Six new species of the genus Pseudostegana (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Oriental region
Author
Li, Tong
Author
Gao, Jianjun
Author
Chen, Hongwei
text
Journal of Natural History
2010
2010-05-24
44
23 - 24
1401
1418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003679584
journal article
10.1080/00222931003679584
1464-5262
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Pseudostegana minutipalpata
sp. nov.
(
Figures 1G,H
;
2D
;
6
)
Diagnosis
Paramere subapically strongly sclerotized, acute projection (
Figure 6D,E
); aedeagus apically slightly expanded to hammer-shape in lateral view, with lobe-shaped basal processes (
Figure 6D,E
).
Description
Only important characters are described here.
Head.
Ocellar triangle and frons brown. Pedicel yellow; first flagellomere black. Face, clypeus, gena brown. Palpus brown and slender, rod-shaped in male.
Thorax
. Scutum yellow on anterior one-third, brown to black on posterior twothirds. Pleura brown on upper part, black on lower part, slender, rod-shaped in male. Katepisternal setae two. Scutellum brown.
Legs.
Yellow, black on all knee joints.
Abdomen.
Tergites mostly brownish black. Sternites greyish yellow.
Male terminalia
. Epandrium roundly protruded on ventral margin, with about 18 setae (
Figure 6A
). Surstylus protruded on posteroventral corner (
Figure 6A,B
). Cercus ventrally round in lateral view (
Figure 6A
), dorsally elongated in posterior view (
Figure 6C
). Paramere with expanded lobe bearing two long sensilla subapically and several sensilla on dorsomedial projection (
Figure 6D,E
).
Figure 6.
Pseudostegana minutipalpata
sp. nov.
, male. (A) epandrium, cercus and surstylus; (B) surstylus; (C) cercus; (D,E) hypandrium, paramere, gonopods and aedeagus. For orientations and organizations see Figure 3. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
Measurements
BL =
2.98 mm
in
holotype
(3.00 mm in
one female
paratype
), ThL =
1.24 mm
(
1.46 mm
), WL =
2.88 mm
(
3.40 mm
), WW =
1.04 mm
(
1.28 mm
), arb = 8/2(7/2), avd = 0.86 (0.93), adf = 2.33 (2.14), flw = 1.83(1.71), FW/HW = 0.42 (0.42), ch/ o = 0.07 (0.05), prorb = 0.93 (0.94), rcorb = 0.13 (0.19), vb = 0.55 (0.57), dcl = 0.27 (0.35), sctl = 1.09 (1.08), sterno = 0.52 (0.58), orbito = 0.50 (0.50), dcp = 0.12 (0.14), sctlp = 1.00 (1.00), C = 2.06 (2.10), 4c = 1.75 (1.52), 4v = 3.20 (3.08), 5x = 1.00 (1.07), ac = 17.50 (12.67), M = 0.60 (0.60), C3F = 0.78 (0.79).
Type material
Holotype
male (
SCAU
No. 120555),
China
:
Mengla
,
Xishuangbanna
,
Yunnan
,
21°28′ N
,
101°38′ E
, altitude
570 m
,
21 April 2007
, swept over fallen logs,
J.J. Gao.
Etymology
A combination of the Latin words:
minutus
plus
palpus
, referring to the small palpus.
Distribution
China
(
Yunnan
).
The
zonaria
species group
Diagnosis
Wing
. Medial band as broad as length of dm-cu cross-vein at least; r-m cross-vein clear; M vein gently curved to R
4+5
vein after dm-cu cross-vein (
Figure 2E,F
).
Included species
Pseudostegana dolichopoda
Chen and Wang 2005
from
China
,
Pseudostegana latifasciata
Chen and Toda 2005
from Vietanam,
Pseudostegana latipalpis
(
Sidorenko 1998
)
from
China
,
Pseudostegana nitidifrons
Chen and Wang 2005
from
China
,
Pseudostegana zonaria
(
Okada 1982
)
from
Papua New Guinea
,
Pseudostegana insularis
sp. nov.
and
Pseudostegana silvana
sp. nov.
from
China
.
Key to species of the
zonaria
group
1. Palpus expanded, medially wider than one-third of length.............. 2 Palpus slender, rod-like......................................... 6
2. Medial band as broad as length of dm-cu cross-vein...........
P. zonaria
Medial
band broader than length of dm-cu cross-vein................. 3
3. Paramere apically bifurcated.......................
P. insularis
sp. nov.
Paramere apically not bifurcated.................................. 4
4. Paramere apically smoothly tapering; aedeagus apically slightly pointed.....................................................
P. dolichopoda
Paramere
subapically somewhat expanded; aedeagus apically slightly roundly expanded............................................. 5
5. Aedeagus strongly narrowed on distal one-third........
P. silvana
sp. nov.
Aedeagus smoothly narrowed on distal half.................
P. latipalpis
6. Paramere subapically expanded in ventrally, with one triangular process on distal one-third; aedeagus apically slightly pointed in ventral view..........................................................
P. latifasciata
Paramere
subapically not expanded, lacking process distally; aedeagus apically roundly expanded in ventral view....................
P. nitidifrons