Eight new species of marine dolichopodid flies of Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from peninsular Thailand
Author
Samoh, Abdulloh
A18861BF-9717-4661-94AD-2599CEE6E9B7
Entomology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Kho Hong, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, 90110. & Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon Natural History Museum of the Prince of Songkla University (NHM-PSU), Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, 90110. & Email: flywizme @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: A 18861 BF- 9717 - 4661 - 94 AD- 2599 CEE 6 E 9 B 7
flywizme@gmail.com
Author
Satasook, Chutamas
97FDD929-CC25-400F-88B5-48D695662D75
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon Natural History Museum of the Prince of Songkla University (NHM-PSU), Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, 90110. & Email: Chutamas. p @ psu. ac. th & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 97 FDD 929 - CC 25 - 400 F- 88 B 5 - 48 D 695662 D 75
hutamas.p@psu.ac.th
Author
Grootaert, Patrick
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Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 80 BC 556 - 9087 - 4 D 0 D- 9 D 69 - 7 FA 9 BE 5779 C 4 & Corresponding author: Patrick. Grootaert @ naturalsciences. be
rootaert@naturalsciences.be
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-06-12
329
1
40
journal article
22095
10.5852/ejt.2017.329
a1384ecd-d70a-40ce-a26e-04b03329db4c
2118-9773
3829427
1B76ED6D-6AD8-4C13-9F1E-63E16A617DBE
Thinophilus parvulus
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
96F9E2AB-6AC4-43FF-99DE-CB949D3DAE00
Figs 21–24
Diagnosis
A small species with fore tibia bearing 1 short and 1 long black posterodorsal bristle near base.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the Latin ‘
parvulus
’, referring to the very small size of the species.
Type material
Holotype
THAILAND
:
♂
,
Muang
,
Pattani Province
,
Prince
of
Songkhla
University
,
Pattani
campus,
6°53
′
04.9
″
N
,
101°14
′
10.1
″
E
,
Malaise Trap
,
11 Apr. 2015
,
A. Samoh
leg. (
NHM-PSU
).
Description
Male
(
Fig. 21
)
LENGTH. Body
1.8 mm
; wing
1.7 mm
.
HEAD. Frons and face with shiny dark metallic green ground colour. Face at narrowest point wider than postpedicel. Clypeus about a quarter as long as face. A pair of long divergent black ocellars. No postocellars. A pair of convergent verticals, a little shorter than ocellars. Postcranium dark metallic green. Two converging postverticals, stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars. Postoculars uniseriate, black above and white below. Antenna brownish. Arista dorsal, 3 times as long as antenna, brown, bare. Basal article short. Palpus yellow, with pale bristly hairs. Proboscis dark brown.
THORAX. Thorax and scutellum shiny dark metallic green, with coppery and purple reflections. No dull black spots. Bristles on thorax black. Acr lacking; 4 dc, anterior 3 dc equally long, prescutellar twice as long. Scutellum with 2 marginals, without lateral hairs. Two very short lower white propleurals.
LEGS. Yellow, tarsomeres 4 and 5 brown. Fore coxa yellowish white, mid and hind coxa entirely brown, extreme tips yellowish. Fore coxa anteriorly with short white bristles. Trochanter bare. Fore femur a little thickened in basal half. Anteroventrally with a row of whitish to pale brownish, long, hair-like bristles, up to three times as long as femur is wide; a little coiled at tip and with a posteroventral row of white bristly hairs, also 3 times as long as femur wide. Fore tibia as long as femur, with 2 remarkable posteroventral bristles in basal half. Mid coxa without exterior bristle. Mid femur thickened in basal ⅔, a little thicker than fore femur; with a row of 4 brownish ventral bristles in basal third, half as long as femur is wide, anteriorly with row of 4 tiny preapicals; a stronger preapical pv. Mid tibia with a short ad and pd. Hind coxa without exterior bristle. Hind femur thickened in basal half, a little thicker than mid femur; double row of pale ventral bristles in apical half, as long as femur is wide, dorsally near base with a few erect bristles, anteriorly with 2 fine preapical bristles, posteriorly with 1 preapical bristle. Hind tibia with a row of ventral bristles, near middle as long as tibia is wide.
WINGS. Without spots. Tp straight, apical part of M
3+4
2 times as long as Tp. Anal vein not reaching wing margin.
ABDOMEN. Shining dark metallic green. Hairs and hind-marginal bristles on tergites short and pale. Sternites with brownish, inconspicuous bristles.
TERMINALIA (
Figs 22–24
). Phallus long, strap-shaped. Cerci yellowish, not fused and with long apical bristles (
Figs 23–24
).
Female
Unknown.
Fig. 21.
Thinophilus parvulus
sp. nov.
, ♂, habitus.
Figs 22–24.
Thinophilus parvulus
sp. nov.
, ♂, terminalia.
22
. Genital capsule, ventral view.
23
. Genital capsule, lateral view.
24
. Genital capsule, dorsal view.
Distribution
Southern
Thailand
(Gulf of
Thailand
).
Remarks
Thinophilus parvulus
sp. nov.
is a very small species characterized by the yellowish white fore coxa and the 2 long posteroventral bristles near the base of the fore tibia.