The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae) Author Grimaldi, David A. text American Museum Novitates 2009 2009-11-30 3671 1 60 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/685.1 journal article 10.1206/685.1 0003-0082 5358027 Stenomicra pallida , new species Figure 9 DIAGNOSIS: An entirely whitish-yellow species, with barely any infuscation on scutum or tergites; frons creamy white; wing hyaline. Anterior fronto-orbital seta very fine, minute; arista with 5 dorsal and 2 ventral branches; 5 dorsocentrals in each row, row of 3 acrostichals. Male terminalia distinctive: surstyli slightly S-shaped, with only three apical/subapical setulae (no microtrichia); aedeagus spiculed, with central groove, without trunk, tip narrow; strip of aedeagal sclerite not found. TYPE : Holotype , male (dissected, no. 68), Viti Levu : Naitasiri Prov. , 4 km WSW Colo-i- Suva Village , Mt. Nakobalevu , 372 m , 17. III – 9. IV .03, Malaise 3, Schlinger, Tokota’a, 18.055 ° S , 178.424 ° E , FBA 144101. ThL 5 1.22 mm ; Wing W /L 5 0.30; L r-m / L between r-m and m-cu 5 0.40. Specimen is in good condition; deposited in BPBM . ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin, pallidus , for pale, in reference to the entirely whitish-yellow body coloration.