The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Burma
Author
Vilkamaa, Pekka
Author
Komarova, Lyudmila A.
Author
Hippa, Heikki
text
Zootaxa
2006
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39
55
journal article
50761
10.5281/zenodo.171760
80bfa1bc-37d4-4ba0-8fc9-8f3fc0139390
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171760
Keilbachia tenuicula
sp. n.
Material studied.
Holotype
mal
e (
NRM
): N.E.
BURMA
(
MYANMAR
), Kambaiti,
2000 m
,
24.iv.1934
, R. Malaise.
Description
(male).
Head
(Fig. 2D). Eye bridge 2–3 facets wide. Prefrons with 16 setae, clypeus with 9 setae. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta. Length/width of flagellomere 4 of antenna 1.30.
Thorax
. Anterior pronotum with 5 setae, episternum 1 with 7 setae.
Wing
. Length
1.6 mm
, width/length 0.40, c/
w 0.65
, R1/R 0.65. rm nonsetose.
Legs
(
Fig. 3
A). Length of spur/width of front tibia 1.25.
Abdomen
. Sternite 8 with 4 setae.
Hypopygium
(
Fig. 8
A, B). Female: Unknown.
Discussion.
Keilbachia tenuicula
is similar to
K. mira
by having the basal body of the mesial megaseta of the gonostylus very long and without apical modifications.
Keilbachia tenuicula
differs from
K. mira
by having a deep sensory pit on the maxillary palp (shallow in
K. mira
; Fig. 2A, D) and a deeper, more strongly bordered patch of modified setae on the front tibia (
Figs. 3
A, 4A) and by having the subapical gonostylar megasetae placed farther apart (
Fig. 8
).
Keilbachia tenuicula
also resembles the Palaearctic
K. ferrata
(Hippa & Vilkamaa)
with regard to the latter character, but differs from it by the stouter subapical megasetae, more slender gonostylus, and the strikingly longer basal body of the mesial megaseta.