The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part V: the mutabilis species group from East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence
Author
Zhou, Lan
Author
Chen, Hong-Wei
text
Zootaxa
2015
4006
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.2
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1175-5326
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Leucophenga bellula
(Bergroth)
(
Figs 2
G, 2H, 4D, 4E, 6)
Drosophila bellula
Bergroth, 1894
: 75
.
Leucophenga
(
Leucophenga
)
bellula
:
Wheeler, 1981
: 25
.
Leucophenga bellula
:
Okada, 1989
: 808
;
Fartyal
et al.
2005
: 411
.
Diagnosis.
This species is somewhat similar to
L
.
angusta
in the color patterns of abdominal tergites (
Fig. 4
D, 4E), but can be distinguished from the latter by having the mesonotum yellow (
Fig. 1
J), the aedeagus thick and pubescent on distal 1/3 (
Fig. 6
B).
Description.
Male and female: Frons yellow to yellowish brown. Pedicel mostly yellow; first flagellomere yellowish. Palpus light brown in male and female. Acrostichal setulae in ca. 12–14 irregular rows (
Fig. 2
G). Postpronotal lobe yellow (
Fig. 2
H). Scutellum nearly yellow (
Fig. 2
G). Pleura yellow below, brownish yellow above (
Fig. 2
G, 2H). Halter brownish yellow, white apically (
Fig. 2
H). Abdominal tergites yellow, with brown patches (
Fig. 4
D, 4E). Male terminalia: Epandrium with 14 setae near posterior margin and ventral corner per side (
Fig. 6
A). Paramere lacking sensilla (
Fig. 6
B
Measurements.
BL =
2.20–2.60 mm
in
5♂
,
2.53 mm
in 1♀, ThL =
1.07–1.27 mm
in ♂,
1.33 mm
in ♀, WL = 2.00–
2.47 mm
in ♂,
2.67 mm
in ♀, WW =
0.80–0.93 mm
in ♂,
1.07 mm
in ♀, arb = 6/3–4, avd = 0.83–1.25, adf = 2.00–3.00, flw = 2.00–3.00, FW/HW = 0.34–0.50, ch/o = 0.05–0.06, prorb = 0.50–1.00, rcorb = 0.43–0.88, vb = 0.25–0.67, dcl = 0.33–0.54, presctl = 0.27–0.60, sctl = 1.08–1.30, sterno = 0.67–0.67, orbito = 1.33–1.67, dcp = 0.17–0.29, sctlp = 0.63–0.88, C = 2.00–2.29, 4c = 1.33–1.50,
4v
=2.08–2.42,
5x
= 1.00–1.80, ac = 2.00–2.50, M = 0.58–0.90, C3F = 0.60–0.75.
Specimens examined.
CHINA
:
2♂
(SCAU, Nos 127764, 65), Jianfengling, Ledong, Hainan,
18.iv.2004
, HW Chen;
1♂
(SCAU, No. 127766), Maoershan, Guilin, Guangxi,
19.x.2004
, ex tree trunks, XL Zhang;
2♂
, 1♀ (SCAU, Nos 127767–769), Nonggang, Guangxi, 22˚22'N, 106˚51'E,
500m
,
5.vi.1993
, ex tree trunks, YS Cui;
1♂
, 3♀ (SCAU, Nos 127770–73), Xianheping, Xingyi, Guizhou, 14,15.
vii.2014
, ex tree trunks, YL Wang;
2♂
(SCAU, No. 127774, 76), Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan,
17.iv.2004
,
22.iv.2007
, ex tussocks, HW Chen;
1♂
(SCAU, No. 127775), Wangtianshu, Mengla, Yunnan,
22–24.iv.2007
,
13.x.2010
, ex tree trunk, HW Chen;
2♂
(SCAU, Nos 127777, 78), Yixiang, Puer, Yunnan,
12.v.2012
, JJ Gao;
4♂
, 4♀ (SCAU, Nos 127779–86), Muyiji Park, Ximeng, Yunnan, 22˚37'N, 99˚35'E,
1103m
,
4.iv.2011
, ex tussocks, JM Lu, ZF Shao, YR Su, SJ Yan.
Distribution.
China
(Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan),
Japan
,
Nepal
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Malaysia
,
Indonesia
(Java),
Micronesia
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Australia
, Africa.