New species of Gymnochiromyia Hendel, 1933 (Diptera: Schizophora: Chyromyidae) from Southern Africa
Author
Ebejer, M. J.
text
African Invertebrates
2008
2008-06-30
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.049.0102
journal article
10.5733/afin.049.0102
2305-2562
7649425
Gymnochiromyia milleri
sp. n.
Figs 17, 18
Etymology: Named after R.M. Miller, who collected this species.
Diagnosis:A yellow species with brown stripes running the length of
msn
near midline; entirely yellow pleura and
ep
;
scut
distinctly broader than long.
Description:
Male
.
Head
: Shrivelled, yellow with only
oc
triangle black;
fr
with about 30 fine white setulae; antenna and first two segments of arista yellow, remainder of arista black; mouthparts yellow, palp cylindrical; gena yellow and although somewhat shrivelled, appears to be less than height of eye; usual 3
orb
, 1
vti
, 1
vte
and shorter
pvt
;
oc
as long as posterior
orb
and about 1.8 length of
pvt
.
Thorax
:
msn
dull yellow with 2 brown stripes along midline reaching to anterior
dc
,
scut
yellow, broad at base about 1.4 its length;
mtn
and all pleura yellow. Chaetotaxy: 1 long and 1 short
hu
with setula between them, 1
psthu
, 2
ntpl
, 1
sa
, 1
pa
, 1
stpl
and 1
mspl
with a few setulae in front of each, 0+2
dc
,
acrs
relatively long in 4 irregular rows, prescutellar weak, less than 1/3 length of posterior
dc
; 1
mspl
, 1
stpl
.
Wing: Hyaline, veins all pale yellow, distance on costal margin between R 2+3 to R 4+5 is 0.6 that between R 4+5 and M 1+2; distance between crossveins about 0.5 length of apical section of Cu. Haltere yellow.
Legs: Yellow and brownish yellow setulose with no special modifications except slight dilatation of femora.
Abdomen
: All yellow with moderately long brown setulae.
Postabdomen:
ep
all yellow and covered with rather denser than usual brown setulae, with strong anteroventral angle at point of fusion with
hyp
, cerci small and finely setulose,
ph apd
narrow,
ej apd
small but distinct with narrow tubule visible to basiph,
prg
trapezoidal and finely setulose,
psg
small,
surs
with apex curved anteriorly,
bac scl
distinct, distiphallus broad apically and with pointed lobe.
Female
.
As in male except for secondary sexual characters. Postabdomen (
Fig. 18
) similar to
maculiventris
, but sclerites of
st
8 with setae placed more medially and not on minute tubercles and rostral edge of each sclerite distinctly curved towards dorsum of abdomen.
Length
:
_
1.5 mm
, wing
1.6 mm
;
^1.7
mm
, wing 2.0 mm.
Variation: Markings on
msn
barely discernable in
two specimens
whereas
eight specimens
have additional short stripes laterally to middle pair and
three specimens
have setulae of first costal section longer than thickness of costa.
Holotype
:
_
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Western Cape
:
10 km
SE
Vanrhynsdorp
, along river,
Malaise trap
,
14.x.1977
,
R.M. Miller
(
NMSA
, 1186).
Paratypes
:
9^same
data and depository;
2^same
data (NMC).