New Species Of Apterobiroina L. Papp And Bentrovata Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) From Australia
Author
Papp, László
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2021
2021-05-19
67
2
101
117
http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.67.2.101.2021
journal article
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10.17109/AZH.67.2.101.2021
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Apterobiroina
L.
Papp, 1979
Apterobiroina
L.
Papp, 1979: 370
.
Type
species:
Apterobiroina australis
L.
Papp, 1979: 371
.
The extended description of the genus is given below.
Head
. Head wide with small but distinct ocelli, gena wide. Frons without silvery stripes, i.e. unicolourous. Head setae uneven:
oc
seta long,
vti
long and thick,
vte
minute, 2 latero-clinate
ors
and 4 pairs of
ifr
present. Vibrissa strong and long,
pm
setae weak, no strong genal seta.
Thorax
. In dorsal view, very wide dorsal to mid coxae. Posterior part of mesothorax and whole metathorax are with a deep, subcylindrical vertical emargination (
Papp 1979
: fig. 9), which embraces mid and hind femora when at rest. Thoracic chaetotaxy: 1
ppnt
, 2
np
, and 1 pair each of
prsut, sa
, small
pa
and
dc
setae. 1 pair of thin
kepst
. Scutellum very short (about 3 times broader than long), with 2 pairs of strong
sc
setae. Acrostichals short and numerous. All species are wingless, and only
A. australis
and
A. flavipes
have halteres, those are small.
Legs
. Short and more or less thickened. Mid tibia with a strong
va
, no mid ventral seta. Antero-dorsal and postero-dorsal setae are paired at basal 1/3 and at about apical 4/5. Hind tibia without dorsal preapical seta.
Figs 1–6.
Apterobiroina australis
L. Papp
, paratype male, terminalia. 1 = sternite 5 and ventral part of synsternite, ventral view; 2 = ventro-medial part of synsternite; 3 = subepandrial sclerite, broadest view; 4 = surstylus, broadest (sublateral-subventral) view; 5 = genital complex (without distiphallus), ventral view; 6 = same, lateral view. Scale: 0.2 mm for
Figs 1,
5–6; 0.1 mm for
Figs 2–4
Abdomen
. Barrel-shaped, in males only slightly shorter than head and thorax combined. Preabdominal tergites and sternites extremely strongly developed (sclerotised) and meet laterally. Both males and females with 5 visible preabdominal segments (tergites and sternites). Tergites covered by dense thin, and moderately long microchaetae. Articulation of abdomen to thorax is comparatively broad.
Male genitalia
(
Figs 1–15
). See in the above key.
Female genitalia
. Tergites 6–9 wholly membranous. Epiproct weakly sclerotised with a pair of dorsal setulae (
Figs 16, 18
). Cerci longer with longer setae (
Figs 16–18
); its apical seta about
0.05 mm
. Hypoproct U-shaped, very thin. Sclerotised duct of paired spermathecae comparatively short, duct of single spermatheca also comparatively long. Spermathecae better sclerotised and with a large bulb on initial section of duct (
Figs 19–20
).