Species of the genus Ensiferella Andersson from China, with a key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae)
Author
Liu, Xiaoyan
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Zootaxa
2012
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54
62
journal article
45349
10.5281/zenodo.280197
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1175-5326
280197
Ensiferella sabroskyi
Nartshuk
(Figs. 19–22)
Ensiferella sabroskyi
Nartshuk, 1993
: 105
.
Type
locality:
Vietnam
: Shonla.
Diagnosis
. Ocellar triangle black, large and broad with pointed anterior apex. Antenna yellowish brown except basodorsal portion of pedicel dark brown; postpedicel yellow, black at dorsodistal portion. Scutellum brown except middle 1/3 yellow. Legs yellow except for fore tarsomeres 4–5 and mid and hind tarsomere 5 brown. Tergites 1+2 with a large semicircular yellow spot in middle.
Description
. Male. Body length 2.0–
2.4 mm
, wing length
1.6–1.9 mm
.
Head yellowish brown without microtomentum, about 0.75 times as long as high, wider than thorax; face slightly concave in lateral view, bright yellowish brown except middle 1/3 yellow; frons brown with posterior corner yellow, about as long as wide, projecting only slightly in front of eye, almost entirely occupied by broad ocellar triangle; gena yellow, linear, with few yellow setulae; vibrissal angle obtuse; parafacial unconspicuous; postgena brown; clypeus light black. Ocellar triangle very large and broad, black, smooth, shiny, reaching to anterior margin of frons with pointed apex; ocellar tubercle black. Occiput black. Cephalic setae and setulae black, but apical portion of and
pvt
yellow;
if
,
orb
short hair-like;
oc
,
pvt
hair-like,
oc
procurved and divergent;
pvt
procurved, 0.7 times as long as
oc
;
vte
developed, recurved and outcurved;
vti
weak, procurved, 0.5 times as long as
vte
. Antenna yellowish brown with thick grayish microtomentum; basodorsal portion of pedicel dark brown; postpedicel yellow except black at dorsodistal portion, 0.38 times as long as wide; arista brown except basal segment and basal portion of 2 segments blackish brown. Proboscis yellow with yellowish setulae; palpus black with black setulae.
Scutum almost as long as wide, brown in ground color with 3 broad black longitudinal stripes, medial stripe extending to posterior 2/3 of scutum, covered with gray microtomentum but polished on stripes and postpronotum. Postpronotum yellow with a small brown spot. Thoracic pleuron shiny, yellow except paratergite brown; anteroventral portion of anepisternum with a black long spot; ventral 2/3 of katepisternum black, lower margin with some yellow setulae; ventral portion of katepimeron with a black spot. Postnotum black. Scutellum brown except middle 1/3 yellow, short, rounded, about 0.6 times as long as wide;
ap sc
distinctly shorter than scutellum. Setae and setulae on thorax black.
npl
1+2,
a npl
subequal to
p npl
,
a npl
and posterior
p npl
hair-like, anterior
p npl
developed;
a pa
strong, longer than
p pa
; 1
dc
also strong, as long as
a pa
. Legs yellow except for fore tarsomeres 4–5 and mid and hind tarsomere 5 brown. Setulae on legs brown. Tibial organ absent. Wing hyaline, about 2.5 times as long as wide; veins brown. Relative lengths of 2nd: 3rd: 4th costal sections = 5: 6: 2; discal cell narrow and long; r-m at basal 0.35 of discal cell. Halter brown.
Abdomen shiny, yellowish brown except for tergites 1+2 with a large semicircular yellow medial spot and lateral margin brown; venter yellow. Setulae on abdomen brown.
Figures 19-22
.
Ensiferella sabroskyi
Nartshuk
, male. 19. epandrium, ventral view; 20. epandrium, lateral view; 21. hypandrium and phallic complex, ventral view; 22. hypandrium and phallic complex, lateral view. Scale bar =
0.1mm
.
Male genitalia(Figs. 19–22): Epandrium short tubular, weakly sclerotized, brown with long brown setulae, with 2 band-like sclerites along posterodorsal notch. Surstylus basally broad with spinous processes, distally narrowed, attached to epandrium anteroventrally, with short setulae. Cercus large, nearly square with 6 pairs of setulae. Gonites arranged in a row; postgonite distinctly incurved apically with pointed apex, with some sensory setulae, basally narrowed; pregonite as long as postgonite, basally broad and round, distally pointed; basiphallus cylindrical; distiphallus long, cylindrical, beyond lower margin of hypandrium; phallapodeme short, reached basal 1/6 of postgonite, with basal stalk broad in lateral view. Hypandrium narrowed.
Material examined.
CHINA
:
Yunnan
: 1 3, Mengla,
5.V. 2005
, Xiaoshuan Bai; 1 3, Mengla,
6. VIII. 2010
, Wenliang Li; 1 3, Mengla,
8. VIII. 2010
, Hui Yu. All specimens were stored in 75% ethanol.
Distribution.
China
(Yunnan);
Vietnam
(Shonla).
Remarks.
The male is described with figurations of male genitalia for the first time. The
type
specimen of
E. sabroskyi
is a female. The specimen of
E. sabroskyi
agrees well with material from
China
except that in the latter postpronotum yellow with a small brown spot; scutum brown with 3 broad black longitudinal stripes. These may represent intraspecific variation or these specimens may be a distinct species. Examination of additional specimens would be required to resolve this question.