The Campsicnemus lobatus and zigzag groups in the Society Islands, French Polynesia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1910
27
44
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184540
b02963f7-eec2-4501-a596-57938e514df1
1175-5326
184540
Campsicnemus lobatus
Evenhuis
,
n. sp.
(
Figs. 2
,
5
,
11
)
Diagnosis.
Among species of the
lobatus
group, it is similar to
C. rheocrenus
but can be separated from it by the presence of a falcate wing tip (this shape not present in
C. rheocrenus
) and by the thick band of infuscation along the distal wing margin (this band of infuscation, if present, very thin in
C. rheocrenus
).
Description
. Body length: 6.5–7.0 mm. Wing length:
5.5–6.2 mm
.
Head
.
Male
. Black, face black; oc and vt black, about one-half length of antennal arista; front, occiput, and vertex black with blue highlights; face constricted at middle, eyes holoptic; palp very small, dark brown; proboscis very small, brown, not extending below eye in lateral view; antennal segments brown; postpedicel subtriangular, length about equal to width; arista slightly longer than head height.
Thorax
: Mesoscutum, scutellum, and pleura dark brown to black throughout, with a few metallic greenish highlights laterally; thoracic setae black: 4 dc; 2 np; 2 ph; 1 pa; 1 + 1 sc; ac uniseriate; halter stem and knob white.
Legs
: CI yellowish white, CII and CIII brown; FI and FII yellowish white, FIII yellowish basally, dark brown on apical one-half; TiI and TiII all yellow; TiIII yellow only at extreme base, otherwise legs brown; femora without MSSC; TiII with 6–8 strong black setae basally, medially and apically on lateral and anterior surfaces, smaller stiff black setae and hairs along entire mesal surface (MSSC?); remainder of leg segments without MSSC.
Wing
(
Fig. 5
): Pale smoky throughout; costal region straight, not bulging; cell r2+3 not infuscated; R2+3 and R4+5 parallel at wing margin, about as wide as distance between R4+5 and M1+2 at wing margin; vein M1+2 straight to swing margin; apex of wing falcate just below end of vein M1+2; thick spot of color at apex of wing extending posteriorly as thick band of infuscation along distal and posterior wing margin from end of M1+2 (MSSC); vein CuA1 with thick infuscation from crossvein dm-cu to wing margin (MSSC); crossvein dmcu perpendicular to radial veins; anal region with distinct lobe.
Abdomen
. Dark brown with short black hairs dorsally on each tergite, a few longer hairs laterally; tergal interstices whitish; sternites yellowish brown. Hypopygium brown with paler brown cerci, not dissected.
Female
. As in male except for lack of MSSC; eyes dichoptic, face bulging slightly in lateral view; legs normal, without modifications.
Types
.
Holotype
ɗ (BPBM 16,647) [BPBM1013220] and 19ɗ [BPBM1013221], 30Ψ [BPBM1013222]
paratypes
from
FRENCH POLYNESIA
:
Society Is
: Moorea: Tohiea Trail, tributary to Putoa Riv., above captage, ~
150 m
,
18 Mar 2007
, sweeping wet rocks on side of stream, R.A. Englund.
Other
paratypes
:
FRENCH POLYNESIA
:
Society Is
: Moorea: 2ɗ [EMEC1013026], 6Ψ [EMEC1013027], 3 coconuts trail,
350 m
,
17°32'58"S
,
149°50'06"W
, sweeping wet seeps adjacent to cascade at stream,
10 Jul 2006
, P. O’Grady; 2ɗ [BPBM1013223], 3Ψ [BPBM1013224], Vaioro Rivière waterfall above Afareaitu, sweeping seeps at small cascade and 30-foot waterfall near head of valley and main 150-foot waterfall,
11 Jul 2006
, N. Evenhuis, P. O’Grady (see
Fig. 11
).
Holotype
in BPBM.
Paratypes
in BPBM, and EMEC.
Etymology
. The specific epithet derives from the Latin
lobus
= “elongated projection”; referring to the characteristic small lobe-like or falcate apex of the wing.