Diagnosis and key for the Helina annosa-group (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with descriptions of nine new species
Author
Xue, Wanqi
Author
Sun, Hongkui
text
Journal of Natural History
2014
2014-09-11
49
25
1549
1583
journal article
21059
10.1080/00222933.2014.954019
191af5b6-65aa-46bf-82a8-257a9e90d215
1464-5262
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Helana longisurstyla
Xue and Sun
,
sp. nov.
(
Figure 3A–D
)
Type material
Holotype
.
One
male (
IESNU
),
China
,
Snow
Mount Biluo
,
Yunnan Province
,
26° 57' N
,
99°01' E
, altitude
2300–2400 m
,
13 May 2012
,
Y. Zhao.
Paratypes
.
One male (
IESNU
), same data as holotype
.
Etymology
The specific name is based on the long male surstylus.
Figure 3.
Helina longisurstyla
Xue and Sun
,
sp. nov.
(A) Male, abdomen in dorsal view; (B) male, sternite 5 in ventral view; (C) male, cerci in posterior view; (D) male, terminalia in profile. Scale bars: A, 1 mm; B–D, 0.5 mm.
Distribution
China
,
Yunnan Province
, Snow Mount Biluo.
Remarks
This new species is similar to
H. baoshanensis
, but differs from it as follows. Ciliae of eyes shorter; anterosuperior facet distinctly enlarged; frons narrower than anterior ocellus in width; parafacial distinctly narrower than antenna in width; the length of postpedicel about 4.5–4.8 times as long as its width; inner black vitta of scutum broader, not reaching scutoscutellar suture; mid femur with 3–4
pv
; hind tibia with 5
av
in medial one-third; inner protuberance of male cercus longer, without outer protuberance; cercus longer in profile view, length about twice as long as width.
Description (based on
holotype
)
Male.
Body length
8.4–8.6 mm
.
Head.
Eyes with median long and orange hairs, anterosuperior facet enlarged; frons about 1.2 times as broad as anterior ocellus; frontal vitta linear in upper half; 7 pairs of
fr
on lower half of frons; fronto-orbital plate and parafacial with grey pruinosity; fronto-orbital plate subequal to antenna in width; antenna black, the length of postpedicel about 4.5–4.8 times as long as its width; arista long plumose, the longest hairs about 2.5 times as long as the width of postpedicel; genal height about twoninths of eye height; genal and postgena setulae black; proboscis short; length of prementum about 2.5 times as long as its height; palpus black, longer than prementum.
Thorax.
Ground-colour black; scutum with dense and blue grey pruinosity and four black vittae, inner vitta not reaching scutoscutellar suture, about three-fifths width of the median and pale vitta;
acr
0+1,
dc
2+4,
pra
about three-fifths length of posterior notopleural seta; notopleuron, meron, lateral surface and ventral lateral margin of scutellum with black hairs; basisternum of prosternum and katepimeron all bare; anterior anepisernal seta 1, katepisternal setae 2+2.
Wing.
Transparent, veins orange yellow, basicosta yellow; costal spine absent; dm-cu S-shaped; radial node bare; R
4+5
and M diverging in distal part; calypters yellowish; haltere yellow.
Legs.
Completely black; fore tibia without median
p
; mid femur with
pv
row complete, shorter towards basal half; mid tibia with 3
p
; hind femur with
av
row in apical one-third, without
pv
; hind tibia with 5
av
, 2
ad
, posterior setula row (about 8) in subbasal to pre-apical, without
pv
.
Abdomen.
Ground-colour black, with grey to orange grey pruinosity; sub-circular in dorsal view; tergites 3 and 4 each with a pair of black brown patches; tergite 5 without distinct patches; each tergite without median vitta, with distinct shifting patches; tergite 3 with a pair of median marginal setae; body hairs denser, body
hairs of tergites 4 and 5 sparser; posterior marginal setae of tergite 5 thin and short; terminalia black; sternite 1 with hairs.
Female.
Unknown.