy & Gupta, 1982 View in CoL

( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 G, 6E–H, 10G, 10H, 14A, 14B, 23)

Leucophenga pentapunctata Panigrahy & Gupta, 1982: 487 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Wing with 5 patches distinctly ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 G); all femora with a brownish patch subbasally; hypandrium with a bunch of long pubescence submedially ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 B); aedeagus thick, with pubescence distoventrally ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 D).

Description. Ocellar triangle brownish yellow, with 3–6 setae above ocellar setae. Frons brownish to yellowish brown. Pedicel yellowish brown; first flagellomere brownish and brown at tip. Clypeus yellowish brown medially and dark brown laterally. Palpus mostly brownish to brown, slightly larger distally in female than in male. Mesonotum brownish yellow to yellowish brown, sometimes with brown longitudinal stripes sublaterally ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 E, F). Postpronotal lobe yellow ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 G, H). Acrostichal setulae in 10–12 irregular rows ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 E, F). Scutellum brown, dark brown laterally and pale at tip ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 E, F). Pleura with a brownish to brown, longitudinal stripe above ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 G, H). Katepisternum yellow, brown above; mesopleuron yellow, with a brown patch ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 G, H). Wing ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 G): Costal vein between R2+3 and R4+5 distally with 6–8 peg-like spinules on ventral surface. Abdominal tergites dark brown, with yellow patches ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 G, H). Male terminalia: Epandrium nearly entirely pubescent, with 12 setae near posterior margin and ventral corner per side ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 A). Paramere broadened, round apically, lacking pubescence, with 6 sensilla mediodorsally and 1 sensillum apically ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 C).

Measurements. BL = 3.20–4.47 mm in ♂, 3.60–4.20 mm in ♀ (range in 5♂ and 5♀), THL = 1.67–2.47 mm in ♂, 1.77–2.13 mm in ♀, WL = 2.77–4.07 mm in ♂, 3.23–3.83 mm in ♀, WW = 1.27–1.73 mm in ♂, 1.50–1.78 mm in ♀, arb = 8–12/4–6, avd = 0.76–0.97, adf = 1.76–2.21, flw = 1.65–2.20, FW/HW = 0.33–0.39, ch/o = 0.03–0.05, prorb = 0.53–0.76, rcorb = 0.56–0.80, vb = 0.35–0.50, dcl = 0.40–0.56, presctl = 0.50–0.69, sctl = 1.22–1.36, sterno = 0.72–0.82, orbito = 1.83–2.42, dcp = 0.17–0.27, sctlp = 1.00–1.39, C = 1.57–2.33, 4c = 1.32–1.75, 4v = 1.69–2.09, 5x = 1.09–1.47, ac = 3.05–4.31, M = 0.54–0.64, C3F = 0.84–0.93.

Specimens examined. CHINA: 1♂, 1♀ (SCAU, Nos 123093, 94), Diaoluoshan, Lingshui, Hainan, 18°10'N, 108°52'E, 1000m, 3.xii.2003, ex tussocks, HW Chen; 1♀ (SCAU, No. 123095), Hesong, Menghai, Yunnan, 1900m, 9.iv.2011, ex tree trunk, ZF Shao; 6♂, 1♀ (SCAU, Nos 123096 – 123102), Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 900m, 19.iv.2007, ex tree trunks, HW Chen; 2♀ (SCAU, Nos 123103, 04), Wangtianshu, Mengla, Yunnan, 600m, 30.ix.2011, ex tree trunks, HW Chen; 1♂, 4♀ (SCAU, Nos 123105 –09), Yixiang, Puer, Yunnan, 27°12'N, 100°03'E, 1400m, 13.v.2012, ex tree trunks, HW Chen; 1♀ (SCAU, No. 123300), Yixiang, Puer, Yunnan, 1400m, 18.x.2012, ex tree trunk, JJ Gao; 1♂, 1♀ (SCAU, Nos 123110, 11), Beibeng, Motuo, Xizang, 29°14'N, 95°10'E, 780m, 28.ix.2010, ex tree trunks, JJ Gao.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan, Xizang), India (Orissa).