On the distribution of the marine genus Thinolestris Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with a description of a new species from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei
Author
Grootaert, Patrick
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1134
59
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.171929
bbf72547-0cb8-4c63-bf22-9af55fc4e7e0
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171929
Thinolestris obscura
Grootaert & Meuffels, 1989
Fig. 15
.
Thinolestris obscura
Grootaert & Meuffels, 1989
,
IndoMalayan Zoology
5: 35 (
Fig. 6
).
FIGURES 8–11
.
Thinolestris nigra
sp. nov.
male (Brunei). 8. genital capsule left lateral view; 9. dorsal view of genital capsule; 10. sternite 5. 11. appendage on sternite 5 (left lateral view). ae: aedeagus; ce: cercus; hy: hypandrium.
FIGURES 12–15
.
Thinolestris
extension on sternite 5 and hypandrium (left lateral view): 12.
T
.
luteola
(PNG); 13.
T. nigra
(Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei); 14.
T
.
thaica
(Thailand)
; 15.
T
.
obscura
(Sulawesi)
.
Diagnosis
: Antenna reddish yellow, third segment darker than basal segments. Palp with white hairs. Mesonotum and scutellum brownish black. Abdomen with all tergites dark brown, except for first tergite with a narrow yellow band anteriorly. Tergites with short white hairs and pale marginal seta. Tip of hypandrium shallowly indented (
Fig. 15
).
Distribution
:
Indonesia
: North Sulawesi: Celebes Sea.
Phenology
: Adults observed only in September (being the only collecting period).