Supplements to species groups of the subgenus Homoneura in China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura), with descriptions of twenty new species
Author
Shi, Li
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Zootaxa
2014
3890
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1
117
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3890.1.1
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1175-5326
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Homoneura
(
Homoneura
)
zhangjiajiensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs 23
,
327–331
)
Diagnosis.
Palpus yellow. Wing with brown isolated apical spots on R2+3, R4+5 and M1, extending to tip of veins; basal edge of apical spot on R2+3 behind vertical level of
dm-cu
; basal edge of apical spot on R4+5 slightly behind vertical level of spot on M1; length of apical spot on M1 shorter than half of ultimate section of M1; a brown elliptical spot on R4+5 at middle point of distance between
r-m
and
dm-cu
; brown cloud on
dm-cu
, constricted at middle; subcostal cell brown apically.
Description.
MALE. Body length
5.6–6.6 mm
, wing length
5.4–6.3 mm
. FEMALE. Body length
6.3 mm
, wing length
6.2 mm
.
Head yellow or brownish yellow. Frons with a pair of pale brown medial stripes extending to vertex, as long as wide and parallel-sided; ocellar triangle yellow;
oc
developed, longer than posterior
or
. Gena about 1/7 height of eye. Antenna yellow, 1st flagellomere about 1.8 times as long as high; arista black except for pale brown base, ray plumose with longest ray as long as height of 1st flagellomere. Proboscis and palpus yellow.
Thorax yellow or brownish yellow, with sparse grayish white pruinosity. Mesonotum with 0+3
dc
(1st postsutural
dc
behind transverse suture),
acr
in 6–8 rows, uniformly short hair-like;
prsc
as long as 1st post-sutural
dc
. Scutellum yellow. Legs yellow except for tarsomeres 3–5 pale brown. Fore femur with 3–4 strong
pv
and 6–8
pd
, and ctenidium with 17–19 short setae; fore tibia with 1 strong preapical
ad
and 1 short
apv
. Mid femur with 3
a
(5
a
in female) and 1
app
; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical
ad
and 3 strong
apv
.
Hind
femur with a row of weak
av
(only 3 apical setae distinct) and 1 preapical
ad
; hind tibia with 1 preapical
ad
and 1 short
apv
. Wing (
Fig. 23
) slightly yellow, brown isolated apical spots on R2+3, R4+5 and M1, extending to tip of veins; basal edge of apical spot on R2+3 behind vertical level of
dm-cu
; basal edge of apical spot on R4+5 slightly behind vertical level of spot on M1; length of apical spot on M1 shorter than half of ultimate section of M1; a brown elliptical spot situated at middle point of distance between
r-m
and
dm-cu
; brown cloud on
dm-cu
, constricted at middle; subcostal cell brown apically; costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 4.8:1.3:1;
r-m
before middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M
1 in
proportion of 1:1.6; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/9 of penultimate. Halter yellow.
Abdomen yellow or brownish yellow, with grayish white pruinosity.
Male
genitalia (
Figs 327–331
): syntergosternite circular with dorsal setulae and a setula around spiracle; epandrium very broad with short dorsal setae; surstylus consisting of a small triangular anterior ventral process and a broad apical process with a tiny triangular apical tip and long setulae in lateral view; hypandrium H-shaped; pregonite and postgonite subuliform, pregonite slightly longer than postgonite; aedeagus columnar with a deep apical incision, a pair of tiny asymmetrical subbasal teeth in ventral view, a blunt dorsal middle process and an acute dorsoapical tip in lateral view; aedeagal apodeme shorter than aedeagus.
Type
material.
Holotype
♂ (
CAUC
),
CHINA
,
Hunan Province
: Zhangjiajie,
500 m
,
7–9. VII. 1994
, Mingfu Wang & Chuntian Zhang.
Distribution.
China
(Hunan).
Remarks.
The new species is similar to
Homoneura
(
H
.)
chinensis
Malloch
from
China
in the following characters: wing with brown apical spots on R2+3, R4+5 and M1 extending to tip of veins; a small brown round spot on R4+5 present between
r-m
and
dm-cu
; brown cloud on
dm-cu
and no spot on
r-m
. But it can be separated from the latter by the surstylus being broad and having a small triangular anterior ventral process and a broad apical process with a tiny triangular apical tip and long setulae in lateral view. In
Homoneura
(
H
.)
chinensis
, the surstylus is slender and has a straight and acute apical process, but no triangular anterior ventral process in lateral view (
Malloch, 1929
).
Etymology.
The new species is named after
type
locality Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province.