Revision of the genus Conicera Meigen (Diptera, Phoridae) from China
Author
Liu, Guang-Chun
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28.
Conicera schnittmanni
Schmitz
(
Figs. 22D–F, I–J
, 30C)
Conicera schnittmanni
Schmitz.1926b: 126
(
♂
,
Switzerland
:
Freiburg
).
Description.
Male. Body length
1.20–1.22 mm
. Frons dark brown. Supra-antennal setae present. Lower interfrontal setae as long as upper interfrontal setae, and the distance between each other equaled to that between upper interfrontal setae. Lower fronto-orbital setae very short, 1/3 length of upper fronto-orbital setae. First flagellomere dark brown,
0.17 mm
long, with an aspect ratio of 1.81:1; arista
0.35 mm
long, 2.1 times length of first flagellomere. Palpus dark brown, with 7 short setae apically.
Thorax dark brown. Mid and hind legs brown, fore leg yellowish brown. Fore tibia with 8 small near-dorsal setulae, the uppermost being longer than the rest. Mid femur without sense-organ. Wing (
Fig. 30C
) length
1.16 mm
. Costal index 0.37, costal ratio 2.25:1, costal setulae length
0.070
–0.080
mm
. Rs with basisetula. Veins brown, except A
1
+CuA
2
whitish gray.Membrane hyaline. Halter dark brown.
FIGURES 22A–J.
Male terminalia. A–C, G–H.
C. grandicaudata
sp. nov.
; D–F, I–J.
C. schnittmanni
Schmitz
; A, D. dorsal view; B, E, G, I. left surstylus; C, F, H, J. right surstylus. Scale bars =
0.1 mm
.
Abdominal tergites brown. Terminalia (
Fig. 22D
) brown. Left surstylus (
Figs. 22E, I
) with 4 pointed teeth on dorsal edge and with a basidorsal process. Right surstylus (
Figs. 22F, J
) with 7 pointed inner teeth on dorsal edge, of which the downmost pointed and slender. and with a basidorsal process.
Female. Unknown.
Specimens examined.
1♂
,
Heilongjiang
,
Qitaihe
,
23-Jul-2019
, Jiao Zhang, Zhongyin Wang, Zixuan Liu
;
1♂
,
Liaoning
,
Benxi
,
6-Jul-2012
, Meng Yang
;
1♂
,
Liaoning
,
Benxi
,
13-Jul-2013
, Guangchun Liu
.
Distribution.
China
(
Heilongjiang
,
Liaoning
),
Russia
.
Remarks.
This species is recorded for the first time from
China
. It is similar to
C. obtusidentis
sp. nov.
, but it can be distinguished from the latter in having pointed inner teeth of surstyli and the lowermost thinner tooth of right surstylus.