First Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from China: a new genus, six new species and new records
Author
Roháček, Jindřich
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2018
2018-04-25
58
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35
76
journal article
10.2478/aemnp-2018-0007
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1804-6487
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Epischnomyia merzi
Roháček, 2009
(
Fig. 66
)
Material examined.
CHINA
:
SICHUAN
:
Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Laohegou (= Old Creek), Xiaogou (= Small Valley),
32°29′02.47′′N
104°42′21.17′′E
,
15.v.2016
, 1814 m, 1
1 ♀
in copula on leaf, S. + S. Marshall leg. (
DEBU
, dried from ethanol and mounted on triangular pinned card, both genit. prep. but female body lost during drying process so only its abdomen is preserved).
Remarks.
The pair of specimens examined belong to the pale form of
E. merzi
as described by
ROHÁČEK
(2009: 80)
having frons and medial part of mesonotum largely yellow although the latter has a pair of faint vittae in the female (see
Fig. 66
). This form closely resembles in colour the species
E. triarmigera
(
Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003
)
but detailed study of characters of the male and female terminalia confirmed the identity of the above Chinese specimens as
E. merzi
.
Biology.
Very little known. The
type
specimens were found in
South Korea
in forests at higher altitudes (
750–1200 m
) in the second half of June (
ROHÁČEK
2009
). The specimens from
Sichuan
were photographed on a small shrub in a slightly open hilltop (
1814 m
) surrounded by dense forest (as in
Fig. 67
) in May (S. A. Marshall, personal communication, 2018). The first habitat photos (see also that of
E. tkoci
below,
Fig. 72
) of
Epischnomyia
species in
China
indicate that members of this genus could be associated with dicotyledonous plants in the undergrowth of leafy forests.
Distribution.
South Korea
(
ROHÁČEK
2009
),
China
:
Sichuan
(new record).