Species diversity of the subgenus Amiota (s. str.) Loew, 1862 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in southern China
Author
Chen, Hong-Wei
Author
Watabe, Hide-Aki
Author
Gao, Jian-Jun
Author
Takamori, Hisaki
Author
Zhang, Ya-Ping
Author
Aotsuka, Tadashi
text
Journal of Natural History
2005
2007-02-21
39
3
265
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930310001657883
journal article
10.1080/00222930310001657883
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Amiota
(
Amiota
)
wangi
Chen and Zhang
,
sp. nov.
(
Figure 22
)
Diagnosis.
Vertical lobe of gonopod with one penta-furcated, sclerotized, pointed process; aedeagus and parameres much sclerotized, apically pointed, basally fused to each other (
Figure 22C
).
Figure 22.
Amiota
(
Amiota
)
wangi
Chen and Zhang
,
sp. nov.
„
(see Figure 21 for further explanation).
Description
Wing.
Wing with 24–26 minute, peg-like spinules on ventral surface of costal vein between R
2+3
and R
4+5
.
Leg.
Leg yellow; mid and hind femora slightly brownish.
Male terminalia.
Epandrium nearly entirely separated laterally at mid-dorsal portion, with
ca
20 setae near posterior to ventral margins (
Figure 22A
). Surstylus with a few setae medially, finger-like process at postero-ventral corner,
ca
eight prensisetae on distal margin, and many setae on ventral margin and on outer mesal surface (
Figure 22B
). Anterior portion of hypandrium slightly broadened submedially (
Figure 22C, D
). Ejaculatory apodeme: apical plate with four pits on each lateral margin; stalk thick, long (
Figure 22E, F
).
Measurements.
BL
52.25 mm
; ThL
50.90 mm
; WL
51.80 mm
; WW
50.70 mm
.
Indices.
arb53–4/3, avd50.65, adf51.20, flw51.20, FW/HW50.35, ch/
o50.07
, prorb50.95, rcorb50.70, vb50.30, dcl50.50, presctl50.55, sctl51.10, sterno50.95, orbito52.50, dcp50.22, sctlp51.00, C51.43, 4c52.06, 4v52.82, 5x51.50, ac54.38, M50.88, C3F50.71.
HOLOTYPE
:
„
,
Yunnan
:
Wangtianshu
,
10 September 2002
,
ex
tree trunk,
B.-C. Wang
leg. (
DBSU
).
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
).
Relationship.
This species closely resembles
A.
(
A
.)
acuta
in the morphology of male terminalia, but can be distinguished from it by the vertical lobe of gonopod with one pentafurcated (vertical lobe of gonopod bifurcated in
acuta
).
Etymology.
Patronym of the collector Mr B.-C. Wang.