New species and records of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Oriental region
Author
Hippa, Heikki
Author
Vilkamaa, Pekka
text
Zootaxa
2007
1622
57
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179215
caec2623-a200-4129-9c34-0cab98cd6766
1175-5326
179215
Keilbachia mirabilis
sp. n.
Fig. 5
A–F.
Material studied.
Holotype
male
.
MALAYSIA
, Selangor, University of
Malaya
Field Study Centre,
800 ft
., Malaise in jungle, 24.2.–
14.3. 1997
, H. Hippa, M. Jaschhof & B. Viklund (in
NRMS
).
Paratypes
.
3 males
with same data as
holotype
and
1 male
with same data but dated 2.–8.3. (in
NRMS
);
1 male
,
MALAYSIA
, Pahang, Genting Highlands, Awana, Malaise trap, 10.–
22.3.1997
, H. Hippa, M. Jaschhof & B. Viklund (in
NRMS
).
FIGURE 5.
Keilbachia mirabilis
sp. n.
(B, C, E, F holotype, A, D paratypes).
A:
Maxillary palpus, dorsal view.
B:
Antennal flagellomere 4, ventral view.
C:
Apical part of tibia 1, prolateral view.
D:
Wing, dorsal view.
E:
Part of hypopygium, ventral view.
F
: Gonostylus, ventral view. Scale 0.05 mm, for D 0.5 mm.
Male.
Colour
. Almost unicolorous brown, maxillary palpus and legs paler brown than the other parts, abdomen slightly paler than thorax, wing hyaline brownish, haltere pale brown.
Head
. Eye bridge 2–4 facets wide. Face (prefrons) with 4–10 setae, which are widely spread, but in the one case with 4 setae that are in a transverse ventral row. Clypeus with 1–2 setae. Maxillary palpus,
Fig. 5
A: with 3 palpomeres. Palpomere 1 with 1 seta, the hyaline sensilla widely scattered on the dorsal surface, no sensory pit. Palpomere 2 with 4–6 setae. Palpomere 3 with 4–6 setae. Antennal flagellomere 4,
Fig. 5
B.
Thorax
. Anterior pronotum with 2 setae. Episternum 1 with 3–5 setae.
Wing,
Fig. 5
D. Length
0.85–0.95 mm
. Width/length 0.45–0.50. R1/R 0.40– 0.55. c/
w 0.50
–0.60. r-m and bM approximately equal in length, r-m/bM 0.85–1.15.
Legs
. Apex of fore tibia,
Fig. 5
C. Length of fore basitarsomere/length of fore tibia 0.45–0.50. Length of fore tibia/length of fore femur 1.05–1.15. Length of hind tibia/length of scutum+scutellum 1.45–1.50.
Abdomen
. Sternite 8 with 4–5 setae in a transverse row on posterior part.
Hypopygium
Fig. 5
E, F: Gonostylus with the curved megaseta extremely long, longer than the gonostylus itself, without other megasetae and without an apical tooth. Tegmen with strong lateral shoulders, the part posterior to the shoulders long and narrow.
Female unknown.
Discussion.
Keilbachia mirabilis
is the third known
Keilbachia
with only one curved mesial megaseta which lacks additional megasetae on the gonostylus. The other two species that are similar in this respect are
K. adunca
and
K. clinata
. From both of these,
K. mirabilis
differs by its smaller size, the wing length being less than one millimetre instead of more than one millimetre, and by its exceedingly long gonostylar megaseta.
K. curvispina
Edwards
from Sumatra is also similar. It is small, as
K. mirabilis
, but subapically on the gonostylus it has a long seta, which is somewhat intermediate between a megaseta and an unmodified seta. The curved megaseta on the gonostylus in
K. curvispina
is only half the length of the gonostylus and, unlike
K. mirabilis
, it has a very long basal body, nearly as long as the megaseta.