Loxocera (Loxocera) omei Shatalkin, 1998

Zhou, Jiale & Yang, Ding, 2023, A review of the subgenus Loxocera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Brachycera, Psilidae) in China, ZooKeys 1186, pp. 71-96 : 71

Loxocera (Loxocera) omei Shatalkin, 1998

Figs 35 , 36

Loxocera (Platystyla) omei Shatalkin, 1998: 90, 97 (protologue). Holotype (♂): China, Sichuan, Emeishan, USNM.

Loxocera (Loxocera) omei : Buck and Marshall (2006b: 199) (subgeneric placement, distribution).

Loxocera omei : Tang et al. (2021: 234) (catalogue, distribution).

Type material examined.

Holotype (♂): China, Sichuan, Leshan, Emeishan, 1935.vii.21, leg. D.C. Graham (USNM).

Diagnosis.

Generally blackish brown; face yellowish brown; antennal scape and pedicel subequal in length; antennal first flagellomere laterally compressed, about 3.6 times as long as pedicel, weakly narrowed towards apex; arista whitish yellow, thin, arising near midpoint of antennal first flagellomere and 1.3 times as long as latter; wing without transverse dark band.

Distribution.

China - Sichuan: Leshan (Fig. 37 ).

Remarks.

This species was described based on one male (the holotype) from Sichuan, China ( Shatalkin 1998). The habitus photographs of the holotype (Figs 35 , 36 ) are provided here for facilitating the identification of this species.

Figures

Figure 37. Known distribution of species of the subgenus Loxocera Loxocera in China.

Figures 35, 36. Loxocera (Loxocera) omei Shatalkin, 1998, holotype, male, habitus with labels 35 lateral 36 dorsal. Scale bar: 3 mm.